Stupid Guest Tricks

Hey man, for all you non-smokers out there, good for you, stay healthy and be happy. But c'mon just let us have our tiny little smoking area without telling us we're killing ourselves, or that I'm going to die a horrible painful death. I mean jeez, even the pack of cigarettes I got on me has a lecture printed on it. Ya kicked us out of restaurants, which I can deal with. If you don't smoke, why would you want to breath all that in while your eating? And I'm still trying to deal with the whole bar thing. Beer and smokes, it's like football and pretzels, or steak and potatoes! But please, just let us have our few minutes while we freeze our tails off in the smoking area 3 blocks away from the rest of civilization. Please!

By the way, hi I'm Klause, and I like going to disney, and smoking in the smoking sections!

hobie16 wrote:What unit were you in, the 42nd Redneck Batallion?!?!

:D: Something like that..er... "I reckon".

Honestly, when you're stuck patrolling or pulling guard duty in sub-freezing temperatures at 3am with 2 hours of sleep you reach for whatever keeps you going. Smoking in the field is a no no, and coffee isn't terribly suited to transportation in a canteen... so chewing tobacco is the fuel of choice for many, many soldiers.

Not proud of it, and I wouldn't recommend it but the buzz is quite good.

A while back, I had a guest complain about someone smoking *in* the smoking area. I advised them that it *was* a smoking area, and they had no call to complain. When they offered to go give the smokers a piece of their mind (what little they had to spare), I pointed out quite pointedly that if they bothered any of my guests about smoking in the smoking area, I *would* call security and they *would* be tossed out of the Park.

Yeah, you and I know that Security wouldn't have, even if they showed up, but the whiner didn't know that. She had to settle for giving my nametag a hard stare and marching off in the general direction of City Hall.

I've watched the smoking are shrink from the entire planet to a few small oases. Yeah, it's nasty if you have to work downwind, but as any smoker can tell you, it's onle of the hardest habits to quit. I think any smoker who's willing to stick to the right places deserves their peace.

No, I only smoke when on fire. It's just a matter of civility and justice.

dash1bravo wrote:...and coffee isn't terribly suited to transportation in a canteen...

Back when we still had metal canteens there was a guy in my unit that had a hole rot through his from carrying whiskey in it.

GaTechGal wrote:I'm not sure you can be agnostic AND a redneck.

Why not?
We always get non/smoking rooms(I smoke outside,with a cold one of course,unless it's in the morning,then it's coffee)

Zazu wrote: No, I only smoke when on fire. It's just a matter of civility and justice.

I read about how you saved all of Disneyland from a smoker who threw a lit cigarette out of the train and had Adventureland blazing. Ok so over time the story has gotten exhagerated a wee bit, lol.

Churchy,

I believe it was Disneyworld.

Notatourist wrote:Churchy,

I believe it was Disneyworld.

http://www.stupidguesttricks.com/vb3/sh ... .php?t=410

I am west coast and see the world in west coast pictures.
Very interesting story indeed.

Zazu wrote: so at least I felt virtuous about "saving the park," no matter how lame I felt otherwise (pun intended).

My hero who saved Disneyworld from eminent danger caused by a stupid smoking guest.

darph nader wrote:Why not?

I think if you are going to claim to be a redneck you are also required to be a Baptist - preferably Southern Baptist.

Klause wrote:And I'm still trying to deal with the whole bar thing. Beer and smokes, it's like football and pretzels, or steak and potatoes!

Even as a radical non-smoker, I can sympathize with you on this one!! Here in FL, bars are exempt from the non-smoking law as long as they don't get a certain amount of revenue from food sales. Some non-smokers hate that exception, but I think that they are whiners. Why begrudge the smokers a bar where they can light up? If I want to drink without dealing with cigarettes, I can go to a smoke-free restaurant bar in Friday's or Bennigan's.