cigarette smoking

i'am-a-donkey · Post by **i'am-a-donkey** » 28 Feb 2008, 12:58

ive worked for the royal mail so nearly 20 years and for the first time this morning people in our office were prevented from going outside to have a fag break.. i dont smoke myself and the people concern have very heavy duties and have been cutting off recently.. so i suppose some might say that the managers A>K>A> the Gestapo have every right to do this,, i just think that its a thin end of a very large wedge there putting between ourselves.. some people rely on a fag after walksorting has been completed and it make you think how petty or nasty these people will becomes in the days,weeks,months,years to come.. am i wrong to think like this ... donkey

simply_the_best · Post by **simply_the_best** » 28 Feb 2008, 13:28

I go for one after we finish our IPS, i just tell him i will take 5 mns from my break

glenfiddich · Post by **glenfiddich** » 28 Feb 2008, 13:42

i have a 5 min fag break after ips if it ever gets queried then i shall start taking my full 10 minute grace relief and 2 or 3 trips to toilet which some people take

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 28 Feb 2008, 14:45

I'm surprised that anyone still has time for a smoke break but it is still wrong because you can't have a smoke in the van on the way out or pedaling along the road in the driving rain

but wait until they try to stop you from going to the toilet (lots of wet patches under the frames)

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 28 Feb 2008, 14:53

disgruntledpostie1 wrote:I'm surprised that anyone still has time for a smoke break but it is still wrong because you can't have a smoke in the van on the way out or pedaling along the road in the driving rain but wait until they try to stop you from going to the toilet (lots of wet patches under the frames)

Its not the wet patches I would be concerned about.

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 28 Feb 2008, 15:09

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:I'm surprised that anyone still has time for a smoke break but it is still wrong because you can't have a smoke in the van on the way out or pedaling along the road in the driving rain but wait until they try to stop you from going to the toilet (lots of wet patches under the frames)
Its not the wet patches I would be concerned about.

I was trying not to go there