Until I hear of a person quitting that was FORCED to put that first cigarrette to their lips....
I remember I pissed off my Wendy's co-workers when I was 18 working through college. It was over cigarette breaks. Every day, 2 girls would get a :15 minute paid cigarette breaks around 3:00. After about a week of this, I asked if I could get my :15 smoke break. The manager, who smoked, said "but you don't smoke, why do you need a cigarrette break" I told him that I didn't NEED it, but fair is fair, if they get a :15 minute paid break, I should too. They are getting rewarded for poor life choices. The girls got mad, the manager diffused the situation but tried to dismiss it.
The next day, I brought in a pack of cigarrettes and after the girls got their break, I pulled out a cigarrette and went and sat down in the break room. I never lit the cig, but I just sat there. Of course the manager asked what I was doing, I told him, I enjoy my cigs unlit. The girls went apeshit saying "you just don't understand" I told them I understand that noone forced them to take up smoking. Either way, that was the END of cigarette breaks at our store.
needless to say, I never got laid by either of those two girls.... lol
They were also the same girls who had 2 y.o.'s (they were 18) and when hours were getting cut for wintertime (when tuition was coming due for me), they gave the girls the limited hours first. Privately, I asked the manager why since I was a much better, more reliable worker and I had tuition coming up. He told me they got the extra hours because they have kids and kids trump tuition. I said IDGAF because that was punishing me for knowing how to wrap my jimmy and they didn't
so forgive me for giving a rat's ass about how brave you are when all it is brave in a comparative sense to how weakwilled you once were
