tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post5287161640969978692..comments2024-03-29T00:30:10.138-07:00Comments on BikeBubba's Boulangerie: How about a nonsmoking break?Bike Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-20709398163510745942008-08-05T17:53:00.000-07:002008-08-05T17:53:00.000-07:00A few years ago I started taking "non-smoking" bre...A few years ago I started taking "non-smoking" breaks. I was friends with some of the smokers at my workplace, so I'd step outside with them and just stand upwind. The fresh air was nice and I enjoyed talking with them. And my justification was just that - non-smokers deserved just as many breaks as the smokers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-84442981927416118982008-08-04T21:41:00.000-07:002008-08-04T21:41:00.000-07:00thats because we are very sociable, and cant wait ...thats because we are very sociable, and cant wait to inform the general populace about who just got walked out. LOLGinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-84611693865819011382008-08-04T12:21:00.000-07:002008-08-04T12:21:00.000-07:00Just an hour before the others? At ours, it's gen...Just an hour before the others? At ours, it's generally weeks before others.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-29493037427336351512008-08-04T11:55:00.000-07:002008-08-04T11:55:00.000-07:00sorry, i read the tone as "my,my what a surprise. ...sorry, i read the tone as "my,my what a surprise. seems these smoking folks are human. i never knew that."<BR/><BR/>and yer right: we do get to know other people others may not. and at the plant, we also get the gossip an hour before everybody else,too.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-34208906230596655632008-08-04T08:08:00.000-07:002008-08-04T08:08:00.000-07:00I'll be glad to prejudge smokers as nice people. ...I'll be glad to prejudge smokers as nice people. As for the "fat people," well, I'm carrying a little bit of extra weight, and I can vouch for the fact that at least one overweight person (me) has a little bit of "dipstickism." :^)<BR/><BR/>(feel free to judge me along those lines, too, Gino) :^)<BR/><BR/>Actually, what I was getting at is that smokers have--really due to their ostracism by the "health police"--a wonderful opportunity to get to know people that the nonsmoking crowd does not.<BR/><BR/>So take a "nonsmoking" break, y'all. Reach out that way.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-5964036534605031782008-08-03T20:43:00.000-07:002008-08-03T20:43:00.000-07:00Gino, "thanks for the prejudice?" I'm not sure I ...Gino, "thanks for the prejudice?" I'm not sure I follow. Wasn't BB saying just the opposite?W.B. Picklesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187309512838841997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-57537944960940556482008-08-02T15:48:00.000-07:002008-08-02T15:48:00.000-07:00i'm a smoker.have been all my life.thanks for the ...i'm a smoker.<BR/>have been all my life.<BR/><BR/>thanks for the prejudice.<BR/><BR/>btw: do you label fat people as undesirable and somehow disordered as well?<BR/><BR/>and ya know what? some of them alcoholics are pretty nice folks, as well.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-5210935788745570082008-08-02T09:14:00.000-07:002008-08-02T09:14:00.000-07:00You know, that's not a bad idea. At the very leas...You know, that's not a bad idea. At the very least it would help people to overcome the tendency to judge smokers as lesser people. Now that's a bad habit to have!W.B. Picklesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187309512838841997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-91220238402395526232008-08-01T10:15:00.000-07:002008-08-01T10:15:00.000-07:00Maybe with "don't I need to step outside just as m...Maybe with "don't I need to step outside just as much as a smoker?"?<BR/><BR/>Eh, I'm salaried; as long as I get things done, I don't get into too much trouble. :^)Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-78155199315824936442008-08-01T10:03:00.000-07:002008-08-01T10:03:00.000-07:00How will you explain it to your boss? :)How will you explain it to your boss? :)Orianna Launhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763924682909630509noreply@blogger.com