Comments on: Smokers More Likely to Wash Out of Service

By: These guys can go screw themselves - FileFront Gaming Forums

These guys can go screw themselves - FileFront Gaming Forums — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:39:57 +0000

[...] has been a steady flow of stories coming out over the years such as servicemembers who smoke are more likely to wash out of the service, that will probably ultimately lead to smoking being banned at some point. I find this interesting [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:30:18 +0000

Never served in the military, but I did work in a Korean company not long ago and noticed that those who smoked spent at least an hour a day on smoke breaks. Some worked hard when they were back in the office, some didn't, but just that amount of time out of the office alone really cut into productivity.

If I ever ran a company, I'd only hire Mormons and Seventh Day Adventists: They wouldn't be the most interesting bunch of workers in the world, but no smoke breaks and no hangovers, just hard work.

By: Marcus Atrocious

Marcus Atrocious — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:27:29 +0000

So when did 2ID start cracking down on smoking within its camps? This is a bit surprising even in this age of rampant political correctness.

My bet is that the more people that quit smoking, you'll have roughly equal number that start dipping.

By: rykehaven

rykehaven — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:27:09 +0000

Tell me about.

I pop my head onto the smoke deck just to see whether or not our department is feeding their addiction too often (or for too long). It got so tiresome in another department that one of their division's DIVO and LCPO restricted their guys from smoking during working hours – except for the DIVO and LCPO themselves. [Oh, brother]

Yes, it can be grating for those who don't smoke and can't/don't/won't use that excuse.

That said, abuse can be kept at a minimum: If you're caught taking too many or too long a smoke break, you deep clean the smoke deck AFTER working hours.

So there is justice in this world after all…