Yep it is sad isn't it. The Constitution doesn't guarantee you the right to be an idiot.
As a non-smoker I have talked to management about the problem of smoking. I knew some restaurant owners quite well. They wanted to ban smoking but felt it would hurt their business. They were as thrilled as I was when the ban went into effect. As a matter of fact they get more business from from me now. And smoking patrons can't go down the street to stink up some other place to stick to the owners that were doing the right thing. Gotta love it.
And that is fair to the owners that did not want the ban????
I am sorry - that is wrong.
It's no different than owner A demanding that owner B not book a particular band, because owner A can't afford the price of the band and will lose business to owner B who can afford the booking price.
Where does the owner of one establishment get off determining the clientele of another establishment????
And smoking patrons can't go down the street to stink up some other place to stick to the owners that were doing the right thing.
That may be true in California - but in a state as small as Delaware it is far from true.
It takes me only an additional 8 minutes to go to a great place in Maryland for my Friday afternoon date with my husband than to get to our favorite place in Delaware - and the place in Maryland is much closer to our daughter's school for pickup on Friday afternoon.
Gotta love it.
The establishment owners in Maryland sure love it. the ones in Delaware hate it.
Stop the flaming now, or move on. Or is smokers the biggest thorn in your side post 9-11?! If it is, must be nice!
They were thrilled about the government imposing rules that would hurt their business (even if the initial assumption was wrong)? They don't sound very business savvy to me.