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Originally Posted by Fobulous
I am somewhat indifferent on this subject; however, I find it hard to believe that some of the smokers on this website don't understand the arguement at hand.
If your job is completely isolated to you (i.e. no other communication with anyone) than I can understand that it is irrelevant how many breaks you take as a smoker just as long as you get your job done. If you take 5 smoke breaks a day and you have to stay an extra 30 minutes after your normal time to leave than so be it...
However, with that being said... in most workplaces there is constant interactaion amongst employees. If I have some work to do... chances are I am going to have to work with several other individuals to complete the project at hand (rig superintendants, AFE admin, mineral land, JV, etc.) If anyone along the chain is out smoking than that all of a sudden slows down the completion of the project. Basically, what I am trying to say is that it is irrelevant how hard of a worker a smoker is... if they are interacting with other individuals throughout a given day, chances are it will slow down the process each time they take a smoke break.
Just my 2 cents.
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Does your company conduct meetings in the washroom? What if someone suffers from TBS, and chooses to drink copious amounts of water/coffee? Have the bathroom breaks been monitored? If not, someone should get on that right away!
I nominate the OP. Next weeks assignment, hang out by the women's washroom and log in and out times. You'll be the hit of the office... I just quit smoking so I may be hyper-sensetive to this debate...