Welcome home Kayelle and SousChef. Take care of that knee.
I don't want to disappoint my Father. That is strong motivation. The problem now is Shrek has taken up smoking again...makes it quite difficult AND second hand smoke is just as bad as smoking...Every cigarette he has, so do I. Makes me angry.
I think you should ask him to think about going outside to smoke. I decided to do that, with no prompting from Stirling. It helped me cut back painlessly. I think it's easier to just go outside than to remember to pay attention to where someone else is.I smoked for a good long time, then I quit. Never said anything to Shrek, then one day he says, "I think I will quit" and he did for about 8 months. Then he started again...I'm not looking to kick him out of the house, but at the very least he could be a bit more conscientious about where I am before lighting up. I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke his cigarettes, too. I don't want to smell like smoke...this house had absolutely NO smell of smoke about it when we moved in...
So, I'm the bad guy??? Give me a break.
Munky, my doctors do not even mention my stop smoking. When I and a lot of other residents moved into this building, it was a smoking building. When they opened the Barnes School after total renovations, the non smoking folks were offered an apartment there. They chose to stay here. Now they have designated this as a "Smoke Free Building." There are those of us who have found a way around it. According to rules, we are not allowed to smoke on any property that is adjacent to the "property." That means the sidewalk. So I go outside and while sitting on my scooter, go out into the middle of the street, right in front of the driveway. No cars can pull in or out. Management is not happy with me at all. Oh well, I am just following your rules. Once a month the Advisory Board meets in the Community Room. It is always on a Sunday. They will be my next ones to impress with their own stupidity...............
Addie....are you serious??! That seems like a very thoughtless and dangerous thing to do. I'm surprised you haven't been evicted, had the police called on you, or been run over. Holy cow...
I live on a very, very quiet street. I am in the middle of the block. If I see a car turn the corner I have plenty of time to get out of the way. They can't evict me for following rules. You can't smoke anywhere in the building. Or outside on the property, or on any area adjacent to the property.
One day the smokers got together and had a smoke fest in the middle of the street. When a car came along, we didn't move. They called the police, the police took our side and suggested to the driver that he back up and enter the street at the other end since that is where he want to go. As the officer explained to the driver, he had another option, we didn't. The driver complied and the Board is reviewing the rules.
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