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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 188758" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Janet, I agree with you completely! This is a huge sore spot for me! I have smoked since I was 19 - I am now 62 - do the math! I <em>know</em> I should quit ... I'm not stupid ... and when I'm ready I will, but I cannot just quit because somebody else thinks I should or because it's the latest politically correct thing to do to go overboard with it! I am very considerate of others, I never smoke around non-smokers, I never smoke in someone else's home or car, I don't even litter with the cigarette butts or the empty packs. I do my best to be courteous and polite and not bother others with it ... so why does everyone else, even total strangers, seem to think that you're fair game to vent their feelings about smoking! I'm not hurting anyone but myself - if you don't like it then stay the hell away from me! People seem to think they have a right to be rude to you because you're a smoker! I could never even imagine myself walking up to an overweight stranger in public and saying, <em>"You know all that extra weight is so BAD for you, dont you?"</em> Same thing! I've had people I don't even know come up to me and say <em>"Do you know how bad that is for your health?"</em> Next time I'm going to look amazed, roll my eyes, and say, <em>"OMG! No! I have never heard that before! I'm the most ignorant, isolated, uninformed person on the face of the earth and I did not know that! But now that you've enlightened me, I will stop immediately!"</em></p><p> </p><p>I can see not smoking in buildings, or near the doorways. But when they try to police what you can do sitting in your own car in a huge parking lot, it gets a little silly! They've gotten ridiculous with it where I work, for the State. We used to have a designated area in the building where we could smoke - fine. We'd take paperwork over there and get a lot done while we had a cigarette or two. Then came the smoking ban. But instead of saying no smoking in the "buildings", they had to change it to say "property"! Now for the ones who work downtown, they can just go stand out on the sidewalk and be off of State "property". Not us! Our "property" is 52 acres out in the boonies! It's surrounded by thousands of acres of woods and wilderness! But <u>I'm</u> going to harm others if I smoke in my car on the far end of the parking lot! It's my car and even the air inside it is <em>mine</em> - I brought it with me! So three times a day we all go out, get in our cars, and drive 1.2 miles down the country road to a public side road where we can pull off and smoke! How stupid is that!</p><p> </p><p>They have gone so overboard on some of this! I will never forget what happened three years ago when my son was in the hospital after his suicide attempt - he's fine now but at the time he was in the ICU of the regional trauma center and we didn't know if he would make it. It was 3:00 a.m. and his sweet little sister-in-law (the only non-looney one in that family!) and I had gone outside to talk. At the time you could smoke outside, you just had to stay so many feet away from the entrance. We were sitting on a bench talking and had both put out our cigarettes and were getting ready to go back in. Apparently the bench we were sitting on was only 499 ft. from the door instead of 500, and here comes a rent-a-cop on a golf cart - delighted that he finally had something to do! He reamed us out about smoking there and just kept on and on. We were telling him we were going back inside and he just kept on! He was a total <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> about it! I seriously wanted to <u>hurt</u> that man! I wanted to kick him and punch him and beat on him until they had to put <u>him</u> in the trauma center! You'd think he'd know ... anybody that is sitting outside of a trauma center at 3:00 a.m. with tears in their eyes is NOT having a good day! Apparently that never occurred to him! Maybe that's why this is a sensitive subject with me - but if I ever see that guy again ... he's toast!</p><p> </p><p>And Janet, if you're ever driving through my little corner of Tennessee, stop by and come on in! We'll sit in my living room and smoke till we turn <em>yellow</em> if we want to!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 188758, member: 1883"] Janet, I agree with you completely! This is a huge sore spot for me! I have smoked since I was 19 - I am now 62 - do the math! I [I]know[/I] I should quit ... I'm not stupid ... and when I'm ready I will, but I cannot just quit because somebody else thinks I should or because it's the latest politically correct thing to do to go overboard with it! I am very considerate of others, I never smoke around non-smokers, I never smoke in someone else's home or car, I don't even litter with the cigarette butts or the empty packs. I do my best to be courteous and polite and not bother others with it ... so why does everyone else, even total strangers, seem to think that you're fair game to vent their feelings about smoking! I'm not hurting anyone but myself - if you don't like it then stay the hell away from me! People seem to think they have a right to be rude to you because you're a smoker! I could never even imagine myself walking up to an overweight stranger in public and saying, [I]"You know all that extra weight is so BAD for you, dont you?"[/I] Same thing! I've had people I don't even know come up to me and say [I]"Do you know how bad that is for your health?"[/I] Next time I'm going to look amazed, roll my eyes, and say, [I]"OMG! No! I have never heard that before! I'm the most ignorant, isolated, uninformed person on the face of the earth and I did not know that! But now that you've enlightened me, I will stop immediately!"[/I] I can see not smoking in buildings, or near the doorways. But when they try to police what you can do sitting in your own car in a huge parking lot, it gets a little silly! They've gotten ridiculous with it where I work, for the State. We used to have a designated area in the building where we could smoke - fine. We'd take paperwork over there and get a lot done while we had a cigarette or two. Then came the smoking ban. But instead of saying no smoking in the "buildings", they had to change it to say "property"! Now for the ones who work downtown, they can just go stand out on the sidewalk and be off of State "property". Not us! Our "property" is 52 acres out in the boonies! It's surrounded by thousands of acres of woods and wilderness! But [U]I'm[/U] going to harm others if I smoke in my car on the far end of the parking lot! It's my car and even the air inside it is [I]mine[/I] - I brought it with me! So three times a day we all go out, get in our cars, and drive 1.2 miles down the country road to a public side road where we can pull off and smoke! How stupid is that! They have gone so overboard on some of this! I will never forget what happened three years ago when my son was in the hospital after his suicide attempt - he's fine now but at the time he was in the ICU of the regional trauma center and we didn't know if he would make it. It was 3:00 a.m. and his sweet little sister-in-law (the only non-looney one in that family!) and I had gone outside to talk. At the time you could smoke outside, you just had to stay so many feet away from the entrance. We were sitting on a bench talking and had both put out our cigarettes and were getting ready to go back in. Apparently the bench we were sitting on was only 499 ft. from the door instead of 500, and here comes a rent-a-cop on a golf cart - delighted that he finally had something to do! He reamed us out about smoking there and just kept on and on. We were telling him we were going back inside and he just kept on! He was a total :censored2: about it! I seriously wanted to [U]hurt[/U] that man! I wanted to kick him and punch him and beat on him until they had to put [U]him[/U] in the trauma center! You'd think he'd know ... anybody that is sitting outside of a trauma center at 3:00 a.m. with tears in their eyes is NOT having a good day! Apparently that never occurred to him! Maybe that's why this is a sensitive subject with me - but if I ever see that guy again ... he's toast! And Janet, if you're ever driving through my little corner of Tennessee, stop by and come on in! We'll sit in my living room and smoke till we turn [I]yellow[/I] if we want to! [/QUOTE]
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