20 Sep
2013
20 Sep
'13
3:30 a.m.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:16:35AM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote:
That reminds me of a story from the hospitality sector: smokers were allowed regular smoking breaks, whereas non-smokers had to stay on their feet and working continuously for an umpteen-hour shift. The result of which was they all started smoking.
(I forget who told me this story, so it my be from another country.)
sounds like the non-smoker's version of "damn refugees get free cars from the government" to me. i.e. the terrible, awful fear that someone might be getting something you're not, whether that fear has any actual basis in reality or not. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>