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Holding my breath for 40 days
Feb. 18th, 2004 04:37 pmIrish Times breaking news: smoking ban will come into effect on Monday 29 March.
WOOHOO!!!
I'm fiercely happy about this, both for selfish reasons (I can go to pubs again! I can take a tea-break on the same floor as my office rather than having to go down four flights of stairs to the basement!) and for the obvious unselfish reasons (the ban will make a rake of low-status jobs healthier for those who do them; yes, I know most bar staff smoke - that's not the point).
Thank you, Mícheál Martin.
ETA: The whinging of the vintners cuts very little ice with me. They say the ban is "unworkable". It's not. Publicans deal with recalcitrant customers all the time: they know how it's done.
(God. I'm pretty fanatical about this, aren't I?)
WOOHOO!!!
I'm fiercely happy about this, both for selfish reasons (I can go to pubs again! I can take a tea-break on the same floor as my office rather than having to go down four flights of stairs to the basement!) and for the obvious unselfish reasons (the ban will make a rake of low-status jobs healthier for those who do them; yes, I know most bar staff smoke - that's not the point).
Thank you, Mícheál Martin.
ETA: The whinging of the vintners cuts very little ice with me. They say the ban is "unworkable". It's not. Publicans deal with recalcitrant customers all the time: they know how it's done.
(God. I'm pretty fanatical about this, aren't I?)
