Replies

And I don't see why I should have to put up with it.

I can't get away from them unless I completely give up eating out, going to a bar or dancing in public.

You don't have to put up with it. You don't have to go where you are so easily offended by smoke. I have never heard someone who has to shower and shampoo after being exposed to cigarette smoke. What do you do about automobile exhaust? Your second statement is almost a lie. I am certain there are many places you can go to that are non-smoking. It appears you just want everyone to conform to your desires and to not offend you.

By the way, I am a non-smoker.

My wife has a fellow worker who smokes. The lady goes out to the back to smoke. She thinks she's pretty clever. She takes breath mints with her. She comes back in and puts lotion on right away. She exhales and hasn't the slightest idea how people know she has been smoking. It isn't that strong so nobody minds. They still find her amusing.

Yep I can go down the street. How nice of you. Can I really? I mean that's really going beyond the call. I can actually go back out to the car and leave. Wow, I never imagined someone would be so thoughtful. Thanks.

Two people walk into an establishment to patronize it. One person pulls out an item, lights it and stinks up the whole restaurant. The other person doesn't invade anyone elses space. Nothing they do affects the person five, ten, twenty or more feet away.

To the smoker the guy who is at fault here is the person who doesn't smoke, doesn't inflict the residual effects of his habbit on everyone else. In fact, he should even be there. It is unreasonable for that person to think that he should be able to eat in an establishment with affecting anyone else.

The non-smoker hasn't taken an action. The smoker is that person. You would think that the non-smoker was doing something. He isn't. All he asks is for the other person not to do something.

If I went into a resturant, opened up a can of rotten fish, and let it sit on the table because it was a custom from the old country, I'm sure you'd think it was acceptable. Right? The smoke does essentially the same thing every time they light up.

You may not realize it, but hair picks up odors. If you don't wash your hair, you stink when you go to work. Yep, I've gotten all cleaned up after work, gotten dressed in a nice clean outfit. Put on a coats and gone out. And when I came home my clothing was unfit to wear again.

Go down the street? In an open smoking environment the restaurant down the street has smokers too. As I stated, I'm not willing to stay home so someone else can practice their filthy habit to my detriment.