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To: Ditter; SheLion; 383rr
Did you even bother to read what I wrote? The non-smoking son said they NEVER sit in the non-smoking section........had nothing to do with dad.

The smokers in this case were the majority of the group, yet it was the smokers who wished to accomodate the non-smokers.

My tolerance for prissy anti-smokers is getting very thin of late. Yesterday we were out, with the above mentioned friend, enjoying a few beers at one of our favorite waterfront places. We were sitting at the bar, OUTSIDE, with a nice crisp 20knot breeze blowing, and some jagoff started whining about cigarette smoke blowing in his direction. They were sitting at a table, not at the bar, and the waitress offered to move them to a different table. He refused because "they liked the view" from where they were sitting, but wanted the smoking stopped. The waitress informed him that smoking was permitted and they were welcome to move to a different table or inside to the non-smoking section.

He told her they would leave if the smoking wasn't stopped and she told him that was his perogative, but the people at the bar (nearly 30) were not doing anything wrong.

Long story short.......the entire bar broke, and surrounding tables, out in a round of applause as he and his 2 companions got up and left. The waitress got far more in tips than she would have from that table, because all of us at the bar tipped her, including the non-smokers.

112 posted on 07/15/2006 11:58:05 AM PDT by Gabz (Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
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To: Gabz
LOL. Would have loved to see that.

BTW, the "anti-smoking" law in NY is universally ignored in Herkimer.

Interesting.

114 posted on 07/15/2006 12:11:39 PM PDT by patton (LGOPs = head toward the noise, kill anyone not dressed like you.)
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To: Gabz
No one should go into a place and try to change the rules to suit themselves but smoke does drift a lot father than smokers want to admit. I would have left or gone inside before I made a fuss.
I have left without saying a word many times.
I am a lot older than you and grew up during the 40's and 50's when there were no rules. Most people smoked and never gave a thought that someone who didn't smoke might be choking on it, so my patience has grown a little thin as well.
115 posted on 07/15/2006 12:15:47 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Gabz; 383rr; Ditter
Long story short.......the entire bar broke, and surrounding tables, out in a round of applause as he and his 2 companions got up and left. The waitress got far more in tips than she would have from that table, because all of us at the bar tipped her, including the non-smokers.

Isn't that something!  It's about time people stood up for what is right.  Thanks for sharing that story, Gabz!!  Made my day.

128 posted on 07/15/2006 1:13:40 PM PDT by SheLion ("If you're legal, you can fly with the Eagle!" - Michael Anthony)
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