Inconsiderate smokers

[emmelinemay]

I don't smoke, never have. I actually have this bizarre allergy thing to them. But i don't object to people smoking per se, in the same way i don't object to them drinking. What I DO object to is inconsiderate smokers.

People that don't accept or acknoledge that other people might want to walk about/eat/see a band/dance without breathing smoke, getting cigarette burns or hole in clothes.

So here are some things to remember.

Dancefloor. So named as it is a floor on which you dance. I object to having to avoid puddles of beer and plumes of smoke and the threat of burning/holes in my clothes because you feel the need to smoke/drink AND dance at the same time

Gig. A cigarette is not a lighter. Please don't wave it in the air as if it was. SMOKE the damn thing, or put it out. And yes, I AM right behind you, and yes your smoke IS bothering me.

Food. I like to taste my food thanks. And smell it. I don't mind if you want to smoke at the table while the food hasn't been served, but ask first. please?

Lastly. A cigarette is neither a sparkler nor a glowstick. Either stick it in your face, put it out, or i might have to stick it somewhere else.

The sooner smoking is banned in public places, the better.

Ok rant over...

Comments

[girfan.livejournal.com]

I was so glad when smoking was banned on airplanes. I have never smoked and always seemed to get seated in the first non-smoking row (how pointless was that!).

I've had smoking friends complain about not being able to smoke in hospitals (flammable substances+oxygen tanks=boom!) or movie theatres (there was a theatre in the US in the 1920's that went up in flames and lots of people died, which is why it's been banned in the US for many years, and why there are clearly lit exit signs inside theatres).

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

smoking in hospitals is just wrong. I'm sorry. I was waiting outside the hospital to be picked up in february, and there were big NO SMOKING signs all along the exit. And large numbers of people, some in wheelchairs, some with bloody drips, smoking. Some right under the signs.

Id been in hospital for sever tonsilitus, and felt sicker than ever standing there with these selfish, and i'm sorry, but that's what they are, inconsiderte (and if you're sick, and on a drip and inhospital, downright stupid) people. 10 yards down, there was a smokers shelter, and not one of them could be arsed to go stand in it.

[load-of-flannel.livejournal.com]

It is illegal to smoke in hospitals in the UK... they can chuck you out and everything. Call the police if beccesary... outside hospitals? Seems a bit weird... or lazy.. theres usually a designated smoking place somewhere if only because the majority of GP's smoke...