Smokers

Here at work, there is a policy of no smoking in the buildings. The smokers have to go outside. What's more, they're supposed to be no closer than 25' from the doors. I think it ought to be a hundred feet, but hey, that's me. Anyway, there are no overhangs to "protect" the smokers from the rain and when I came in this morning, it was raining and several smokers were huddled in the roll-up doorway through which vehicles enter and exit the factory. So, first off, they were standing in an area that pedestrians are never supposed to be (a driving lane in which large factory doors open and close automatically) and second, they were barely 25' from the pedestrian door.

But, besides that, what strikes me most is how afraid these guys are of getting a little wet. Do they worry that they might get sick? Sicker than, say, lung cancer from smoking? I mean, these guys are risk takers. Smoking is a hazzardous activity and yet they thumb their noses at the likelihood of getting a deadly disease. So why do they go to such lengths to avoid having to stand in a little bit of rain?? Come on, tough guys...get a little wet for your addiction!