You obviously weren't in combat...pilgrim. A desk jockey rather than in a foxhole. Smokes are one of the greatest stress relievers known to man. They even used to offer them to men about to be executed by firing squad. FO.
That used to p*ss me off to no end when I was in the military. ‘Smoke Break!’ Losers who smoked got a good 15-20 minutes OUT OF EACH HOUR OF WORK to friggin’ SMOKE!
I kept a book in my desk. When they all went on ‘break’ so did I!
Actually, I couldn’t stand ‘not working’ while I was being paid by The American Taxpayer. I was glad to have them out of the office (the ‘Boss,’ too!) for some peace and quiet. P*ss-poor leadership skills, if you ask me. ;)
I, too, grew up sleeping under card tables while the parents and other relatives smoked and played cards well into the night, above me. That’s the way things were until we all knew better. You’d probably get arrested now for the childhoods some of us actually lived! :)
You obviously weren't in combat...pilgrim. A desk jockey rather than in a foxhole. Smokes are one of the greatest stress relievers known to man. They even used to offer them to men about to be executed by firing squad. FO.
Yeah the smoke break thing is quite a dodge.
I had a smoker in my office that did that make a smart-ass comment to me about coming back from lunch late a couple of times.
I told him to deduct it from the smoke breaks that I DON’T take......he never opened his yap about that again.