Don’t know about you, but I positively hate smokers. Having said that, I have friends who smoke, and am almost always tickled whenever they sit near me and ask the famous question: “Do you mind if I smoke?”
Well, what do you expect me to reply? “Yes, I do..get lost!?” So what I normally do would be to grab the nearest newspaper I can find and start fanning away like crazy, or if I can’t find a newspaper, I’ll probably find a good excuse to get up and leave. Anything from “Oh, look at the time! Got to go for work!” or “Man, I need to go to the restroom, fast!”
What is more shocking to me is to find that people are starting this smoking habit as young as their teenage years, and usually it boils down to peer pressure. You see your friends or peers doing it, so you join in (or feel like an outcast). And there’s also the famous excuse for starting this dirty habit: “I feel stressed, so I smoke.” Duh, give me a break!
I’m pleased to say that during my years in England and America, nobody has ever coerced me to smoke. My friends take me for what I am, and that’s it. That’s the way it should be. And some of them are so polite that they will snub out their cigarette when they see me coming!
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Yeah it is not so bad in my country as not a lot of people force me to smoke. I went overseas on a trip in Europe and far out there were so many people wanting me to smoke. They kept offering and kept on saying to stop being embaressed and have one. Some people!
Hehe anyway, was just passing through via tag surfer. Keep up the great work!
ROFL – well….I must admit…along with my caffeine addiction I’m a smoker. Tho in recent months I have thought more and more about quitting. It is a bad habit I do wish I’d never started, because stopping is so very hard.
BUT – If I’m with someone who I know doesn’t like smoke, I will excuse myself and go outside or something. I would never dream of putting the other person in a position where they felt they had to leave because of it. I think it’s rude to do something that makes another person uncomfortable, and I certainly understand people’s aversion to smoking.
Confession is good for the soul, Doris. Anyway, I can’t breathe your ciggy smoke from here
I am with Doris unfortunately I am a follower of the dreaded weed! eek
I don’t smoke during the day, and here in England you cannot smoke in public places anyway. If I need one it’s simple I go outside, I smoke a lot less in the winter! ;0)
My hubby and I recently visited Prague and people smoke everywhere in pubs in restaurants, and everyone seemed to smoke. We were in a restaurant and a family was sat next to us, after my meal I simply went outside even though I could have had a cigerette where I was sitting.
I admit to smoking and enjoying one after my meal, but I do appreciate that not everyone wants to breath in my fumes! It basically a case of having good manners and appreciating that what you like to do is not the case for everyone.
Thankfully, so you don’t have to virtually excuse yourself, I am a reformed smoker. I hate smoking and smoke too, even when I smoked I did, so I am a hypocrite. I never smoked in my house or car. I would go outside and fan the smoke away from me as I puffed and puffed, lol. Ah well. It’s over.
Yuppers, I’ve never touched a ciggy in my 48 years of existence. I’m glad it’s over for you because smoking does your body no good.
Oh, and, by the way, I smoked because of stress, lol. Hahahahahahahaha! Are you still my friend, lol.
Of course! No worries there.