I fu**ing hate walking out of my building or down the side walk only to have someone lite up a cigarette and exhale in my face. I know it is getting cold, but take a few more steps away from the front door please!! I have developed a new plan! I am going to walk or stand directly in front of you and just rip ass!! That’s right, I will trade your noxious fumes for mine! Enjoy! —Bringing an extra pair of undies to work
This article appears in Oct 21-27, 2010.
Oh OP…you must be new here
STFU! Reading all these smoking bitches is making me want to take up the habit.
Cigarette smoke > shitty drawz.
My lighter will meet your bum blasts anytime, bitch.
Remember when offices, bars etc., spent thousands of dollars for smoking rooms with separate ventilation systems to the outside? Y’know the ones that sucked the smoke out through uber filters and kept everything else pristine? Well, you non-smoking folks took those away, ’cause heaven forfend there should be smoke in a city filled with cars, buses, trucks and whatever the heck that is spewing fire and smoke over in Dartmouth. You brought this on yourselves. Deal with it.
i remember those rosie/monty. there was one at timmys robie/young
Yeah… I remember them too… in TO, in Ottawa… I remember bar owners spending $100,000 for rooms that were so sealed up you kinda felt like you had the plague. Then I remember those same bar owners paying ANOTHER fortune to have heaters placed out on the patios, and plastic curtains installed so that in the rain and snow they could shield their customers from the elements. Still not good enough for the ‘I’d rather suck exhaust fumes’ crowd. Then I remember a lot of those business owners going OUT OF BUSINESS because of you non-smokers saying in polls that you would go to these places if ONLY THE DIDN’T ALLOW SMOKING! Well, guess what? You never showed… and a lot of hard working people lost their livelihoods.
I don’t get why there can’t be a lottery or something for bars/nightclubs… or land tax breaks for non-smoking bars/clubs/restaurants. Why not meet in the middle? Smoking is still legal as far as I know.
PG: Monty says: Hi!
Ex-smoker here. I for one think that the indoor smoking ban went way too far.
The ventilation systems & smoking rooms worked.
And no private smoking clubs? That was just stupid.
It is nice not having to deal with blue air anymore.
gee, that sounds like fun, can i join in and lay some dog shit all over the ground in front of you?
Oh oh oh…. and I forgot to say: Second Hand Smoke Surprise: Fuuuuuuuuck you! Brought it on yourselves! Duh! We may be stupid for smoking… but you’re stupid for just existing. Einstein smoked. Just sayin’ (it’s been a long day :D)
Einstein smoked? That’s an argument? Good night Rosie.
Smoking is fine as long as you don’t blow your smoke in my face. I’ve walked by people who’ve purposely blew smoke at me. No wonder smokers have a reputation for being disgusting.
Ah Pav, there are both rude smokers and non-smokers. I know if someone rants at me while I’m smoking (where I should be) I’ll give them a faceful. That’s OUR designated area.
blackrose has it right. You “smokers are jokers” types screwed yourselves over. Smokers were willing to compromise and have separate rooms.
Yeah Hugo…. I lost the whole argument there… I was tired… and just being silly… >snork<
sodeypop…in order to compromise one has to have bargaining power…smokers had none. They were simply a “problem” that was dealt with. I find they are like people who dont wash their hands after going to the bathroom. Just dont touch them and stay as far away as possible.
I agree with OP, it’s not the Non’s fault the ‘designated smoking areas were banished. Take that one up with the government. Its totally disrespectful when people fill up the clean air with their toxic second hand smoke in entry ways and at bus stops. If we wanted to inhale carcinogens we would take up smoking ourselves.
For all the people who treat smokers as some underprivileged charity case. You CHOOSE to smoke! There is little sympathy here for people who complain about policies yet do nothing to remedy the issue. Ie. write a letter, better yet; quit smoking. Do yourself and everyone who enjoys clean air, a favor.
Lastly, in regards to passing gas to level the playing field. I appreciate the creativity but that will just stoop down to the polluters level, and would generally make the world a smellier place.
Non smokers in HRM are like its cyclists: government’s worst customers but demand the most/best service.
OP, don’t worry. Hopefully lung cancer sneaks up on them sooner than later.