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Smoking - 50 a day!
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06 Sep 2006 Wed 12:24 pm |
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06 Sep 2006 Wed 01:24 pm |
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Offfffff you have my sympathy Susie! I had this problem in my last job. People started moaning about the "time off" smokers were having. I had a good answer...
I said "Yes you are right - we should start calculating ALL the time wasted in the office. The time you all spend on private calls, private emails, chatting about your boyfriends, eating your snacks....". They soon shut up after that  !
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06 Sep 2006 Wed 02:25 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Offfffff you have my sympathy Susie! I had this problem in my last job. People started moaning about the "time off" smokers were having. I had a good answer...
I said "Yes you are right - we should start calculating ALL the time wasted in the office. The time you all spend on private calls, private emails, chatting about your boyfriends, eating your snacks....". They soon shut up after that !
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Well I have to say.. in my last two jobs I was always terribly annoyed when one of the waitresses/garsons owuld go outside for a smoke AGAIN! I mean, when running a restaurant there's nit really time for private calls and e-mails, and we are not allowed to eat in the restaurant itself, only on certain times in the kitchen. So actually you can never really waste time. I have to say that when you are working really hard (and believe me, you don't want to be a waitress in a children's restaurant in summer!) it is really annoying when the smokers get a 5 ot 10 minute break each hour, while you have to wait till you can have your drink or your dinner. I'm sure this is different situation than in the office, but still.. If smokers get a break for a cigarette, then non-smokers should get that same break (obviously not at the same time ) to have a cup of coffee or a glass of soda.
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06 Sep 2006 Wed 02:34 pm |
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I m alone in my office, so I smoke as much as I want and nobody ever complains, although the most people in the company are non smokers.
My mom always says that this job is killing me! If i decide to quit smoking, I should leave this company where everything is allowed
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06 Sep 2006 Wed 03:05 pm |
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Now let me spoil your fun! As from March 2007, in the UK smoking in confined or enclosed spaces will be illegal. No bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants will there be any smoking - you will have to go outside to smoke (:satisfied_nod . At work no-one will be allowed to smoke, unless they are in a designated smoking zone - not enclosed of course. Employers could be fined up to £5000 for allowing smoking in enclosed areas.
Smoking in the workplace has not been allowed for ages due to fire safety regulations.
I am not sure whether I agree entirely with the law, but being a non smoker I will be glad to go out and not come home smelling like an ash tray.
But I do think that gradually our freedom is being eroded by some senseless laws and controls.
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06 Sep 2006 Wed 03:15 pm |
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Quoting libralady: No bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants will there be any smoking - you will have to go outside to smoke |
Now can a smoker tell me how can anyone enjoy a good meal or a drink in a bar, without a cigarette? (or two...three... )
That's what makes Greece and Turkia a paradise for smokers. You can smoke everywhere.
Btw, why can't they make pubs, bars and restaurants for smokers too? I respect the right of the non smokers to not breathe our smoke, but what about us? A middle solution would be democratic. This one isn't.
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06 Sep 2006 Wed 03:23 pm |
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Lots of pubs etc have separate areas for smoking and non-smoking already, but as from March 2007 it will be banned completely. Partly to do with the people working there being at risk of second hand smoke and related cancer. But then everyone has the choice where to work and whether to subject themselves to other peoples smoke.
I think it is a crazy law really, and I cant see how 1000 people in a nightclub want to go smoke at the same time - where will they go? they wil start fighting? they will spill out onto roads? and even more problems 
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07 Sep 2006 Thu 07:00 pm |
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07 Sep 2006 Thu 10:47 pm |
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We went to Edinburgh in May where the ban is already in force - and what do you get? A club that has half the people in doors and half out doors smoking - right in the door way. So al lthe non-smokers have to walk right through a fog!!
But someone has come up with a brainwave beer mat - please leave my drink I have gone for a fag. Just leave it on your glass!
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07 Sep 2006 Thu 11:29 pm |
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In Scotland we have had a total ban on smoking in bars and restaurants for a few months now.Some of the bars have awnings outside with heaters but the real test will come in the winter 
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07 Sep 2006 Thu 11:45 pm |
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Quoting Joey: In Scotland we have had a total ban on smoking in bars and restaurants for a few months now.Some of the bars have awnings outside with heaters but the real test will come in the winter |
It is also a big money spinner for the environmental health people who come and nab you dropping your fag end on the floor - that'll be 50 quid sir for dropping litter of course!
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