New smoking restrictions in Washington. Oh boy!

[wilomn]

Seems to me the problem is with those doing the smoking.

If you want to use a drug, government sanctioned and taxed or not, some consideration of those not addicted to your poison would be considerate.

How many considerate people, considerate of strangers not their friends, do you know? Now, how many of them are smokers?

The government is getting involved because nicotine addicts are not considerate of those who do not share their problem.

I was at a restaurant recently, Sunday Morning Breakfast with my offspring. We go to a Mom and Pop place that generally has a bit of a line. We wait patiently if we must. Some yahoo a few feet back need a fix so he fires up. He's outside but not only is he upwind, meaning his smoke is blowing towards the rest of us in line, he's 'considerate' of his fellow linestanders.

Of course by 'considerate' I mean he totally ignored the looks of most of those in the line who were not smoking but irritated, annoyed and made stinky by HIS addiction. I watched this, being annoyed myself as his smoke was blowing right in the door which I was standing just inside of. I was giving this guy a good stare, and those who know me know he didn't miss it, though he pretended to.

So, I walked out there, asked him why EVERYONE in line had to smoke with him and how about he move down the sidewalk and out of the wind.

He did and several of the ACTUAL considerate folks, none of whom were smoking, thanked me for speaking up.

One guy who needed a fix discomforted at least a dozen people in line plus those inside who had to breathe his second hand smoke, which HAS been proven to cause cancer, and no one said squat because ..... well I can only assume because they figured anyone rude and inconsiderate enough to engage in such a foul smelling habit in such a densely packed area would not be receptive to those who did not share his addiction and had the gumption to ask him to stop or move.

This is not the first or second or third time I've seen this type of thing. One person with a drug addiction tossing common courtesy out the metaphorical window to get a fix.

Therein lies the problem with smokers.

You don't see Junkies shooting up whilst awaiting the breaking of their fast. You don't see caffine jockeys poisoning strangers to get their magical elixir. It's just the nicotine junkies.

Get them to have some consideration and maybe big brother wouldn't have any cause to pay attention at all.