Marriot hotels to be smoke free

[G100driver]

What really cracks me up is people making this a PC vs normal thinking.

Ever been stuck in a smokers room on a hot day. Turn on the AC and smell the stale smoke.

As for second hand smoke ... just ask my father how that works ... oh yea, you cannot. He died from lung cancer ... non-smoker who spent his life in smokey board rooms, country clubs, ect. during the 60's and 70's.

Anyhow, it just cracks me up how suddenly we start talking about the health risks of second hand smoke and it suddenly gets polarized into a PC vs Normal Thinking agruement. I think that it has very little to do with it. It is more about public health and simple mannors.

 

[con-pilot]

Great idea they have about the no smoking thing. Now, if they would only take it one step further and get rid of the bars and other alcohol services maybe we will all be a little safer driving past their hotel parking lots.

You're on the right track there old buddy. While we're at it outlaw all fast food chains, people are getting way too fat and costing the health care system billions of dollars a year and I'm sick and tired of my tax dollar going to keep fat slobs alive and hungry. Well all the fast food chains except the ones that only serve tofu.

What's that, there are no tofu fast food chains? Well, we'll just make the government start building them and mandate that all the people residing in the United States must eat at least two meals a day at one.

Oil, as in cooking oil, frying oil, an immediate total ban on all oil except extra virgin cold pressed olive oil, one cannot deep fry in extra virgin cold pressed olive oil (flash/burn point too low). The law will only allow said olive oil the be used to salad dressing on organically grown vegetables. That way no one can sneak around and fry a turkey on Thanksgiving or Christmas. Oh, no butter basted turkey either, butter is definitely banned.

As for salt, forget it. (Causes high blood pressure, got to be banned.)

Now, as far as drinking alcohol beverages, sorry, total ban. For a while I considered allowing the consumption of 3.2 beer only in one's residents if all who consume such beverage wears an electronic ankle bracelet. But on second thought I decided that would place to big of a demand on the public sewage system processing all that urine.

As far as coffee and tea is concerned, see above. Sorry, total ban of coffee and tea, can damage one's kidneys, increased health care cost.

Now, as for serving alcohol in hotels, yup, one cannot have too harsh of punishment for DUI in an hotel elevator. Dang thing could go sideways. Then where would we be?

 

[G100driver]

I do not think anyone here is suggesting to make smoking illegal.

I and most everyone else is saying take your smelly-ass habit outside and quit stinking up the joint. While you are at it, quit trying to kill me. You can kill yourself all you want. I think that you family might miss you, however. Unless they are tired of smelling you as well.

Eating McDonald's never killed the guy sitting next to him ... unless you count getting sat on.

 

[con-pilot]

Dang, some people just don't have a sense of humor.

 

[G100driver]

You are right ... I guess I take this a little personal.

Tell how you feel about a preventable cause of death that took a loved one.

Shmuck.

 

[con-pilot]

Shmuck.

Thank you for your thoughtful well written reply, you are a gentleman and a scholar. You must be an absolute delight to fly with.

I must admit I quake in your wisdom, total mastery of all knowledge and quick and witty repertoire. (Well, one might omit the witty part.)

Tell me, as you who is ever alway so correct and never in error, how on earth do you keep from developing a tremendous ego?

Happy trails to he who is all wise and knowing.



(edited to add: Oh my, 2,000,000 hours of flying time, now I'm really impressed. I was just merely totally overwhelmed before.)

PS. Are you familiar with the term 'wanker'?

 

[G100driver]

deleted ...

 

[con-pilot]

Sorry ... A$$hole.

Oh deary me, touched a nerve did we?

He who first resorts to foul insulting language loses.

Sorry, you lose.

 

[G100driver]

You touched a nerve ... not because of your post, but your complete lack of common sence WRT to the subject matter at hand ...

That is people who do not smoke health is directly affected by its consequences.

The rest of it I could care less.

Still makes you a Shmuk. (That is foul langage in Yiddish)

 

[El Bucho]

375,000 points and counting

 

[FlyFlyFly]

I will pile on and add I am happy that Marriott has chosen to limit my exposure to other people's stupid choices.

Really, anyone that smokes in this day and age must be using some seriously twisted logic to convince themselves that they are not making an utterly stupid choice.

I certainly have no desire to stand between someone and their right to slow self-destuction. Just do not inflict me with the by-products of your bad decision making.

 

[81Horse]

The real problem with smoking is: it just doesn't kill people fast enough.

 

[CatYaaak]

All this whining about other people's "nasty byproducts" coming from those who (once they smugly leave their soon-to-be pristine, smoke-free hotels) create gobs of noise and atmospheric pollution every time they hit the start button and commence burning fossil fuels in combustion/turbine engines that has to be endured by others not willingly participating in your activity?

So I guess we can add "hypocrytical" to "santimounious".

 

[Tonala2k]

I Love It Cat!!!

I'm just saying it was witty, not that I am on one side or the other of this conversation.