Kellfire
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In my experiences the smokers don't replace normal office banter with their breaks, they're extra.
Smoking breaks at work
- Thread starter Bunkermagnet
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In my experiences the smokers don't replace normal office banter with their breaks, they're extra.
Jensen
Tour Rookie
Smokers.....deport them to Australia
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woody69
Journeyman Pro
No he wasn't? He said this...
A minority of people seem to infer that their bosses wouldn't allow them to have a similar break but most were just having a moan.
freddielong
Tour Winner
I always find it strange the attitude of employers towards a socially accepted addiction I am sure if I was a heroin addict or an alcoholic I wouldn't be allowed to pop out and service my addiction in such a way.
Odvan
Journeyman Pro
Yeah, I tried that once at the top of my crane. The following day I just stuck to smoking as my employer found it much safer....
Ridiculous example.
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
Sadly you're quite wrong. I am not desk bound, but a mobile service engineer working in Central and West London. I start at 7am having left home at around 5:15, and get home anytime from 3 to 7pm.
I post from an iPad whilst waiting for a call, or having a bite to eat or when I am lucky enough to be home before the evening rush hour.
My observance on smokers is from seeing many people standing outside taking ciggie breaks whilst their co workers are still working away. Yes it annoys me having to walk through the fog of their habit waste, but I am honestly amazed that they are allowed to do it.
My wife works in an office and like me she isn't a smoker, but she has to put up with the smokers escaping for a ciggie break which the non smokers don't get and they all start and go at the same time.
Alex1975
Tour Winner
Everyone at my work works so hard that it would never be questioned. We are all adults and rather than looking for a way to do nothing its more like we will have a quick fag if there is time. I don`t think anyone even take a proper lunch break.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
It's something that's always bugged me, but the thing that really bugs me is the inconsiderate nature of smokers.
In my job, I visit lots of hospitals and lots of them have no smoking anywhere in the grounds rules, yet smokers ignore these and continue to smoke in the grounds and throw their dog ends on the floor.
A perfect example is the newly opened Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow. I've been there and it is strictly no smoking in the grounds yet the floor is strewn with dog-ends.
At St. Marys in Manchester I've seen people smoking directly underneath the no-smoking signs.
And don't get me started on seeing patients outside in their dressing gowns holding a drip in one hand and a fag in the other!
In my job, I visit lots of hospitals and lots of them have no smoking anywhere in the grounds rules, yet smokers ignore these and continue to smoke in the grounds and throw their dog ends on the floor.
A perfect example is the newly opened Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow. I've been there and it is strictly no smoking in the grounds yet the floor is strewn with dog-ends.
At St. Marys in Manchester I've seen people smoking directly underneath the no-smoking signs.
And don't get me started on seeing patients outside in their dressing gowns holding a drip in one hand and a fag in the other!
Trojan615
Head Pro
Oh yes..... I wonder if I could have an hour out of the day to go to the gym instead ?
It is one of lifes classiest looks.
woody69
Journeyman Pro
I want to get you started. So what if he's stood with a drip in one hand and a cigarette in the other?
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
I know. And don't get me started on women on maternity leave! What about us men who through no fault of our own can't have babies, can we have a year off as well?? Disgraceful, it's political correctness gone mad, I blame the EU.
Alex1975
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You'll be telling me next they get to play off red tees in front of those for men.
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Smiffy
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Do you work at my place???
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
No big deal for me, why should I worry about what others do if it doesn't affect me...and a colleague taking a few fag breaks every day is never going to make a difference to me. If the employer is OK with it then smokers can get on with it - it's none of my business.
BesCumber
Assistant Pro
Never had a problem with it.
The way i looked at it was, any extra time they conceivably got off during their career's, i would get back later in life.
Touch wood.
The way i looked at it was, any extra time they conceivably got off during their career's, i would get back later in life.
Touch wood.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
Because they're in there to get better on the NHS and yet stood out in the cold and rain smoking something which is hazardous to their health and potentially causing them to stay longer and put more strain on the NHS.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
The thread made me reminisce about places I’ve smoked that I never will again (not just a fly puff no one saw)
The obvious:
The office
Shops
Buses
Trains
Cinema
Bars/Restaurants
Airports
Not so obvious:
On a Plane
Hospital bed
Back of an ambulance
(just 10 years ago for the last two!)
My very first job in retail we smoked on the sales-floor (put it down when serving though)
Ah what memories :smirk:
The obvious:
The office
Shops
Buses
Trains
Cinema
Bars/Restaurants
Airports
Not so obvious:
On a Plane
Hospital bed
Back of an ambulance
(just 10 years ago for the last two!)
My very first job in retail we smoked on the sales-floor (put it down when serving though)
Ah what memories :smirk:
