Aha!
Next summer, the Trust is going to adopt a total smoking ban, including all Trust property–inside and out. Given our commitment to wellness, I applaud the decision. I can’t help but wonder, however, about some of our staff who are really, really hooked.
I guess people will go out to the street to smoke. It will look like we’ve attracted publicity and people are swarming the street at the edge of our property. And on those winter days when the wind chill is -20…forget it.
Profit Center?
You know, I could set up a beverage cart out by the street. I’d sell warm and cold beverages (dictated by the weather) and small portable items like mini battery-operated fans and pocket warmers.
They say addiction is a disease. Does smoking fit this model? If so, then would all larger employers would have to make “reasonable accommodation” on behalf of smokers to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Aha!
Just think of all those phone booths that have been mothballed because of cellphones…
