Tim

I’m late, I know, but haven’t been getting on as much since I started working and with doing the theatre as well.

Anyway, Tim, smoking is quite a bit more intrusive than wearing a sweater. It doesn’t stay in one place and if you’re in an enclosed building, it’s harder to get away from than a sweater.

1) smoking is detrimental to the smoker’s health AND the person who’s around them.

2) it’s harder to get away from, especially if you’re in an enclosed area.

3) if I knew that you had an allergy to wool, I would be more than happy to avoid wearing it if I knew I was going to be around you. Smokers aren’t generally quite so polite (well, generally not the ones who are strangers to you and who are sitting in the smoking section of a restaurant) and non smoking sections aren’t always much help.

4) If I came across as narcissistic and ‘holier than thou’, I apologise, that was not my intention.

5) I’m not saying that smokers shouldn’t be allowed to smoke, I just don’t want it done around me. I know that’s not necessarily a realistic thing, that’s simply how I feel and I have a right to say you can’t smoke around my house; it’s my abode, after all. Smoke at your own place if you want to. I know plenty of people who smoke; most of the cast and crew at the theatre where I’m volunteering smoke. I’ve not said a word to them, but I avoid the area where they smoke.

6) So why don’t I avoid places where people can smoke? I certainly don’t go to pubs nad taverns and clubs, but in this town, EVERY single stupid restaurant allows smoking and a lot of non restaurant haunts do as well. It’s rather hard to avoid. I might as well just stay confined to my home and never leave.
6) I don’t drink caffeine either; gave it up in ‘97, mainly because I’m a singer.

7) Sorry if I seem rough, but the posting rubbed me the wrong way I guess.