Reged: 08/06/04
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Loc: Within stray mortar fire of DC
Oh, I'm sorry, I so didn't mean it as a generalization! I'm thinking of someone in particular, let's call him JEFF! Jeff just couldn't be trusted in everyday life to do anyhting, but he used his smoke breaks every 45 minutes to make like he was getting away with it! He used to TAKE NAPS at his desk and act mad if he was woken up! With him, it was diminishing returns all around, and smoking was just a small part of it!!
But what I was saying is that when I worked in Human Resources, we weren't allowed to ask if a person interviewing smoked, but we were trained to look for it. Kinda sneaky of them, but there you are, they didn't want to hire smokers. They even made the interview process extra long on purpose, and took potentiial hirees outside to other buildings to see if they lit up. They didn't want to hire childbearing women either, which tells you what kind of place it was. The name of this place? NASD-Nasdaq! Can you believe it??. True story. I'll never work in HR again!!!!
But the problem was if your job is to be at your desk, and you're not, well a smoke habit can be a problem.