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| Originally Posted by Finless Restaurants ........... well, that is the choice of the management and enforcing some more effective air conditioning might have been a bit less draconian? Did you ever make your feelings known to any restaurant manager and explain why you would never be returning to their establishment? |
There it is again - my only choice was to not go out. Yes, I mentioned smoke as being a problem many times, but the sad fact is that I was treated as if I was a weirdo (possibly true...). Smoking was allowed, so they allowed it!
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| Originally Posted by Finless I'm not specifically arguing the smoking case but it is a prime example of over heavy handedness to ban it completely when, IMO, it would be much fairer to allow establishments to cater for either. Then, if you don't like somewhere you have a choice to go elsewhere. |
There wasn't really a choice. Many times we had gone out to nice places only to have smokers sit at the very next table and light up as they read the menu.
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| Originally Posted by Finless Another pet hate of mine is children in restaurants and pubs. How would you feel if my POV was the majority? I take the choice to either put up with it or go somewhere where there aren't any. |
I agree with you, which is why we always go out early when we take young Eric the Fish with us. However, the presence of a small child does not directly cause you ill health...of course, ill behaved little brats should not be allowed out. Rather, their parents should excercise controll over the little darlings. Anyhow, aren't children banned from pubs unless they're having a meal?
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| Originally Posted by Finless In my opinion the government is interfering far too much in everything and the "war on terror" is giving them the perfect opportunity to gather more and more information on everyone and poke further and further. |
I'm with you 100% on this, but I don't think the ID cards/electronic passports are in the same league as this measure.
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| Originally Posted by Finless Just because you are greatly in favour of this particular decision does not necessarily mean you will be so happy in the future? |
I'm not too happy about much of the recent legislation! I'm fairly certain I'll always support no-smoking in public places.
I sympathise with smokers, I just don't want to breath the smoke. If there is any way this can be done, then I'm happy for smokers to smoke in public.
Cheers, Chris