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Originally Posted by AFireInside
I make it a point to try and not pay attention or monitor what my coworkers are doing and how many breaks they take.
I have my work, they have theirs, and it's never ending so why bother worrying about it.
It's going to depend on the job though. If it's labor intensive and you have to carry others while they smoke, that can get annoying. Still though if they don't smoke you're likely still doing the same work if they are there or not, so does it really matter?
I guess something customer service related could be annoying if it gets busy.
As for the original topic, I think it's a little silly, people need to stop being so over dramatic about smokers and the related annoyances.
For the record I don't smoke and never have.
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Based on what you wrote, I take it you haven't been in a position of management?
I have had one staff member that 'must' go for a smoke right before the team has to meet delaying everyone, another smoker that had more sick days than everyone else combined, another smoker that had a near death smoking related 'illness' and another smoker that goes for smoke breaks with the other smokers which leads to assorted gossip/conflict related issues between the smokers. While all this is taking place, the staff that don't smoke either sit there and work or get frustrated they are sitting there and working while someone else is either sick that day or busy smoking. And then the smokers start congregating with other smokers...it just goes on and on. You hire a new person that smokes? They start hanging with the smokers and repeat the cycle.
Those people I have worked with that exercise regularly? I rarely see any issues at all. There are countless studies about smoking and how it is bad for you, and this includes how it affects you at work.
I can't blame companies for thinking of ways to avoid hiring smokers, there really is nothing but upside to it.