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Originally Posted by JustJess
It's not unreasonable to ask people to consider each other. If I were burning incense, or spraying perfume, or farting copiously, why would I expect anyone else to be okay with that in their workspace? Same thing.
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I was just going to ask. . . do you think that turnabout would be fairplay? My Mom used to have this little saying taped to her computer, went something like this:
"I appreciate that you have a vice, and that the smoke is the byproduct of your vice but I don't appreciate you sharing it with me. I too have a vice, I enjoy the occasional Pepsi. The byproduct of my vice is pee. Would you enjoy it if I peed all over you, your hair, your clothes, and your desk? Didn't think so, so please keep you cigarette and your smoke away from me."
Me? I'd just be a little shit and the cigarettes would start disappearing, if she's firing up that often she'd probably just think that she smoked them all. That or I'd find something equally atrocious that I could "share" right back at her.
I've got nothing against smokers, but if you ask me this isn't really about smoking, it's about the fact that they're too damned rude to have any consideration of others. What the hell are these people planning on doing once the government ban goes into effect? And given the pending ban I'd also say that you've got a lot of leverage to have Erik or the big boss start enforcing a more strict policy in order to facilitate compliance.