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No Smoking
July 3, 2007
I’m glad that there is now a ‘no smoking’ ban in effect in England, though to be honest I think the introduction of this has had more of an effect on me than when it was allowed.
I used to go to the pub and expect to come out smelling of smoke. It’s the price you pay for a night out really, and I was always more than willing to participate. Now, however, I go out and expect it to be smoke free…which is true - on the inside. As soon as you step out of the pub, though, you have to fight your way past a group of smokers huddling in the entrance attempting to stay off the premises but still protected from the rain and so you end up getting grunts of annoyance and a plume of smoke in the face as you attempt to weave your way through them - most disagreeable.
And then we have the signage! My word how strict can you be? It’s now the law for every workplace to have a no smoking sign displayed or else face a fine of, I think, up to £1000. In my life I have seen about 3 people smoking on buses, and 1 person on the platform of an underground station - very few numbers for the amount of people I see in these locations. I have never, in my life, seen anyone smoking in an office, or a bookstore, or a library. Ever! Yet, these places now also have to display the signs so that people are aware of the fact you are not allowed to smoke. I think anybody stupid enough to light up in these places would still do so whether or not a sign was there - like the four people on the public transport mentioned earlier. The sign is simply not going to effect them. So now I have to see the no smoking sign up in my own office because ‘it’s the law’ - how stupid.
Everyone knows you’re not allowed to smoke in enclosed public spaces now…it’s not as if they’re going to suddenly light one up as soon as they step into my office now is it?
If you work from home you’re even meant to have a sign up in the room that is your ‘working space’ if you have people visiting that space for work purposes.
As mentioned, I’m pleased with the ban - but there certainly are things about it that I could do without.
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