If you must continue smoking in the face of the ban, at least have the decency to stand out of the way of the door so that other people can get in and out of the restaurant.
Woman outside Browns last night, I’m looking specifically at you.
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‘Boooooo’ to woman outside of Browns…
I was thinking about smoking the other day (generally, not taking it up myself…) it’s funny how it’s almost becoming the really bad thing to do. It’s going to become the ultimate act of rebellion again, just like in school…
Hehehe. Sneaking out for a fag behind the bikesheds – it’s the new black.
Yeah. I’m looking at you too, woman. And all of those like you.
Smokers. Bastards. Off with their heads. Prison’s too good for ‘em. String ‘em up, it’s the only language they understand. National Service, that’s what they need. (cont. Daily Mail pp32)…
I’ve nothing against smokers per se, Brennig – Mr Katja, my mother and all 3 of my brothers number in their ranks – but I don’t want to have to fight my way through them before and after a meal. Stand aside, idiots!
Yeah, this has been bugging me too, although it was men outside Horse, not women outside Browns. They just stand right in the middle of the doorway, puffing away and don’t even stand to one side to let people past.
Gah
I agree with Concertmaster, and indeed I can confirm that many children are even now taking up the habit. There may soon come a time when under-16 smokers outnumber their adult colleagues, for the first time in recorded history.
I thought there was a rule about how near to a door they could stand, or is that just factories and offices?
I went to a bar in Germany recently and they (quite illegally) allowed smoking in it – and there were a lot of people taking full advantage. It was really odd to sit in a smoky atmosphere again after having got used to all my local bars and pubs being smoke free. Not that I go in them that much…ahem….
I think that’s probably just offices, Punctuation. Restaurants aren’t going to argue with their customers too much, for fear of driving them away. Employers, on the other hand, have far more
bullyingbargaining power.The only excuse for someone smoking in a doorway is if they urgently require a fire extinguisher or medical assistance. Anyone else should be doused in petrol.
That’s just my opinion but I do think that it should prompt the law makers to form squads of mounted doorway checkers with water pistols filled with petrol instead of water. I’m certain that this would have been done already if the government could only think of a good name for the squads. The Cigarette Rogues Awareness Petroliers is an option but they didn’t like the acronym when I suggested it.
It’s amazing how much things have changed. I remember that sinking feeling of realising you’d got into the smoking carriage on the tube .. followed by the giddiness of oxygen deprivation and the pain i your head as you hit it on the floor.
Wah, wah, wah? You changed your name!
Hehe. Yes, I was wondering how long it would take people to notice that. The old title doesn’t really fit any more, so I changed it a couple of weeks ago – vox is something different now as well. Same links though, as I’m still floatykatja (and probably always will be!)