So today we get an e-mail which (paraphrasing) reads: “Smoke breaks will no longer be allowed during working hours. Smokers who wish to smoke must do so during their lunch hours.” Wow, are they serious?
The only thing I could think was they must have heard the same thing I did on 1010 Wins, (also see the above article). It basically states that the average smoker uses one hour of work time to smoke. I’m wondering if management heard about this and thought, damn we should cut that shit out pronto!
Of course when there are smokers in management this rule never seems to “take”. Previously I’ve worked for other employers that when they have that “Great American Smokeout” (I think that’s what its called. The employer has offered to sponsor a smoking cessation class for those wishing to quit smoking.
I once heard that the addiction of smoking is strikingly similar to quitting heroin. Luckily I’ve had to quit neither of two. It almost makes alcohol addiction seem carefree as a muthafucker.
As for the new rule at work. I give it less than a week. Shit like that never works because the addiction of smoking fucks with the moods and actions of the smoker. AND because there is literary no way to ENFORCE it. Not without firing good people/employees who also happen to be smokers.
Plus there are always people in management who smoke. And people in management are just as addicted to that nicotine staining, wallet-draining, little firesticks as anyone else. Of course they could also solve this situation by offering smokers the ability to split their lunch hour. They could take two 15 minute breaks and one half hour lunchtime.
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