If she were actually capable of going to the store and buying her own cigarettes then she wouldn't be in a NURSING HOME. Her daughter probably has power of attorney (or whatever) to keep her in there or else she would probably leave this Nazi establishment that won't let smoke INSIDE a nursing home. The lady makes virtually no decisions for herself yet you want her to be able to decide when and how to strike a flame and carry around a burning ember. Not very wise.
Did you read the article? Her daughter said smoking is the only pleasure she has left. She wants to partake of that one small pleasure, but the righteous legions of smoke Nazis want to make sure they take even that from her, in the name of "health."
Her daughter said that? Imagine that. Why doesn't the 93 year old lady tell us that? Any guesses why? And so what? Is a nursing home obligated to grant the "pleasure" of any of its residents? And it's probably not "smoke Nazi's" who want this, but rather "insurance Nazi's" who realize that having 93 year old patients in a nursing home with matches and burning rolls of tobbaco isn't a very wise investment.
I'm quite sure that the smoking room (before the Nazis closed it) was supervised. The fact that there was a smoking room indicates that smoking was not allowed in the occupants' rooms.
Let's see...how can we best justify spending our employee money? Shall we pay for someone to go around and change adult diapers and soiled beds...or shall we pay someone to sit there and watch people smoke?? Gee...what to do? Try thinking this through a little bit Madame.
She can THINK, she just can't WALK!.
yet you want her to be able to decide when and how to strike a flame and carry around a burning ember.
Do I? Where did I say that? I want the Nazis to reopen the smoking room.
Her daughter said that? Imagine that. Why doesn't the 93 year old lady tell us that?
So you do think she's addlepated. I hope you live to that age and are on the receiving end, someday. "He's 93 you know, don't pay any attention to anything he says. He doesn't know any better." My father-in-law lived to the ripe old age of 95, and could argue rings around anyone he engaged with. Sharp as a tack to the end.
who realize that having 93 year old patients in a nursing home with matches and burning rolls of tobbaco isn't a very wise investment
Children argue like this. Ignore previous statements others make and just keep banging away. Here, I'll type very slowly: There was a smoking room. Separate from the patients' rooms. Smoking was in all likelihood supervised in the smoking room. Matches in the smoking room and Colonel Mustard in the library with a gun..... Get it?
..or shall we pay someone to sit there and watch people smoke??
"We?" You have a financial interest in the place?
By the way, the smoking room was closed as a result of the Nazi ban, not because of staff complaints.
Try to think outside the hive, Doug.
Let's see...how can we best justify spending our employee money? Shall we pay for someone to go around and change adult diapers and soiled beds...or shall we pay someone to sit there and watch people smoke?? Gee...what to do? Try thinking this through a little bit Madame.