This remains evermore the unwinnable debate. It always makes for some good copy though
Now that we've gotten some of the tirades off of our chests.....(I was secretly hoping that only the "swear mongers"[said with a wink] would burst into fits of over the top comments....unfortunately axhat shot that ploy down...)
Back to the smoking/non-smoking section of the restaurant........I certainly agree with Valec's comments about not sitting in the smoking section if I'm a non-smoker. And I applaud his statement that should he find himself in a non-smoking server, he would abide by the rules. Imo, this is as it should be.
However, consider this and the following scenarios.....
Not all restaurants clearly mark the smoking/non-smoking areas. Nor are they (generally) separate rooms with separate filtration systems....
#1) I go into a restaurant and the waitress puts me in the non-smoking section. Across the aisle is a table that is smoking. Though they are in the smoking section and I'm not, the smoke in the restaurant still bothers me. I can't rightly ask the "offending" table to stop smoking can I? If I were bothered by the smoke enough, I'd leave and seek a new restaurant. I'd have no problem with that.
#2) I go into a restaurant and the waitress puts me in the non-smoking section. I order and receive my food. The empty smoking table across the aisle is finally seated and the patron lights up a cigarette. The smoke becomes truly aggravating. I ask the person if they would please refrain until I've finished my meal. Imo, the correct thing to do would be to oblige. I had no idea that where the smoking section was or that someone would be seated before I could finish my meal.
Bring on the mg's
Something else comes to mind..... How does choosing NOT to swear force a morality on someone? It seems to me that quite the opposite is true. ?
Floyd
Probably ought to go ahead and kill this thread, before we break out the handguns!