Is this rude, or am I just exaggerating the issue
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Most of them seriously do not know that they are carrying the smell. Personally I say it front of smokers, its bad for you, and as much as I love my daddy he stinks because he smokes too. I guess I'm rude. But I rather have someone say hey you are killing yourself with that cancer stick.0
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cbhubbybubble wrote: »
Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
Hope your husband didn't smoke near you or half the commenters on this thread would throat punch you and then rip you a new one if you got within 5 yards of them apparently...
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Most of them seriously do not know that they are carrying the smell. Personally I say it front of smokers, its bad for you, and as much as I love my daddy he stinks because he smokes too. I guess I'm rude. But I rather have someone say hey you are killing yourself with that cancer stick.
Do you share the same warnings with obese people who are overeating?0 -
jofjltncb6 wrote: »cbhubbybubble wrote: »
Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
So you were just sharing with the group what you likely shared with your husband many times, huh?
I dont follow...0 -
Most of them seriously do not know that they are carrying the smell. Personally I say it front of smokers, its bad for you, and as much as I love my daddy he stinks because he smokes too. I guess I'm rude. But I rather have someone say hey you are killing yourself with that cancer stick.
yessss but no, sorry but sometimes we need to mind our own business. and the chances are that they know that it is bad and that might kill them so it's not news flash. do you offer advise to morbidly obese people too in fast food restaurant hey you're gonna die go get something more healthy?0 -
ner'mindjofjltncb6 wrote: »cbhubbybubble wrote: »
Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
So you were just sharing with the group what you likely shared with your husband many times, huh?
I dont follow...
Your post...before the edit:Why the hell was a smoker on the treadmill? I mean isnt that like a diet coke and candy bar?
And your quoted post above:Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
Do you follow my post now?0 -
LOL! interesting. He quit because he has asthma and wanted a healthier life. My kids smoke, I tell them they stink all the time!cbhubbybubble wrote: »cbhubbybubble wrote: »
Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
Hope your husband didn't smoke near you or half the commenters on this thread would throat punch you and then rip you a new one if you got within 5 yards of them apparently...
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Most of them seriously do not know that they are carrying the smell. Personally I say it front of smokers, its bad for you, and as much as I love my daddy he stinks because he smokes too. I guess I'm rude. But I rather have someone say hey you are killing yourself with that cancer stick.
yessss but no, sorry but sometimes we need to mind our own business. and the chances are that they know that it is bad and that might kill them so it's not news flash. do you offer advise to morbidly obese people too in fast food restaurant hey you're gonna die go get something more healthy?
I think the point is respecting someones personal space. I am going to think about how close I am to someone if I think I smell. I dont care if they smoke, have on too much fru fru juice, have B.O., or gas. Point is to be mindful how our choice affect others in public places of shared spaces.....0 -
I hate that too. Smoking or not, get away from me! Lmbo0
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Most of them seriously do not know that they are carrying the smell. Personally I say it front of smokers, its bad for you, and as much as I love my daddy he stinks because he smokes too. I guess I'm rude. But I rather have someone say hey you are killing yourself with that cancer stick.
yessss but no, sorry but sometimes we need to mind our own business. and the chances are that they know that it is bad and that might kill them so it's not news flash. do you offer advise to morbidly obese people too in fast food restaurant hey you're gonna die go get something more healthy?
I think the point is respecting someones personal space. I am going to think about how close I am to someone if I think I smell. I dont care if they smoke, have on too much fru fru juice, have B.O., or gas. Point is to be mindful how our choice affect others in public places of shared spaces.....
"Personally I say it front of smokers, its bad for you, and as much as I love my daddy he stinks because he smokes too. I guess I'm rude. But I rather have someone say hey you are killing yourself with that cancer stick."
i was talking about that, not the original post0 -
herrspoons wrote: »It annoys me when some weirdo gets on the machine next to you when there are half a dozen free ones available.
So, no. Not overreacting.
Yes, today I was in a Zumba class and the woman next to me kept invading my space so that if I did a full arm movement I would have slapped her. I kept moving out of her way and she kept coming close. I still don't know what her problem was. And it was my first time at this class.0 -
yes, i think I was seconding your view... I think.. I may have gotten lost.Most of them seriously do not know that they are carrying the smell. Personally I say it front of smokers, its bad for you, and as much as I love my daddy he stinks because he smokes too. I guess I'm rude. But I rather have someone say hey you are killing yourself with that cancer stick.
yessss but no, sorry but sometimes we need to mind our own business. and the chances are that they know that it is bad and that might kill them so it's not news flash. do you offer advise to morbidly obese people too in fast food restaurant hey you're gonna die go get something more healthy?
I think the point is respecting someones personal space. I am going to think about how close I am to someone if I think I smell. I dont care if they smoke, have on too much fru fru juice, have B.O., or gas. Point is to be mindful how our choice affect others in public places of shared spaces.....
"Personally I say it front of smokers, its bad for you, and as much as I love my daddy he stinks because he smokes too. I guess I'm rude. But I rather have someone say hey you are killing yourself with that cancer stick."
i was talking about that, not the original post
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Maybe she was hoping for a stray slap?0
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jofjltncb6 wrote: »ner'mindjofjltncb6 wrote: »cbhubbybubble wrote: »
Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
So you were just sharing with the group what you likely shared with your husband many times, huh?
I dont follow...
Your post...before the edit:Why the hell was a smoker on the treadmill? I mean isnt that like a diet coke and candy bar?
And your quoted post above:Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
Do you follow my post now?
nope... Not really feelin' it here.0 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »Archerychickge wrote: »I hate when people are all up in my personal space... When I'm in line at the grocery store it always seems someone wants to try to crawl into my back pocket... So I've solved the problem.... I quietly take the divider bar, that you place on the conveyor belt behind your groceries and the next person's, and I lay it on the ground a few feet behind me... They get the message to BACK OFF pretty quickly.
I like this.
...for it's ridiculousness.
Would ignore.
Agreed! Like honestly, use your words instead of putting the divider bar on the ground. That's just obnoxious.0 -
jofjltncb6 wrote: »ner'mindjofjltncb6 wrote: »cbhubbybubble wrote: »
Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
So you were just sharing with the group what you likely shared with your husband many times, huh?
I dont follow...
Your post...before the edit:Why the hell was a smoker on the treadmill? I mean isnt that like a diet coke and candy bar?
And your quoted post above:Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
Do you follow my post now?
nope... Not really feelin' it here.
Anyone else following what to me seems to be a remarkably easy to follow inference? I don't have the energy/interest to try to explain it any differently.0 -
jofjltncb6 wrote: »jofjltncb6 wrote: »ner'mindjofjltncb6 wrote: »cbhubbybubble wrote: »
Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
So you were just sharing with the group what you likely shared with your husband many times, huh?
I dont follow...
Your post...before the edit:Why the hell was a smoker on the treadmill? I mean isnt that like a diet coke and candy bar?
And your quoted post above:Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
Do you follow my post now?
nope... Not really feelin' it here.
Anyone else following what to me seems to be a remarkably easy to follow inference? I don't have the energy/interest to try to explain it any differently.
I gotta admit, I wasn't quite sure where you were going with the first comment, but I'm kinda sleepy0 -
jofjltncb6 wrote: »jofjltncb6 wrote: »ner'mindjofjltncb6 wrote: »cbhubbybubble wrote: »
Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
So you were just sharing with the group what you likely shared with your husband many times, huh?
I dont follow...
Your post...before the edit:Why the hell was a smoker on the treadmill? I mean isnt that like a diet coke and candy bar?
And your quoted post above:Yes yes I know... just seems counter intuitive. my husband ran his best 5K as a smoker.
Do you follow my post now?
nope... Not really feelin' it here.
Anyone else following what to me seems to be a remarkably easy to follow inference? I don't have the energy/interest to try to explain it any differently.
I gotta admit, I wasn't quite sure where you were going with the first comment, but I'm kinda sleepy
Dang. Maybe it's me. Probably doesn't help that she edited/deleted her original comment though.
She questioned why a smoker would bother being on a treadmill (as if those are mutually exclusive). Then she said that her husband had his best 5k time when he was a smoker. From this, I inferred that she had likely shared her observation of not understanding why a smoker would bother with running for fitness with her husband many times before...hence my comment about her sharing an observation she likely shared with her husband many times before with the group/this thread.0 -
What do people sensitive to smoke do around cars and car exhaust? I know it's a thing people say, but really, if there's that severe of a reaction to someone who isn't even smoking around them, it must be hard to get around full stop. Not sarcastic, actual question0
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goddessofawesome wrote: »If someone came up and said "Hey, do you mind if I use this treadmill?", I'm betting dollars to donuts that most of the "offended" people here would initially say no. Why? Because they don't want to be "rude".
Yup. But if they don't ask and then just hop on the machine next to you they're the "rude" ones.
Please someone tell me this post is a joke. I'm supposed to ask if I can use the treadmill next to "yours" or I'm considered rude?
Between the OP who apparently can't breathe when outside of a bubble and the woman who wants to stop progress in a shopping line lest she be tainted by peasants, this is the WORST THREAD EVER.
I usually like to burn one up in my car on my way to the gym, but now that I know it bothers so many people, I'm probably just going to smoke right outside of the entrance of my gym to see if it actually does send someone into a deadly asthmatic attack. You know, for science.0 -
goddessofawesome wrote: »If someone came up and said "Hey, do you mind if I use this treadmill?", I'm betting dollars to donuts that most of the "offended" people here would initially say no. Why? Because they don't want to be "rude".
Yup. But if they don't ask and then just hop on the machine next to you they're the "rude" ones.
Please someone tell me this post is a joke. I'm supposed to ask if I can use the treadmill next to "yours" or I'm considered rude?
Between the OP who apparently can't breathe when outside of a bubble and the woman who wants to stop progress in a shopping line lest she be tainted by peasants, this is the WORST THREAD EVER.
I usually like to burn one up in my car on my way to the gym, but now that I know it bothers so many people, I'm probably just going to smoke right outside of the entrance of my gym to see if it actually does send someone into a deadly asthmatic attack. You know, for science.
Naw, it's a fantastic thread. It shows how self-righteous delusional aggrandizement allows individuals to think they can be either passive agressive (the check out line) or outright rude (various examples) to individuals for their smell or location based on some some strange code of personal health or superiority. As if somehow, they owned the right of occupying the space around them as a sphere of privileged isolation.
When the zombie apocalypse or the rapture comes, I'll be the one closely breathing darkly in your space.
No, wait, I think it's time we took the banner on - I will listen to the catching breath, I will watch for those that pull in a little in the elevator, the unease shift on a seat in the movie theatre. I will be there, just a little closer, a little less washed, a little more tuna salad sandwich (and onions) upon my breath.
We are legion, we are anonymous, we are in your personal space.
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KatieAlexx wrote: »Like you said, smokers don't always realize that they smell.
I absolutely do not buy that.
I think THEY can't smell themselves- but I absolutely do not buy that they have no clue they smell to other people. Cigarette smoke smells- we all know it does.0 -
Would you say it if it was body odor? I'd love to see how that conversation goes.the smell of cigarette smoke is revolting. i'd have said something nasty in your position. kudos for taking the high road.
One has the option to stay or not. Rights to equipment that are open go to everyone, not just to people who believe that personal space should be honored.
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lights were on, but yep.jofjltncb6 wrote: »
No, but there was a tiger balm incident that got me off the stuff for life.EvgeniZyntx wrote: »
Have you ever accidentally smeared some inside a nostril? It will make you excel in all thing.
Similar container to lube and the lights were off?
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wait, people didn't realize the check out line thing was a joke?
Das good right der.0 -
wait, people didn't realize the check out line thing was a joke?
Das good right der.
heh- I have a pet peeve of people being in my space while waiting to check out- I am pretty okay with anything around arms distance- but I'd say if I T-rexed my arms and I could touch you- you're still close- and I WILL say- excuse me. do you mind.
There is no reason to be pushing to get to the register.
I actually hate when people who use the stupid "divider" at the grocery store- it's like- seriously- I put all my stuff in a small pile- like I'm REALLY going to let you buy my stuff- or buy the guy behind me's stuff? It's just weird how OCD people get about the food divider.
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I use it, why? Because even though I put two feet of space between my crap and the dumbledore in front of me, the check out artist is always asking lord dumbles if my crap is his.
I mean... seriously kid?0 -
wait, people didn't realize the check out line thing was a joke?
Das good right der.
Nope. Apparently one must put "LOL" at the end of something non serious.
Although yesterday when I was in line at the grocery store I wanted to do that to the person behind me just to see what they'd do.0 -
wait, people didn't realize the check out line thing was a joke?
Das good right der.
heh- I have a pet peeve of people being in my space while waiting to check out- I am pretty okay with anything around arms distance- but I'd say if I T-rexed my arms and I could touch you- you're still close- and I WILL say- excuse me. do you mind.
There is no reason to be pushing to get to the register.
I actually hate when people who use the stupid "divider" at the grocery store- it's like- seriously- I put all my stuff in a small pile- like I'm REALLY going to let you buy my stuff- or buy the guy behind me's stuff? It's just weird how OCD people get about the food divider.
I love it when people bang their carts into the back of my feet when I'm standing in line. There's been plenty of times I've given a hard hip-push to their cart when they do that and they give me the stink eye!
As for the divider: there are times where I haven't used it and put my stuff down -- well away from the person in front of me -- and the cashier has gone to grab the items. Apparently it's really not for you but so the cashier knows who the stuff belongs to. Because, you know, a big gap between items is way too confusing!
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