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well the fact that a gym suggests an interest in ones health and a cigarette suggests a complete disregard for ones health, it is a bit contradictory.
good for your mate, but it will affect his performance as his lung capacity will drop. it affects people in different ways, some will have severe symptoms while others will appear healthy.
daven
good for your mate, but it will affect his performance as his lung capacity will drop. it affects people in different ways, some will have severe symptoms while others will appear healthy.
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For those who like me have never been addicted to nicotine I'll throw something else into the pot.
We have some really terrible weather in this country and very soon winter will be with us but a nicotine addiction is so strong that 100's of people will be lined up outside our factory doors braving the elements for that fix.
I don't think any smoker wants to go through this but it as to be done. So the next time you see a smoker standing outside in the freezing cold weather or heavy rain just think how much that addiction has taken over.
We have some really terrible weather in this country and very soon winter will be with us but a nicotine addiction is so strong that 100's of people will be lined up outside our factory doors braving the elements for that fix.
I don't think any smoker wants to go through this but it as to be done. So the next time you see a smoker standing outside in the freezing cold weather or heavy rain just think how much that addiction has taken over.
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I do so hate these whiny attention seeking threads.
Biohazard said:
At my work place everybody who smokes hjave atleast 3-4
10 minute cig breaks, they can hide in the smoke room from the bosses and even the bosses are in there aswell.
Non smokers cant have these "breaks" as there is nowhere to hide.
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This thread's full of whingeing pansies.
Get a ****ing grip, there's a million more important things in this world to worry about than whether or not someone enjoys a cigarette.
I smoke, I consider myself fairly considerate about it, and if you don't like it and politeness is beyond you (a habit of non-smokers, I find) you can **** off and stand somewhere else.
If someone asks me to move away a bit, smoke outside, blah blah, I will. If you put on an oscar winning sympathy coughing bout and make snide comments, I'll smoke myself sick just to get on your ****.
Get a ****ing grip, there's a million more important things in this world to worry about than whether or not someone enjoys a cigarette.
I smoke, I consider myself fairly considerate about it, and if you don't like it and politeness is beyond you (a habit of non-smokers, I find) you can **** off and stand somewhere else.
If someone asks me to move away a bit, smoke outside, blah blah, I will. If you put on an oscar winning sympathy coughing bout and make snide comments, I'll smoke myself sick just to get on your ****.
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cheets64 said:
Go and sit on the bog for ten minutes.
Biohazard said:
If they've got tft screens and a decent chair then they don't need those breaks. Whining office workers
At our firm, you can smoke on your breaks and that's that. If you dare take a crafty one, you're for the high jump. Which is fair.
ElvisFan said:If they've got tft screens and a decent chair then they don't need those breaks. Whining office workers
At our firm, you can smoke on your breaks and that's that. If you dare take a crafty one, you're for the high jump. Which is fair.
I have a TFT and a £900 office chair, that don't stop me bumming off for a wonder every hour. It is important not to spend 8 hours sat in the exact same position
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Biohazard said:
Every break I will go out weather permitting to escape from my work enviroment but theres no way I will stand in freezing weather or pouring rain.
Smokers are truly dedicated and as hard as nails.
Mohinder said:
No chance.
Biohazard said:if you work infront of a computer you are entitled to have a break every hour.
So thats what this is about, you don't have a little room to run off to
I work in a warehouse.
There is nowhere to hide, the smoke room is above the canteen and you cant be seen unless.
cheets64 said:
Isnt a warehouse kind of huge? Surely that is one of the best places to play hide and seek with the managers. When I used to work for JS all manner of crazy things used to go on in the warehouse. Most areas couldnt even be picked up by the security cameras, such is the nature of the warehouse.
I don't smoke really as an addiction, more as somthing I like to do on social occasions which is probably a handful about once a month. The reason for that is because what is often neglected to tell you in smoking education is that it does give a buzz. Other drugs are getting increasingly unbiased education saying that whilst it does harm you it does trip you out, calm you down, speed you up etc. I like that rush you get, however I don't want that rush to become a relief where there is tension to need it so I don't smoke that often. I think everyone should try smoking in this way just to see if they like it rather than having a blinkered view that it is evil.
Because of this I am not bothered by it, I can see why people would do it like anything else, I am not really bothered by fag-ends or by smoky environments. Conversely because I am not bothered by it, I can't really see why people get so wound up by it. You can argue about health effects all day but it comes down to the fact that it is someone's choice and they deserve not to be whinged at, insulted and generally treated like filth.
I think the blanket public smoking ban is wrong, it should be up to the establishment to decide that they don't want smoking and as time goes on, more and more non-smoking places will exsist but we will still have that freedom choice.
Because of this I am not bothered by it, I can see why people would do it like anything else, I am not really bothered by fag-ends or by smoky environments. Conversely because I am not bothered by it, I can't really see why people get so wound up by it. You can argue about health effects all day but it comes down to the fact that it is someone's choice and they deserve not to be whinged at, insulted and generally treated like filth.
I think the blanket public smoking ban is wrong, it should be up to the establishment to decide that they don't want smoking and as time goes on, more and more non-smoking places will exsist but we will still have that freedom choice.