tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442492383687661768.post845405238298854193..comments2023-05-21T03:30:24.289-04:00Comments on Chuck's World of Infinite MOJO: Are Smokers Miserable People?Chuck Bastiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13726290738520110178noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442492383687661768.post-17513073521900066022011-12-12T09:21:47.504-05:002011-12-12T09:21:47.504-05:00So much of that is true. Try being a business owne...So much of that is true. Try being a business owner and having to pay people to go outside and smoke. Lets say they need 4 smoke breaks a day and each one lasts 8 min figuring the time to put on a coat, work your way outside, smoke then get back inside and get back to work. Now let's be nice and round down to 30 min per day by the 250 or so working days per year. Now that's 125 hours a year I have to pay you for smoking at an average wage of $20 per hour means you smokers cost me a minimum of $2500 per year per person. Completly stupid! I have put a change into my company. We will not hire smokers anymore, we do health screens for all employees each year and if they smoke they get a $15 premium increase to help pay for the additional health care costs (as do people that are over a 30 BMI and high blood pressure) I figure I will do my part to help stop this bad habit and save myself a bunch of money in the future.Ianhttp://none.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442492383687661768.post-52959068345937655312011-12-11T12:49:46.821-05:002011-12-11T12:49:46.821-05:00You know, you're absolutely right. I'm too...You know, you're absolutely right. I'm too weak of a person to kick this habit. I've struggled with it for years. To tell you the truth, I don't even know why I was too stupid to start smoking; Because the selling features of the habit like yellow fingers, bad breath, yellow teeth, smelling bad, and the cost of it, let alone what it's been doing to my body seems to not be paying off so well. Now that I am a smoker, I can see how inconsiderate I am being, but I really don't give a shit. I just feel the urge to be defensive about my conflict to continue smoking, and I will continue to make everyone else around me wrong for my inconsiderate behaviour. Until the day I realize that I am powerless over this filthy habit and decide to actually take a stand for myself, I will simply continue to be miserable to people who mention anything about me smoking in public.<br /><br />Now, you must leave us to smoke in peace :PEileennoreply@blogger.com