Thursday, February 11, 2010

Are you missing something? A lung maybe?

First off let me start by stating that I’m all for freedom of choice for everyone regarding pretty much anything you can think of (religion, abortion, alcohol, cigarettes, etc, etc). It’s your life; you should be able to choose how you want to live it. However, should you be one of the people who chooses to imbibe in smoking I only ask two common courtesies.

1. Do not blow smoke in my face. If you want to smoke then by all means have a smoke. I may or may not leave you to smoke alone and join up with you again once you are done. However, if I do stay with you while you are smoking, please do not blow the smoke in my face. I’m not saying you have to turn around and blow it behind you or anything obnoxious, but a simple blow upwards would suffice. Really, how hard is it to lift your chin?

And 2. If you have been smoking half your life and now have a constant horrendous smoker’s cough/hack/phlegm filled gag please cover your mouth while doing so. Or even better yet, turn around and do it behind you. I do not want to have to sit here listening to you hack your lung up (which sounds like you could keel over at any minute due to the wheezing filled w/ phlegm struggling to breathe coughing you are doing) and I definitely don't want to have to breathe in your nasty, germ filled, smoke reeking breath which is full on assaulting my face. It makes me want to vomit. A common courtesy of covering your mouth would suffice. Maybe followed by a breath mint or 2. (Of course this annoyance has gotten 100% worse now that I am pregnant. Sorry. My nose is EXTREMELY sensitive right now!)


I don't think I am asking a lot here. That is all. Good day.

15 comments:

Grace said...

Great Post! I agree. Have some courtesy smokers!

lbluca77 said...

The old lady I work with I think has been smoking since like the day she was born. She has had the grossest cough for like 3 months now.

And her teeth are brown.

I think she should be in the anti smoking ads. Seriously one look at her and everyone would quit.

Karls said...

I'm with you... and I've been known to have a ciggie or twenty in my time. My thoughts? If you are stupid enough to do it to yourself (which I am the second I get a beer into me) then at least have to courtesy to not blow it in peoples faces... oh and please! Don't throw your dirty ciggie butts out the car window and butt them out in the street. DISGUSTING!

P said...

I'm not pregnant but have never smoked and am SO SICK Of the rudeness of some smokers. I'm with you 120 million per cent on this!

Anonymous said...

Ugh, smoking is one of my dealbreakers. I don't care if he's a Tom Cruis look-alike. If he smokes, he's cut.

Moooooog35 said...

I say we just off 'em.

I mean, they're gonna die anyway. Might as well put them out of their misery.

Rachel said...

It'll only get worse... when you look like you are about to pop, it seems like total strangers will gravitate to you with their cancer sticks.

Matt said...

HAHA, hormone fueled posts from you are awesomely hilarious.

drollgirl said...

sing it, sister! i used to have a boyfriend that smoked. i instituted a LOT of rules regarding this particular habit. yeesh.

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rachaelgking said...

This is why you should always wear a "Baby on Board" T-shirt. So you can just turn around and shame them without saying a word.

Aline said...

hear, hear!

dancinginchiffon said...

Haha...great post darling! I too feel the same way about smoker!

Elizabeth Marie said...

AGREED. People are such dickheads.

Angela said...

I can't stand it when friends smoke around me. I so agree. The other day I saw a set of parents smoking right next to their baby. What the heck, right! Secondhand smoke and the little baby is only a few month old.