Emily65Roses
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Okay so this has been mentioned in “annoy” threads, but I had to make one for this specific purpose. Mind you anyone who feels they need to condemn me for complaining… I’m complaining here so as not to flip out on the next smoker I pass. I’d rather not get arrested for beating people on the streets of Boston for smoking. I figure it’s healthier to complain verbally to fellow CFers than to risk smacking the next smoker I see in the face. So if you don’t like it, don’t read this thread. Simple as that.
There are so many things that annoy me about smoking / smokers.
1. Breathing in smoke on the street. I mentioned this briefly in the non-CFers post. I go to school in Boston, and so I am constantly walking by someone’s cigarette smoke. It happens all the time that I pass smoke and inhale it and end up coughing or out of breath or both for minutes thereafter. I’ve gotten into the habit of covering my mouth when I pass by so as not to breathe it in. I usually can’t hold my breath (especially because this is all while walking), so I breathe into my sleeve instead. People look at me like I’m being incredibly offensive. You know, they should be glad I didn’t say the things I wanted to say, or do the things I wanted to do, and just passed on by quietly.
2. Ignorance / rarity. I realize most people can breathe in cigarette smoke without it being anything other than a nuisance. I am aware that people like CFers are rare, and certainly not the majority. But the public never takes into account people that really cannot inhale that crap. No one ever stops to think that there might be people out there who will suffer when they walk by you smoking on the street.
3. People who complain about not being able to smoke in restaurants anymore. Okay, I know it may be annoying for you to go outside (especially in the cold or rain) to smoke a butt. But if you are required to smoke outside, ANYONE can go to the restaurant / bar and enjoy the atmosphere. If you smoke inside, people like us CANNOT even set foot in the damn place. So smoking outside allows everyone to be in that bar. Not to mention if you weren’t smoking, you wouldn’t “need” to go outside to have a cigarette.
4. People who smoke RIGHT OUTSIDE the door. Whether outside a bar, restaurant, school building, apartment building, etc, people always insist on smoking right in front of the damn door. This, again, is generally not a rude gesture. It’s just an ignorance thing. But holy hell, it annoys me. It’s not as bad as sitting in the smoke if you were allowed in the bar. But I still have to walk through it.
5. This is an extension of # 4, but more specified. People who smoke right outside hospital doors. Okay, now this one pisses me off more than any other place. You can’t crop this up to ignorance anymore (in most cases). This is just laziness and complete lack of consideration. You are outside a HOSPITAL. This is a place that SICK PEOPLE walk in and out of. Do you think these people really want to have to walk through your poison just to get to the doors? I especially hate when people are practically leaning on the “No smoking” sign. They’re standing right next to the damn thing, sucking on their smoke. HOW RUDE CAN YOU GET?
6. People who get (or think they deserve) excessive pity for having cancer or emphysema when they were/are smokers. This is very simple, really. I know it’s an addiction, but YOU DID IT TO YOURSELF!!! I did nothing to get CF, so bite me.
7. Transplants that go to smokers (especially those who continue to smoke after the procedure). I’m not saying transplants shouldn’t ever go to smokers. I won’t cross that line. Everyone deserves a second chance. But you still don’t deserve any kind of special treatment or sympathy. Poor you, you have to take immuno-supressant drugs now? Whose fault is that? Those, however, who continue to smoke after a transplant, deserve to burn alive, in my opinion. (I know this is coming off very violent, I’m venting). You are taking away from people who did NOT bring upon their lung problems and destroying the new lungs you are being given. Many CFers would give anything to have clean lungs… and here you are, with your SECOND PAIR, and you’re ruining them.
8. People who are always ranting about “their right” to smoke. What about my right to clean air? If people want to smoke, that’s fine. I could care less. But when they complain about not being able to do so in public places, and how their rights are being infringed, I just want to backhand them. You are fully able to smoke elsewhere. Outside, in your own cars, houses, etc. But if you smoke everywhere out in public, I am unable to go outside. I suppose that’s an exaggeration. I am still able to go outside. But not without paying a price I do NOT deserve to pay.
9. People who complain about their smokers’ coughs. I’m talking even before the cancer or emphysema stage. I’m talking about people who just piss and moan because they have a cough from smoking. You’ve done it to yourself, shut the *insert expletive here* up!!!!!!!!!! We are sitting here with a cough much worse than yours, and through no fault of our own.
10. People who give me nasty looks for coughing when I walk by their smoke. This is similar to number 1. People automatically tend to assume that when I walk by their smoke and start coughing loudly that I’m doing so to make a point. - On a side note, when I walk by people who are smoking outside hospitals doors, I do just that. I cough loudly and purposely to make a point. – But when I’m just walking to class and actually start hacking because of someone else’s smoke, they often seem so damn offended that I’m coughing. Well EXCUUUSE ME!! It’s not fake or purposeful, and it’s not my fault I’m coughing. You know whose fault it is? It’s yours. So leave me alone and go back to begging for cancer.
I imagine as people respond I will think or of or be reminded of other things that annoy me. In that case, I will likely reply. But these 10 are all I can think of for now. And I thank you all for reading. I feel better, having gotten that all out. <img src="i/expressions/rose.gif" border="0">
There are so many things that annoy me about smoking / smokers.
1. Breathing in smoke on the street. I mentioned this briefly in the non-CFers post. I go to school in Boston, and so I am constantly walking by someone’s cigarette smoke. It happens all the time that I pass smoke and inhale it and end up coughing or out of breath or both for minutes thereafter. I’ve gotten into the habit of covering my mouth when I pass by so as not to breathe it in. I usually can’t hold my breath (especially because this is all while walking), so I breathe into my sleeve instead. People look at me like I’m being incredibly offensive. You know, they should be glad I didn’t say the things I wanted to say, or do the things I wanted to do, and just passed on by quietly.
2. Ignorance / rarity. I realize most people can breathe in cigarette smoke without it being anything other than a nuisance. I am aware that people like CFers are rare, and certainly not the majority. But the public never takes into account people that really cannot inhale that crap. No one ever stops to think that there might be people out there who will suffer when they walk by you smoking on the street.
3. People who complain about not being able to smoke in restaurants anymore. Okay, I know it may be annoying for you to go outside (especially in the cold or rain) to smoke a butt. But if you are required to smoke outside, ANYONE can go to the restaurant / bar and enjoy the atmosphere. If you smoke inside, people like us CANNOT even set foot in the damn place. So smoking outside allows everyone to be in that bar. Not to mention if you weren’t smoking, you wouldn’t “need” to go outside to have a cigarette.
4. People who smoke RIGHT OUTSIDE the door. Whether outside a bar, restaurant, school building, apartment building, etc, people always insist on smoking right in front of the damn door. This, again, is generally not a rude gesture. It’s just an ignorance thing. But holy hell, it annoys me. It’s not as bad as sitting in the smoke if you were allowed in the bar. But I still have to walk through it.
5. This is an extension of # 4, but more specified. People who smoke right outside hospital doors. Okay, now this one pisses me off more than any other place. You can’t crop this up to ignorance anymore (in most cases). This is just laziness and complete lack of consideration. You are outside a HOSPITAL. This is a place that SICK PEOPLE walk in and out of. Do you think these people really want to have to walk through your poison just to get to the doors? I especially hate when people are practically leaning on the “No smoking” sign. They’re standing right next to the damn thing, sucking on their smoke. HOW RUDE CAN YOU GET?
6. People who get (or think they deserve) excessive pity for having cancer or emphysema when they were/are smokers. This is very simple, really. I know it’s an addiction, but YOU DID IT TO YOURSELF!!! I did nothing to get CF, so bite me.
7. Transplants that go to smokers (especially those who continue to smoke after the procedure). I’m not saying transplants shouldn’t ever go to smokers. I won’t cross that line. Everyone deserves a second chance. But you still don’t deserve any kind of special treatment or sympathy. Poor you, you have to take immuno-supressant drugs now? Whose fault is that? Those, however, who continue to smoke after a transplant, deserve to burn alive, in my opinion. (I know this is coming off very violent, I’m venting). You are taking away from people who did NOT bring upon their lung problems and destroying the new lungs you are being given. Many CFers would give anything to have clean lungs… and here you are, with your SECOND PAIR, and you’re ruining them.
8. People who are always ranting about “their right” to smoke. What about my right to clean air? If people want to smoke, that’s fine. I could care less. But when they complain about not being able to do so in public places, and how their rights are being infringed, I just want to backhand them. You are fully able to smoke elsewhere. Outside, in your own cars, houses, etc. But if you smoke everywhere out in public, I am unable to go outside. I suppose that’s an exaggeration. I am still able to go outside. But not without paying a price I do NOT deserve to pay.
9. People who complain about their smokers’ coughs. I’m talking even before the cancer or emphysema stage. I’m talking about people who just piss and moan because they have a cough from smoking. You’ve done it to yourself, shut the *insert expletive here* up!!!!!!!!!! We are sitting here with a cough much worse than yours, and through no fault of our own.
10. People who give me nasty looks for coughing when I walk by their smoke. This is similar to number 1. People automatically tend to assume that when I walk by their smoke and start coughing loudly that I’m doing so to make a point. - On a side note, when I walk by people who are smoking outside hospitals doors, I do just that. I cough loudly and purposely to make a point. – But when I’m just walking to class and actually start hacking because of someone else’s smoke, they often seem so damn offended that I’m coughing. Well EXCUUUSE ME!! It’s not fake or purposeful, and it’s not my fault I’m coughing. You know whose fault it is? It’s yours. So leave me alone and go back to begging for cancer.
I imagine as people respond I will think or of or be reminded of other things that annoy me. In that case, I will likely reply. But these 10 are all I can think of for now. And I thank you all for reading. I feel better, having gotten that all out. <img src="i/expressions/rose.gif" border="0">