For those that aren't aware, smoking is not allowed in restaurants, bars, office buildings, or public places in NYC (why our apartment building still has ashcans in the hallways is beyond me, but that's for another time...). Now most smokers, outside of Graydon Carter, head outside for their multiple smoke breaks per day. The management company of the office building I occupy 8+ hours a day has thoughtfully installed signs outside the front doors that are of the very basic, "No Smoking" with both words and a graphic. This is not an uncommon sight in NYC. Nor is finding a group of smokers standing right in front, beside or under these signs.
Do people even read anymore?
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At my school, a Catholic school, I saw some curious metal trays on the wall in one of the classroom buildings. This particular building predates Vatican I, but I still thought it was unusual that it had ashtrays on the wall.
Turns out these were holy water receptacles. I hope nobody got confused!
There are three huge hospitals in my hometown. Drive by the lobby of any of them, and you know what you'll see? A flock of nurses smoking. Nice.
I hate having to walk through the smokers to get in/out of a building. It's so tacky and disgusting. If I ever have enough $$, I'm going to buy an empty building in mid-town and convert it into a smoking building. That's all it's going to be - a space to come and take all their smoke breaks.
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