[calex59]

That being said, I work across the street from Ground Zero. The air is pretty bad to begin with down here, what with the ridiculous congestion of taxis, buses and 17,000 arabs selling hotdogs, shish-kabobs, falaffel, and indeterminate "food" items. Today it is again over 90 degrees with high humidity. In other words there is no air. Its hard to breathe. So, it sort of does get on my nerves that I have to go through the final cloud of smokers every time I enter and exit the building. Why do you people feel like you have to stand two feet from the door? Of course this could be solved if they allowed offices to have smoking rooms, but until they do, if it isn't raining, why not move ten or fifteen feet away and let the non smokers through. It might cut down a tiny fraction of the hostility.

Why not just cut your bitching and work to get these ridiculous anti smoking laws changed? Whose fault is it that the smokers are standing outside to begin with? Certainly not the smokers, but yet you blame them instead of the sleaze ball left wing control freaks that are really to blame. I am NOT a smoker BTW.

[presidio9]

Whose fault is it that the smokers are standing outside to begin with? Certainly not the smokers, but yet you blame them instead of the sleaze ball left wing control freaks that are really to blame. I am NOT a smoker BTW.

You're missing the point. The smokers ARE outside. How they git there is irrelevant. The fact that they can't be troubled to move away from a high-traffic area makes it seem like they don't give a f-ck, and leaves a lot of non-smokers feeling pretty resentful.