30 years ago I could smoke while welding and huffing all those oxides and argon.
25 years ago they said the ciggies bothered other workers and they made me stand outside.
15 years ago they said your standing to close to the door and they made me stand 50 feet away in the rain.
10 years ago some ass hat said he could smell it from there and they sent me to the edge of the road.
7 years ago some azzhole said he didnt like that and smoking was driving our healthcare premiums up so they banned smoking in my own truck in the parking lot (Premiums went up regardless)
Now I put in an extra hour a day to cover smoke breaks that I take on a dirt road in the woods, far from the nazis.
In the past year, I have seen a bunch of chuckleheads back in the woods on their cellphones.
I expect next year one of them will call the cops to tell them I am smoking in the pristine woodland.
LOL
Lol. I soon expect us all to be arrested! If I’m outside smoking a butt in front, I do have people (usually elders) saying “what are you doing, that will kill you”....in a very kind, joking way.
My reply is “heck, nowadays everything can kill you”. As they are getting into their cars I will say, “careful, driving can kill you too!”.
They get a good chuckle out of that one, lol.