Going out of the Office for a Fag

[smurfchops]

Do you ever feel like going out with them - everyone who doesn't smoke - and leaving the office empty for fifteen minutes six times a day?

[Barmaid]

I am self employed and work from home usually. I'll ask the cats if they ever fancy popping outside for a quick one - although generally, the minute I open the back door there is a mass exodus of felines.

[Gormless]

Yes of course, but I go out of the office everyday anyway for at least an hour all told, to get away from people who sit gormlessly in front of a pc and crunch crunch through crisps, carrots, celery, little twee Tupperware containers of pasta, ect ect. I have even seen a colleague shovelling food into his mouth and slurping while entertaining perfect strangers. So you go to visit someone, and the best respect they can pay you is to eat noisily in front of you.

[weeal]

15 mins 6 x a day is excessive

I smoke and have ONE in works time and it takes me under 5 mins.

[ChuckFickens]

gonna ignore the obvious I'll ask the cats if they ever fancy popping outside for a quick one jokes :)

Go outside with them then, I'm a smoker and take several fag breaks a day, but I also never take a full lunch break, am always at work at least 15-20min earlier than needed and have very often stayed behind for 3-4 hours later than I'm paid for when needed.

I also often find these "fag breaks" are some of the most productive times for the exchanging if ideas and working out solutions to problems

[sn�gged]

lunch break? wassat then...

[ChuckFickens]

yes as weeal says 15min * 6 times is excessive.

a fag break takes me about 4-5minutes, probably about 5-6 a day.

[sara3]

I'm going to have to demand chocolate breaks.

[weeal]

i dont get other breaks and dont really get a lunch, and now weve got to work every 4th saturday and take a day off thro the week for it - big con if you ask me, but in this climate you cant complain eh

[cazzz1975]

I used to enjoy smoking :S

its a shame that its bad for your health

[Jugglering]

In answer to the original Q..... no !

[cazzz1975]

only in the nice weather! you should revel in the emptier office whilst they are all outside

[jen78]

I'm like Chuck, don't tend to have lunchbreaks.

I need to move with my arthritis so going up and down for a few quick fag breaks a day does me good, not so much the smoking mind!

I work far more than my contract hours as well and as most of the firm smoke, everyone is the same really.

[bensmum]

I don't smoke but as I work in a school I couldn't anyway.(unless I wanted to go into the girls toilets which is where most of the kids smoke - I'm sure they think we don't know!)

[firewatch]

Ah but what if one of those members of staff is required??
If someone comes looking for someone at work then i say have you tried the smoking shelter?
I find it really irritating being a receptionist having to take messages for those who have popped out for said 15 minutes.
I don't smoke and the only time i get a break is if i feel unwell and need fresh air, or have to run an errand.

[Bathsheba]

15 minutes six times a day???? Blimey, are they all pipe smokers?