08-05-2006, 05:30 PM
FCC doesn't have the man-power to enforce it.
Listening to cell phone conversations isn't illegal either. Neither is possession of a receiver to listen in.
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(You'd be surprised how many people start gagging when they see someone smoking and the wind is blowing the other way.)
You'd be surprised by how many people (non-smokers especially) can smell that smoke from great distances, or from cars on the street with their windows down.
>>{b] I'm one of them, no surprise there.{/b]
You might not be surprised at how many people write that "ability" off as psychosematic. You might not be surprised at how many people believe that by people are faking the gaggin, and don't realize that the wind can and has changed directions.
My own Mom is one of many of those people who start gagging and having reactions to just the sight of someone smoking. EVEN SOMEONE ON TV. If cigarette smoke bothered me as much as it did her, I might even react the same way.
...your post starts off extremely confrontational...
Who is he confronting, by way of this post?
the new neighbor he's all ready decided is a selfish pr!ck. You didn't read the subject line ? He then goes on to claim he's all ready confronted the neighbor with his concerns.
Some will see you as an adversary that is a selfish pr&*% that only cares about themselves.
True. Those would probably be smoker sympathizers.
empathizers, it gets you a lot further in life
I usually extend a wish that someone not smoke for their health reasons, rather then mine.
I don't waste time with that tactic. It only works on those who would have likely honored the requests of Buzz's neighbors in the first place. More likely is one to get the response "It's my health, I'll do the worryin' around here, Babalooie!"
I don't care if the smoker wants to seal him or herself in a giant ZipLock bag. No problem. But I have no problem being a selfish prick where my health is concerned. I don't need somebody risking it for me.
The same feeling would apply if this neighbor were playing music too loud, parking where he shouldn't, etc. Complainers could be call SPs by sympathizers. So what.
Several neighbors have already asked him to refrain, and when asked, he simply walks a building, or two, away for the time being. Given the hot weather lately, everybody has their windows open, and when new guy insists on sticking close to the buildings to smoke (and talk), it is very annoying. He has sufficiently proven his selfishness in the short time he has been here; how do we get him to be more considerate, after he's already been asked dozens of times?
It seems that the SP has been "confronted" already, to little or
it seems you've found the answer to an earlier question
no avail. At this point, I would not presume him to be a decent guy or that any "caring" would improve Buzz's situation.
Reading the lease and contacting the property management seems to be the only and best recourse at this point.
Doctors try "tough love" including refusing care and treatment to those that smoke. It doesn't work.
So do Dentists.
Parents try it with kids , it rarely works. They sure do think they've fooled you into thinking it has though.
Pam's method works. It takes a LOT more effort and patience. Deep grasp of what compassion is and its value.
When you get phone calls 15 years later from an ex-employee who's finally quit successfully, and the phone call is only to tell you they've quit and stayed quit for the last 6 months , nothing else, I take the 4 or 5 minutes for the pat on the back they've called for.
Listening to cell phone conversations isn't illegal either. Neither is possession of a receiver to listen in.
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(You'd be surprised how many people start gagging when they see someone smoking and the wind is blowing the other way.)
You'd be surprised by how many people (non-smokers especially) can smell that smoke from great distances, or from cars on the street with their windows down.
>>{b] I'm one of them, no surprise there.{/b]
You might not be surprised at how many people write that "ability" off as psychosematic. You might not be surprised at how many people believe that by people are faking the gaggin, and don't realize that the wind can and has changed directions.
My own Mom is one of many of those people who start gagging and having reactions to just the sight of someone smoking. EVEN SOMEONE ON TV. If cigarette smoke bothered me as much as it did her, I might even react the same way.
...your post starts off extremely confrontational...
Who is he confronting, by way of this post?
the new neighbor he's all ready decided is a selfish pr!ck. You didn't read the subject line ? He then goes on to claim he's all ready confronted the neighbor with his concerns.
Some will see you as an adversary that is a selfish pr&*% that only cares about themselves.
True. Those would probably be smoker sympathizers.
empathizers, it gets you a lot further in life
I usually extend a wish that someone not smoke for their health reasons, rather then mine.
I don't waste time with that tactic. It only works on those who would have likely honored the requests of Buzz's neighbors in the first place. More likely is one to get the response "It's my health, I'll do the worryin' around here, Babalooie!"
I don't care if the smoker wants to seal him or herself in a giant ZipLock bag. No problem. But I have no problem being a selfish prick where my health is concerned. I don't need somebody risking it for me.
The same feeling would apply if this neighbor were playing music too loud, parking where he shouldn't, etc. Complainers could be call SPs by sympathizers. So what.
Several neighbors have already asked him to refrain, and when asked, he simply walks a building, or two, away for the time being. Given the hot weather lately, everybody has their windows open, and when new guy insists on sticking close to the buildings to smoke (and talk), it is very annoying. He has sufficiently proven his selfishness in the short time he has been here; how do we get him to be more considerate, after he's already been asked dozens of times?
It seems that the SP has been "confronted" already, to little or
it seems you've found the answer to an earlier question
no avail. At this point, I would not presume him to be a decent guy or that any "caring" would improve Buzz's situation.
Reading the lease and contacting the property management seems to be the only and best recourse at this point.
Doctors try "tough love" including refusing care and treatment to those that smoke. It doesn't work.
So do Dentists.
Parents try it with kids , it rarely works. They sure do think they've fooled you into thinking it has though.
Pam's method works. It takes a LOT more effort and patience. Deep grasp of what compassion is and its value.
When you get phone calls 15 years later from an ex-employee who's finally quit successfully, and the phone call is only to tell you they've quit and stayed quit for the last 6 months , nothing else, I take the 4 or 5 minutes for the pat on the back they've called for.