Friday
Jul032009
Polite notice
Friday, July 3, 2009 A reader writes: "A friend of mine was sitting outside a pub having a drink and a ciggie. She went to the Ladies Room and the first thing she saw was a notice on the wall stating 'Don't throw your needles in the bin. Hand them in over the bar for disposal'. That's alright then. One is not allowed to smoke, but hey, just pop in the loo and shoot up. Whatever is happening in this country? The pub, incidentally, is a main chain one."
Reader Comments (4)
Whatever that pub is I will certainly give it a miss and boycott whatever chain it is.
Yes! God help this country run by freaks.
This country and society is completely on its head!
Pity and help the poor sods who have succumbed to illegal drugs and encourage them to at least clear up after themselves, but us pariahs who smoke, which is still a legal activity, are treated not just as second class citizens, but as trash as well!
How blind we all were not to see this coming years ago when there might have been half a chance of not letting it get this far!
Its just a complete farce and a disgrace to see signs asking to hand over used needles in pubs.
No wonder the young are not bothered by the smoking ban when they can shoot up without fear or fine in the loos and then drink and chat away indoors as usual.
Chance would be a fine thing when us smokers will ever see the day when a sign would ask us to please dont throw your butts down the loo.
The fact of the matter is that they will never be able to control drugs, they're here to stay.
There's too much money involved to be ever wiped out. Governments know this full and well, especially when the corruption is at govt and police level.
So whatever this clamp down on the harmless cigarette is I just dont understand.
This is what is very puzzling.
Maybe they think that by controlling cigarette smoke they are seen to be doing something positive by brainwashing people to believe they have it all under control.
Nick Hogan, the pub landlord who was fined for letting two old people smoke inside his pub instead of out in the rain, said he would have been better off letting them sniff cocaine. That way he wouldn't have been prosecuted. A prime example of crazy modern Britain with its morals on it's head!