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Old 15-02-2014, 19:31   #61
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Ah ... you are now the spokesman for the smokers. And you are maybe suggesting that smokers supported and promoted punitive, politically correct, and really quite silly laws that prevented non-smokers from not smoking?

Eric that's daft, well done.
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Old 15-02-2014, 19:58   #62
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Smokers i know dont really give a toss, But stupidity gets most folks goat.
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Old 15-02-2014, 20:15   #63
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Grist to t'mill and in endorsement of that Mr C
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All that lovely tax! Keep it up, smokers.
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Old 15-02-2014, 20:24   #64
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All that lovely tax! Keep it up, smokers.
I pay VAT on my mars bars and coca cola but I don't litter the streets with the cans and wrappers Gordon
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Old 15-02-2014, 20:28   #65
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Ah ... you are now the spokesman for the smokers.
No, I just speak for me, and I`ve heard plenty of ex-work mate smokers complaining that they now have to go outside for a smoke.
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Old 15-02-2014, 21:01   #66
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I pay VAT on my mars bars and coca cola but I don't litter the streets with the cans and wrappers Gordon
Every town center you walk round is littered with take away cartons, plastic bags, chewing gum, Mars Bar wrappers, Coca Cola cans etc.

Are you denying it's you?

Give them their own little smoking room with a pint and an ashtray and they won't make a mess or bother anyone! Just like the good old days!

Anyway, doesn't it give you a warm glow seeing how the smokers are saving you all that extra income tax?

VAT- that's nothing.Try smokers tax!
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Old 15-02-2014, 21:21   #67
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The only thing that used to give me the hump was that when I was working, the smokers used to slope off for a fag.....leaving those who didn't smoke to carry on looking after the patients.....so they were taking extra (paid for) breaks.
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Old 15-02-2014, 21:24   #68
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The only thing that used to give me the hump was that when I was working, the smokers used to slope off for a fag.....leaving those who didn't smoke to carry on looking after the patients.....so they were taking extra (paid for) breaks.
That used to wind me up also. Fortunately, no smokers where I am now, but if there were, they could smoke on official breaks only.
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Old 15-02-2014, 21:30   #69
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Well, I have to say that those smokers who disappeared every once in a while were monitored, and they were warned to cut back on these unofficial breaks......some opted to have nicotine patches while they were working.
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Old 15-02-2014, 21:31   #70
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The only thing that used to give me the hump was that when I was working, the smokers used to slope off for a fag.....leaving those who didn't smoke to carry on looking after the patients.....so they were taking extra (paid for) breaks.
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That used to wind me up also. Fortunately, no smokers where I am now, but if there were, they could smoke on official breaks only.
A non smoker once asked me about the time I spent stood in the cold smoking.
I pointed out that I'd just watched them chatting for over half an hour, stood in a warm office- and they still weren't working.
We all need a break, whether it's for a smoke or just a chat.
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Old 15-02-2014, 21:32   #71
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In my job, patients came first.....before recognised official breaks.
If a patient required looking after, then that always came first....no,question!
If there were times when we were quiet(and these were not often) then I could always find plenty of things to do......I didn't mind the staff chatting while they were unpacking and checking the clean linen.
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Old 15-02-2014, 21:35   #72
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If a patient required looking after, then that always came first....no question!
No argument!
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Old 15-02-2014, 21:36   #73
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I am so glad about that Gordon
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Old 15-02-2014, 21:37   #74
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A non smoker once asked me about the time I spent stood in the cold smoking.
I pointed out that I'd just watched them chatting for over half an hour, stood in a warm office- and they still weren't working.
We all need a break, whether it's for a smoke or just a chat.
Do you know they weren`t working, I often spend time in the office chatting about work.
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Old 15-02-2014, 21:39   #75
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Do you know they weren`t working,
Yes.
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