Friday, September 29, 2006

Segregated swimming

Occasionally, a student nails it. In the business class I sit in on at Rocky, discussion yesterday turned to laws banning smoking in restaurants and other public places. One student expressed frustration over restaurants that place non-smoking areas just a table or two away from smoking areas.

One student chimed in: "That's like having a 'peeing area' in a pool."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Absolutely! Just to give you a little perspective, I live in upstate New York (I grew up in Billings) and we have had a ban on smoking in public places in force for over two years now. As a non-smoker, IT'S GREAT! The push back has been much less than you would imagine, especially in upstate which is much more "red" than you would think. The ban is making it more and more difficult for smokers to smoke. January 2007, my employer will begin a ban on smoking ANYWHERE on the property (indoors or out). It's okay to work there, you just can smoke there.