February 11, 2010

Why Can't I Smoke in the Workplace?

Cigarette Butts are Litter too

I am not going to mention the name of the company, but the driver of the technician truck which was parked in front of my house flicked the last of his burning cigarette right onto my street.  I do not appreciate this.  As he sat in the vehicle to smoke the cigarette, he appeared to be working on something.  I wonder if it is against company policy to work and smoke.  Is that considered smoking in the workplace?  There was another individual in the vehicle, was he offended by the smoke?  There is not a whole heck of a lot that I can do about the offender seeing how I am not going to call the police to report a litter bug.

Sure, I could call the company, get through the automated phone system choices and wait on hold until a representative answers my call.  Who has that kind of time?  And really, is she going to care?  She is probably due for a cigarette break herself.  Although, being that her coworker can smoke in his workspace and she cannot, maybe she will report the issue and they will no longer permit smoking in the vehicles.  Perhaps they do not allow smoking in the vehicles to begin with and he will get busted.  This would solve the problem unless it begins a whole rash of gum wrapper litter. 

I don't even smoke.  The litter is my complaint.  Not just with the huge major company employees, but with millions of other smokers.  Most feel entitled to just flick their cigarette butts wherever they choose, like smoking is cool.  I do not care if people smoke, but when they flick their butts out their car window hitting our cars,  when they drive by and flick them on our lawns, and when they flick them all over our public spaces, it involves us.  We have the right to complain so this can be changed.  Have there been recorded victims of the second hand flick?

Filed under Edilorials by Lori Spall

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