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by dal53
on Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:38 am |
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my workplace is going smokefree outside and in parking lot - my question can they stop me from smoking in my car in their parking lot?  |
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by infinitethoughts
on Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:47 pm |
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Probably in their screwed up view of smoking. I'm assuming they would say that the parking lot is their property and your car is on it.
Better would be to go have a talk with whoever implemented this in the company and ask them why they don't have a ban on every single vehicle coming on their property, since this is what is causing the Cancer epedemic and not tiny whiffs from someone smoking.
You'll probably have to line up another job tho, cause you'll point out how idiotic that persons reasoning capacity is. |
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by dal53
on Sun Aug 02, 2009 3:04 pm |
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They don't own my car, private property and they don't insure while it's on their property - loophole?  |
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by gilster
on Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:29 am |
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Many businesses are banning smoking inside cars on their property.
Technically it's your private property but technically the car is parked on their private property.
Catch-22
I see a lot of this in my area, mostly affecting employees only.
For a business to restrict smoking from their customers, they would knock out 20%+ of their consumer base. |
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by garhkal
on Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:17 pm |
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| Do they actually own the parking lot though, or is it leased land? |
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by Smoker Sympathizer
on Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:13 pm |
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| It is sad that the OP even needed to ask this question. That's how perverse our world is. How hard would it be for there to be a designated smoking area in every workplace? To make smokers miserable and make them guess and feel like outcasts in their own work areas, well that's just stupid. Such an utter lack of respect is unconscionable. Who makes the smoking policies in workplaces? Do workplaces have to follow a set of rules or are they subject to discretion? |
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by garhkal
on Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:25 pm |
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| Depends on the workplace. Military has all sorts of regulations, like 50 feet from a building, NOT in a normal pathway, covered, must have at least 2 ways to collect garbage...... |
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by flex
on Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:06 pm |
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Quote: Smoker Sympathizer
It is sad that the OP even needed to ask this question. That's how perverse our world is. How hard would it be for there to be a designated smoking area in every workplace? To make smokers miserable and make them guess and feel like outcasts in their own work areas, well that's just stupid. Such an utter lack of respect is unconscionable.
Agreed.
An even worst case of scenario is when the employer is willing to provide it and some even willing to pay to have it enclosed but not allowed to do so.
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by powerpuff
on Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:19 am |
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| Companies should expect that in every 10 employees they have, 3 of them are smokers. So the point is... there should always be an allocated smoking area... always! |
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by garhkal
on Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:40 pm |
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| They should expect it, but these days they seem to be actively trying to get rid of us. |
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