…is what I post on my FB profile, as I take a seat on the 7.58am train to Amsterdam and this lady passes me by. I saw her standing in line, waiting to board the train at the same station, so I assume she had a quick smoke before the train arrived… At least that’s what her breath says, and the trail of smoke tagging along with her tell me.
She sits down at the other end of my carriage, yet manages to leave an entire cloud of stankyness on my end...
You know those women that totally overkill when they spray on their perfume? Use like half a bottle a day, so they leave a perfume cloud eeeverywhere they go? You can still smell them in the area, when they’re looong gone? Well… imagine THAT, but replace the perfume with the smell u’d encounter if were hovering over an ashtray with burning cigs. One word: nauseating! Two words… Not sexy…aka NO BUENO… Three words… NOT the bizziness!!!
Ahem…ANYwhooo
As a commuter I travel by PT close to 4hrs a day from and to work. It’s a 75 kilometer journey each way, that wouldn’t take more than an hour by car, but that’s beside the point. Point being… I come across a lot of interesting sights and smells. Some pleasant, most just annoying and straight up bugging!
Annoying in the sense that I don’t think people pay enough attention to their fellow travelers when satisfying their travelling needs, habits, or fulfilling their addictions.
Now following my Facebook post on the subject of cigarettes, a tiny discussion, or actually more of a rant, started regarding the irritation caused by smoking addictions. Why should ur addiction get in my way, and more specifically, why should you benefit from ur addiction? What about mine?!?
Come to think of it….It sure sounds as if smokers have certain perks just, cuz they can’t control their urges, huh? U can agree, or disagree all u want, but if so, it seems like society has accepted it. A statement supported by this one comment telling me I should leave smokers alone.
Well FINE if that’s ur opinion, but THIS is my blog and I can say whateeeva I wanna… So whatchu gon’do?!?
Not sure how it is on your side of the world, but in the Netherlands, your no longer allowed to smoke in public areas. Indoors that is… Meaning e.g., that you can’t smoke in restaurants, clubs, and in most cases not even in the office. Unless there’s a designated smoking area, that keeps u from disturbing others. Seeing that a designated area would suggest a company to financially invest, most just drive their smokers outside to handle their bizz.
Awww poor smokers…
NO! This is where the perks come in! Cuz what is supposed to be a quick stop to itch that urge…
In practice it all comes down to this… if u smoke, u get 3 to 5 additional 10 minute breaks every day! Additional, cuz that’s on top of the coffee and lunch breaks that every other employee has the rights to. I say every smoker only works 35 to 37 hours a week, but gets paid for 40! WTH?!?
On top of THAT smoking actually has even more advantages! It’s like the 2nd best place next to the coffee corner, or the water cooler, to hear important inside info, or close important deals… But that’s a whole different ball game… I might cover next time
Meanwhile…Since I have no intention of smoking, not even for the benefits, I’ll be ruling for chocolate, or Twitter breaks, to itch my Internet addiction!
Signing off,
Mainee
Internet Breaks
Reckless International Ambassador
