[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.

[Old Professer]

I think a lot of this animosity toward smokers, especially those who congregate near the office doorways is due to the non-smoker's jealousy of what they feel are unnecessary breaks from "work" and, as a consequence, they feel justified in their mean-spititedness.

[Gabz]

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.

No presidio9, you are missing the point.........the reason the smokers are outside is THE relevant point. YOU helped put them there. Non-smokers have no right to be resentful, they caused the problem. If you have a problem with it, work to change the situation, and chasing the smokers even further away is NOT a solution, that will only work to put a deeper divide between the smokers and non-smokers. And play right into the hands of the anti-smoker control freak nanny-staters.