Smoking at work........

[ians]

I agree with adrian, just because i dont smoke or drink anymore, must i now give up my sex addction...NOT.

[tec0]

I agree with adrian, just because i dont smoke or drink anymore, must i now give up my sex addction...NOT.

Where did I say anything about sex in this thread? lol talk about demonizing someone Ok then it is time for sex education

Anyhow it is FACT not fiction that some people with hardcore addictions will use alcohol to the point where it becomes a problem. Some while intoxicated will find their way back to drugs. It is also not uncommon to avoid clubs if you where addicted to alcohol. Some rehab’s recommend it.

So yea my statement to drop all addictions not just one is based on the fact that some addictions may well be a trigger. It may be BS in your world...

Sex for the most part if harmless to a degree. If you have one partner that is able and willing that is. But sex addiction is a bad bad addiction to get control over. It opens doors to unwanted pregnancy in some cases rape not to mention STD. Sex is factually a powerful drug it is designed to be because it insures procreation breaking this type of addiction no joke.

I knew people with this type of problem and the reality is they have access to there drug of choice all the time day and night 24/7 Imagine giving up drugs if you have full access to it all the time? Your fix is basically staring at you all the time in point blank range.


The reality is there was a man that was addicted to cold water... he enjoyed it so much that he started to drink ice-cold water constantly more then what his body could handle. He ended up destroying his kidneys...

[AndyD]

I don't see why everyone is demonising addictions. Addictions are what drive us and motivate us as a species. Addictions to money make us motivated to make profit, addictions to feelings and emotions drive us to be successful and raise families. I'm an equal opportunities addict, I don't deny any or discriminate against any, I'm happy to allow space for all my addictions.

[Dave A]

I'm happy to allow space for all my addictions.

When you get down to it, this thread is actually about allowing space for other people's addictions.

[adrianh]

When you get down to it, this thread is actually about allowing space for other people's addictions.

Exactly, what makes smoking more acceptable than other addictions. Would you hire aperson who has to mastrubate every hour or have a teaspoon of vodka every hour or a teaspoon of cough syrup or look at porn every hour. None of the things that I just mentioned have any direct effect on the environment or on co-workers...yet we frown on such behaviour.

[tec0]

I wonder how many dramatic yet useless pots I would have to make to get a point ??? Ag lets skip all that as my back is killing me and I have a ton of studying to do. Right what addiction doesn’t involve the human body and mind? Guess what all addictions needs participation!

Right boss complain about:

Farting employees = policy = farting dude looking for new job

Smoking employees = policy = smoking employee looking for new job

Wait a minute! “the boss would eventually say”

Anything that is annoying me = policy = I fire anyone that pi$$e$ me off even remotely.

There you go the birth of a new Hitler… AKA Boss…

Toleration doesn’t come to mind because those with power don’t tolerate they make TV shows looking all mean and saying words like “you are fired” or “or you get to go home now” or “I am done with this” with some degree of condescendence and then the camera zooms in at the poor bugger that will probably never work again.

So in the end it is the bosses world… ever wondered why every second person wants their own business? TA-DA!! The answer!!!!!!!

The truth is everyone is so sick of everyone else and there BS that there is no cohesion AKA economy goes the way of the dodo. Yea YOU ARE THE BOSS just like everybody else it is actually hilarious if you step back and realise that you have a chessboard full of kings. All of them capable of making the same move.



So in the end all the kings must be one block away from each other never actually able to go anywhere and they get stuck AKA stalemate and then the realization that a situation in which no progress can be made is a dead one. Last rule a king cannot take another king in chess… Unless it is Deliberately sacrificed…. So you will be forever dancing around each other until you take yourself of the chessboard. AKA run out of money

Right people it has been fun but cheers.

[adrianh]

tec0 - May I ask what it is that you smoke exactly?

[tec0]

My drug is called reality and sadly it sucks… Basically it is the same as taking your knockers and slamming them between two bricks.

Honestly fire everybody and be a king on the chessboard… Like I said once I saw this picture in my mind I couldn’t stop laughing. A chessboard full of kings representing a wall of zero toleration but in the end there is only one move you can make.



Even if you started at the bottom row eventually a king will fall a space will open and the wall will crumble...

[Citizen X]

Gentle people
No innuendo intended! I simply find it interesting that Nazi Germany was the very first country to have a campaign against the smoking of cigarettes
Have a look at this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-to...n_Nazi_Germany

[adrianh]

Wow, now that makes for interesting reading.

I think that the popularity of smoking was as a direct result of marketing by large American manufacturers who knew perfectly well the devestating effects.

What I don't get is that people still smoke even though there is an abundance of evidence that it is very harmful. I think that if smoking were to kill after only one packet then nobody would smoke, but because the effects take so long people don't think about it. It's weird to think that people will save for their old age yet they would smoke and mess up the exact quailty of life that they are so desperately saving their money for....yet we think we are God's greatest creation because we are "able to think for ourselves"

[Citizen X]

Wow, now that makes for interesting reading.

I think that the popularity of smoking was as a direct result of marketing by large American manufacturers who knew perfectly well the devestating effects.

What I don't get is that people still smoke even though there is an abundance of evidence that it is very harmful. I think that if smoking were to kill after only one packet then nobody would smoke, but because the effects take so long people don't think about it. It's weird to think that people will save for their old age yet they would smoke and mess up the exact quailty of life that they are so desperately saving their money for....yet we think we are God's greatest creation because we are "able to think for ourselves"

A very good morning to you Adrian,
I’m actually not happy that I currently smoke! I gave up smoking for some 6 years! I’m aware that the literature proves that smoking doesn’t relieve stress but that it only makes it worse, but in my case it does seem to help. I remain committed to stopping as smoking affects my exercise regime which is very important to me.
I suppose that if I were your potential employee, I would just have to approach you with humility i.e. Sir I have a cigarette smoking problem, but I give you my word I will never smoke at work

[adrianh]

Oh well, we all have our issues. As long as we are aware of them and work at them then that is all that really matters. My own list of personal issues are a mile long.

[Nigel Hamilton]

this puts it all into perspective

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7YBaiJMnik

[Justloadit]

The anti-tobacco movement did not have much effect in the early years of the Nazi regime and tobacco use increased between 1933 and 1939, but smoking by military personnel declined from 1939 to 1945.

Wow is this not surprising, the fact that most of the army personnel were already dead due to the war effort had nothing to do with the count I suppose

[Citizen X]

Wow is this not surprising, the fact that most of the army personnel were already dead due to the war effort had nothing to do with the count I suppose

The irony is that the American economy as we know it today was built on the tabacco and cotton industries! The only thing that could get America out of the great depression was legalizing alcohol i.e. nullifying prohibition. So these two sins played a major role economically. As for Hitler, he was against cigarretes but not against his personal doctor, Dr Morel shooting him up with drugs everyday.