I was visiting my daughter yesturday & got chatting with her neighbours both sides, one of them had the council workers in & she commented on how pleased she will be when they have finished so she can sit down with her morning cup of tea, ciggi & paper without rushing as the workmen were due!! she said she had to "ask permission" to smoke, if they objected then she had to go outside for a ciggi. if not she would be fined £50, I always ask if visitors minded if I smoke out of respect for them & if they said they dont like smoking I would respect that till they left but I can't see why you need permission to light up in your own home?? I also heard from a couple of people & this is just hearsay so cant say yes for sure but they are still allowed to smoke in the houses of parliament if thats true then no surprises there, (the old 1 rule for you 1 rule for me) but I think its disgusting, what say you?
2007-07-15 05:19:54 · 18 answers · asked by Lita M 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Thats only if you smoked in front of them chuckler!! I never did, & my children have grown up enforcing that around their children!!
2007-07-15 07:29:56 · update #1
When in your own home and you are not allowed to do what you want we are looking at a country slowly going towards that same nazi mentality that Germany had to deal with in the 30s.
2007-07-15 05:23:53 · answer #1 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that. Usually if someone visits me who doesn't smoke then I won't smoke in their company.
But now I've heard that I can't smoke for 30 minutes before a worker/repairman visits. How can you do that when half the time they don't even give exact times of when they'll be coming? Last time I got told they'd be there between 12 and 5pm. Well in future if they want me to obey that rule I'll ask if they could be a bit more specific about what time they'll be arriving. It's bad enough having to wait in for them let alone not been able to smoke in case they arrive within the next half hour.
As far as I'm concerned. It's my home & I pay the bills, etc.
And I've had workmen come who are smokers themselves so it's stupid.
2007-07-15 05:51:15 · answer #2 · answered by charliegirl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Under ALL circumstances a person should be treated w/ respect first without having to prove themselves. Not one of us here is without flaw, and I can bet you that any one of us has been in about a million situations where if someone had overheard us, we'd lose their respect in an instant. I think too many people SAY they treat others w/ respect (before they've earned it), but the same people take ONE LOOK at somebody on the street before playing judge and jury and deciding that the stranger has failed to earn their respect. The challenge is to see a drug addict, a prostitute, etc. on the street and to treat them, in spite of their condition, with the respect you'd give someone in a suit (who might be a real jerk once they open their mouth). RedQueen rocks.
2016-04-01 05:21:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose the argument is that it is the council workers' work place, in which you are not allowed to smoke. Also it is not strictly her house if it is owned by the council - might be wrong about this bit! It is wrong if smoking is allowed in the Houses of Parliament because this is a workplace!
2007-07-15 05:28:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if your place of residence is used by more than one person for work, then yes the law applies in those specific work rooms. in the case of eg council/care workers even if they regularly come it is not illegal for you to smoke, but councils are asking people not to do so during visits and 30mins beforehand. they cannot fine you though. not sure about handymen/plumbers etc cant see how they can make it illegal its your home. like in care homes/prisons, where the workers there are still subjected to second-hand smoke
2007-07-15 05:28:17 · answer #5 · answered by paul m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have any type of worker in the house you can not smoke, If you employ a cleaner to come in , say once a week you are not allowed to either. The no smoking ban is in place in the houses of Parliament
2007-07-15 05:27:48 · answer #6 · answered by madge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the official line is that official visitors (care workers, social services, utility providers - British Gas etc) can ask you to refrain from smoking 30 minutes before they arrive.
By the time British Gas arrived - you would have almost given up! - they are so unreliable.
2007-07-15 05:23:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
smoking has been banned from my house a long time ago, because i dont smoke and dont see why i should breathe second hand smoke in therefore everybody that smokes who visits has to go outside in the garden. i believe that smoking bans should be enforced regardless of where they are ie houses of parliament
2007-07-15 12:09:57 · answer #8 · answered by magiclady2007 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I did know that you can't smoke in your own home if you have carers, district nurses and workmen entering your home as its classed as their work place. I think they have to stop smoking too about half an hour before carers/district nurses are due.
2007-07-15 05:33:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi!
It seems strange to us now who have put up with smoking and its consequences for so long, but perhaps one day this government will be remembered as the one that stopped its own people Killing themselves and others with a bad habit.
Good wishes.
2007-07-15 05:25:35 · answer #10 · answered by pilgrimspadre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋