Puff, puff

You know what bugs me? When smokers think that they are entitled to extra breaks throughout the day just because their nicotine cravings come on more often than once in the morning and once in the afternoon. And worse, when supervisors accommodate them. I once worked with a guy who would go outside to smoke every hour on the hour, regardless of what work needed to be done and who was waiting for him to do it. And nobody told him it wasn’t okay.

Please don’t give me the argument about non-smokers like me occasionally taking extra non-breaks to use the toilet. It isn’t a fair comparison, because that’s a biological function, not a behavioral one. (Yes, addictions are behavioral.)