Having a smoking section in a restaurant...

Is like having a pissing section in a swimming pool.

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Having a smoking section in a restaurant...Is like having a pissing section in a swimming pool

AMEN!
We were once set in a non-smoking section in a rest. next to the smoking section. The only thing separating us was some lattice work.
I ask the hostess to set us somewhere else, she got a case of the smartmouth so we left & called the manager when we got home.
Smoke does not recognize lattice work as a boundary.

I was glad when NC outlawed smoking in ALL restaurants.

Great analogy.

I'm amazed whenever I see someone smoking now. Like they haven't figured-out how they are perceived by others, and/or the damage they are doing to themselves and their families?

I worked for a guy once in Houston. He would point out the people standing outside on the street getting their cigarette fix. He told me that he didn't hire smokers, and never promoted one. Sounded draconian at the time, but he was the boss. It wasn't that secondhand smoke bothered him. He just perceived them as losers, and employees that would probably spend a hour a day standing out on the street when they should have been working.

We buried my brother-in-law last year after a lifetime of smoking. After he had to start carrying oxygen with him everywhere he went, he stopped smoking and admitted that he sure was dumb. The only response I could think of was, "No shit!"

Same is true these days of having a Democratic side of the aisle in the U.S. Congress!

Always got a kick at the crowd of smokers outside the cancer treatment center, some of them with oxygen masks

Grizz

I quit smoking several years ago. Back in the 60's we all smoked;a lot more knowledge now than then. It is very addictive,I will admit that quitting was the hardest thing I've ever done.The alternative is worse.

An additional story. A friend of mine took his family on a cruise. Second morning out he takes his 3 year old grandson on deck by the pool. Puts there towels,etc. on 2 deck hairs then takes the lad to get a coke or something. When he comes back all the chairs are taken + this young man + his girlfriend have taken their chairs + thrown their stuff on the deck. Gary say's pardon but those are our seats. The smart ass young man says,well you snooze you lose. Gary told me,you know when I was younger I just would have whipped his ass but instead he told the guy you know,just keep the seats,I'll just take this 3 year old to go sit in the smoking section. There was a round of applause from everyone else + those folks were so embarrassed that they got up + left.

Kensco, the boss may have looked at it this way. 24 hours in the day. 8 for sleep, 8 for work and 8 for whatever. 20 death sticks in a pack. A one pack a day person burns tens on his 8. What is that costing him in lost labor time.

the best part:

I enjoy a good (read Cuban) cigar from time to time. It's a great mid-afternoon treat with a half and half Coffee and Amarula sitting on my deck.

The kid and I play pool occasionally on Thursday evening at this pool hall/restaurant/bar.

The biggest whiners about my cigar are the cigarette smokers. About the third time they went to management, he told them "fine. We will just convert to a complete smoke-free establishment...". The next week, he had signs up all over.

Then the real whining started...

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
Same is true these days of having a Democratic side of the aisle in the U.S. Congress!

or denying global warming..

Or one in a casino.

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Originally posted by Philip A.:
Having a smoking section in a restaurant...

Is like having a pissing section in a swimming pool.

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Originally posted by Edmond:
or denying global warming..

There is no global warming.

Global climate change is of course different story.

Jiri