Nottinghamshire County Council to ban smoking breaks.

[Leekbrookgull]

Could effect some of their 9,000 employees,what are they running a council or jobs for life company ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-34136455

 

[wellquickwoody]

As a confirmed ex-smoker who ain't ever going back, I have to say, POPPYCOCK!

'Duty of care' my axxe, council officials hiding behind false interpretations of laws, rules and policies. Bit like much of Health and Safety rules implementation in the UK.

 

[Rambo]

Dont you just love the nanny state.

 

[GT49er]

Dont you just love the nanny state.

Errr........no

 

[sir albion]

Heard about this earlier..
Apparently they're not allowed to smoke with their uniform on even on their way to work etc...pathetic.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

9,000 employees,what are they running ?

 

[mr sheen]

Quite a large county? Cleaners, dinner ladies at several hundred schools?

 

[coagulantwolf]

Wish us non-smokers got as many breaks as smokers at work!

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Well why can't we have them ?

 

[Garage_Doors]

it certainly seems that e-cigarettes are not bad for your health -.

Where are the results of your research to back this wild statement up?

 

[Guinness Boy]

I smoked from when I was 14 to when my son was born when I was a month shy of my 35th birthday. Nearly 21 years. In that time I made myself worse at every sport I played, got more coughs that I naturally should have and probably gave myself nasal polyps, resulting in 2 operations. I also met two of my best friends and my wife in the smoking room of my first company, met three invaluable work contacts on smoke breaks, had the funniest night I can remember in Dublin because I'd popped outside for a fag and did a deal that extended my timeline on a software project in Japan by two weeks because I took someone for a coffee and smoke at the right time.

My son was is now 8. I can run a half marathon fairly comfortably and have got up without coughing most mornings for about 5 years. Yet smoke breaks have been massively beneficial to my life as you can see from the above. The least people should be given is a choice.

 

[Rogero]

I used to work an an office. The guy next to me smoked 30 a day. About every half an hour he would go for a fag.He did half the work everyone else did and we answered all the queries on his work.i It was not fair.

 

[Guinness Boy]

I used to work an an office. The guy next to me smoked 30 a day. About every half an hour he would go for a fag.He did half the work everyone else did and we answered all the queries on his work.i It was not fair.

That's not a problem with smoke breaks though. That's a problem with him and your boss, He was what we call round here a BELL CHEESE.He should have been sacked. If his superior wasn't dealing with it then he should have gone too.

The issue here isn't that lazy bar stewards should be allowed to have as many breaks as they want, It's that you should be allowed the basic human right to be a stupid whatsit in your own time, and that people should realise that as many deals are done in "breaks" as in the office.

 

[GT49er]

Where are the results of your research to back this wild statement up?

The same place as the results of your research to blindly refute this statement.

 

[Garage_Doors]

The same place as the results of your research to blindly refute this statement.

Mine is based on the fact you cannot use these devices on an aircraft as there there is no evidence that passive smoking from these devices has not been proven to be safe.
Over to you.

 

[Rogero]

That's not a problem with smoke breaks though. That's a problem with him and your boss, He was what we call round here a BELL CHEESE.He should have been sacked. If his superior wasn't dealing with it then he should have gone too.

The issue here isn't that lazy bar stewards should be allowed to have as many breaks as they want, It's that you should be allowed the basic human right to be a stupid whatsit in your own time, and that people should realise that as many deals are done in "breaks" as in the office.

Our boss was in another office 80 miles away and had 10 offices and loads of staff. Managers came and went. Some did not know our names.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

9,000 employees,what are they running ?

Quite a large county? Cleaners, dinner ladies at several hundred schools?

To say nothing of all the teachers in those schools.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I like chocolate breaks

 

[beorhthelm]

"The ban would prevent staff in uniform smoking on their way to and from work, and also extends to e-cigarettes."
And presumably nicorette gum or patches? i dont understand this hate agains the e-cigs, its like people are really offended by the very notion that other people have found a pleasurable way to ingest nicotine that doesnt have any side effects.

 

[Petunia]

Wish us non-smokers got as many breaks as smokers at work!

It's funny, but the ones who said that in my office were the same ones who were chatting at the kettle when I nipped out.......and still there when I got back!

I can't speak for all smokers but I know I adjusted my timesheet to (more than) compensate for any time out