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Eric that's daft, well done.

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Grist to t'mill and in endorsement of that Mr C
Pic taken recently outsida' a local hostelry...

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All that lovely tax! Keep it up, smokers.

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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 ;)

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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. :dummy2:

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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?:rolleyes:

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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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.

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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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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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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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No argument!

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I am so glad about that Gordon :)

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Do you know they weren`t working, I often spend time in the office chatting about work.

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Yes.