Fag Breaks are dangerous

[Snakedoctor]

Well, for the third time in a few months, I have almost been killed while taking a fag break at work. The first time, I was coming out of the building back door which leads to a normal size foot path and a quite busy one way road. Some fool had parked a van on the opposite site of the road, half on the pavement, half in the road. I walked out the door way, only to be narrowly missed by a teenager driving a white Nova, on the pavement, missed me by about 3 inches. If he had had a wing mirror, I would have been hit by that. This has happened again since.

Today, I went out the front, and was crossing at a crossing (green man on) when another teenager came at me in a "chavvy" type car, on the wrong side of the road and went straight through the lights! I had to run to get out the way, while using colourful metaphors to describe him. The good thing was, he had his window open, so I was able to shout at him and throw my lit cigarette through his window, which struck him. He then sped off before I could punch him.

Rant over.

 

[Lamo]

you need to quit the smokes they seem to be dangerous in more ways than one

 

[Lysander]

Those things'll kill you.

 

[Snakedoctor]

Those things'll kill you.

Novas? Chavs? or ciggys?

 

[A.N.Other]

Those things'll kill you.

 

[Jumping]

All of them I think are potential leathal weapons

 

[SwishSpencor]

Novas? Chavs? or ciggys?

All 3

 

[willhub]

Why do you think it says on the cig packets that smoking kills?...

 

[Jimmeh]

Best you stop wasting your companies time with fag breaks then

 

[fini]

I think non-smokers should be able to take TV breaks where they can go and watch daytime TV. Why should non-smokers be forced to be more productive than non-smokers?

 

[benneh]

The good thing was, he had his window open, so I was able to shout at him and throw my lit cigarette through his window, which struck him. He then sped off before I could punch him.

 

[Snakedoctor]

I think non-smokers should be able to take TV breaks where they can go and watch daytime TV. Why should non-smokers be forced to be more productive than non-smokers?

Non smokers within my building take the exact same amount of time in breaks as me. I choose to spread mine out over the day, rather than take it in one go. My company does not lose out in any way, in fact, they get better performance from me when I have had a little quiet 5 mins.

 

[fini]

Non smokers within my building take the exact same amount of time in breaks as me. I choose to spread mine out over the day, rather than take it in one go.

I'm glad to here it, however, in most workplaces this is not the case.

 

[Cosimo]

Non smokers within my building take the exact same amount of time in breaks as me. I choose to spread mine out over the day, rather than take it in one go. My company does not lose out in any way, in fact, they get better performance from me when I have had a little quiet 5 mins.

How many of those quiet moments do you have?

 

[Snakedoctor]

How many of those quiet moments do you have?

They add up to about 20 mins each day, 30 mins lunch. Most here take either an hour lunch or leave 30 mins early. I choose to poison myself and risk my life by being near a road.

 

[uknowist]

go out the back instead

 

[Gooner14]

How many of those quiet moments do you have?

40 a day

 

[Snakedoctor]

go out the back instead

I have almost been killed there twice!

 

[gord]

The warning is on the box.. what can we say?

 

[Lysander]

40 a day

If you smoke twenty during the working day, at ~4 minutes a cigarette that means you work 80 mins less than everyone else!