Posted by Dave on 1/9/2009, 12:08 pm, in reply to "Re: OBNOXIOUS NONSMOKERS"
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Bluntly: I don't want to smell the breath of someone who just smoked (or who chain smokes) any more than I want to smell the breath of someone who has just eaten a steak dinner with a salad topped with bleu cheese dressing, or the breath of someone who woke up too late to bother brushing their teeth.
If you're in public and you breath (or your body) stinks enough to make people wrinkle their noses at your presence, that's hardly their fault. Yes, the guy's comment was rude, but there's no need to invite such ridicule when it's so easy not to offend people with foul odors. That's what breath mints, gum, toothbrushes, and moderation are for.
Dave
--Previous Message--
: Don’t you know it is nice to be nice to
: people?
:
: By that, I am saying maybe your wife could
: have been nicer to the Black Man by eating a
: couple of Certs before she went in to the
: DMV.
:
: Now, I am not about to try to tell you what
: to do, as we each make our own choices in
: life, of course… but I have to say: There
: are many nice and good people out there,
: even Black People, in this glorious and kind
: world that just don’t like to breath in the
: smell of another’s cigarette ---
:
: Now I know it seems like he was just another
: Black Man that didn’t like smokers.
:
: That might be the case, but some Black
: people just don’t want to hove to breathe in
: the smell smokers emit.
:
: Like I said, far be it for me to tell you
: what to do, but maybe he just couldn’t take
: it for many reasons other that the
: possibility that he was an anti-smoking type
: out to oppress your wife’s rights to stink
: up his air space.
:
: I am sorry if I might offend you by saying
: this, but my mom always told me to be nice
: and I am trying to look at this from the “be
: nice” point of view.
:
: On the other hand, the Black man might have
: been an anti out to oppress your wife’s
: rights – who knows?
: C E R T S is what I use, sir.
:
: --Previous Message--
: My wife is a regular smoker who enjoys her
: habit (as I do) and over the years that we
: have been together she has been fairly
: skillful in dealing with abrasive comments
: from nonsmokers--until recently, she left
: work early to stop at the DMV office to
: renew her driver's license. As the local
: office near our home is some distance from
: her workplace, she had two cigarettes during
: the drive.
: She arrived at the office smelling of smoke,
: went into the DMV and even though the office
: was somewhat crowded she didn't have to wait
: long.
: A young African-American male waited on her,
: while preparing the paperwork for her
: renewal request, made an utterance within
: earshot about her Ashtray breath being the
: pits. While wishing to avoid a scene, my
: wife bit her tongue and said nothing. To say
: the least this experience angered her and
: she believes that smokers are the last
: minority that it is permissible to oppress
: with the blessings of government. I did call
: this DMV office to protest my wife's
: treatment and got what I would call a luke
: warm response. Has anyone else had any
: experiences with discourteous, ill-mannered
: nonsmokers?
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