Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for January 04, 2022

Overdue

Good luck getting a waiter (or hot food).

Why aren’t they smoking they’re in the smoking section

I stay away from smoking sections.

Sounds like the two of you need some encouragement.

Something similar happened to me in a small, North Carolina town in the heart of tobacco-growing country, back in the 90s. I was asked if I wanted the smoking or non-smoking section. I said non-smoking, so they led me all the way through the restaurant to a tiny, undecorated room way in the back.

Looks good to me. Then again, I don’t smoke, nor do I want to be bothered by the nasty smell when I eat.

Interesting decor in this restaurant…

Maybe it is time to quit… as in, take a hint, stinky.

I remember when I was a kid the ‘non-smoking’ section was a small area at the back ,usually with a view of the kitchen, then as time s changed the smoking section became the small section and now it’s goen entirely. YAY

Just switch to pot, it’s all the rage now

Way past time for busybodies to stop harassing those who choose to continue smoking. It’s their personal business and nobody elses!

Bone appetite.

Count your blessings, I’d put it out in the middle of the street.

The Dungeon Dining experience…will leave you cold….

When I smoked cigarettes, you could smoke on a plane, and a theater I went to in New Jersey had a smoking section.

‘Course, that was to see “Star Wars” for the second time after it’s release…

Well, some paint couldn’t hurt… probably.

Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a pool. It just doesn’t work. I am glad my state no longer allows any smoking in restaurants. Now if they could just get the staff to stop smoking right outside the front door, it would be nicer yet.

So you cut a slot in your face mask to put the cigarette in?

Early rehearsal for the Halloween Party…

Better than you deserve! What about the poor guy in chains? HE shouldn’t have to smell your stink!

This must be old. There IS no such thing as a smoking section any more, is there?

Not getting it.

I don’t think they’ve gone far enough: smoke rises. They need a heavy vac and vent system. They also need to tell them to not be ash-holes and to keep their butts to themselves.

Alternately, the smoking section can have a nice view of the cemetery.

I worked at Megacorp for decades. When I started in the early 80s, smoking was allowed in all office areas and most other places except clean rooms and such. We were in a bullpen, so you could have someone smoking at the desk behind you. Over time it went to designated smoking rooms, smoking outside, to finally no smoking on company property at all.

If you can’t go without a cigarette for an hour while you eat dinner, you have much more serious problems than where you get stuck sitting.

I was stationed at the Pentagon in the mid to late 80’s and they went smoke free while I was there. My good fortune is that I don’t have an addictive personality and was able to stop cold turkey. One day we could smoke at our desks and most anywhere in the building and the next day it was outside only for smokers.

And by that time I was smoking a pipe and you just can’t easily take a 10 minute smoke break with a pipe… it just doesn’t work that well, so I stopped smoking. Still have a small bag of left over pipe tobacco tucked away in the humidor I was using back then (and still have). I do occasionally wonder just how well that stuff would be as a smoke after all this time… but just not enough to light up 8^)

Many started smoking to be part of the crowd. Then the crowd died off.

a bit creepy

I watched my father take twelve years to die from Emphysema so if you want to smoke be my guest.

Both my parents smoked unfiltered Camel cigarettes. My mom died age 49 from non-smoking related cancer. My dad, at some point, stopped smoking cigarettes but continued smoking pipes and cigars. When he died at 88, he was cancer free. So just because a person smokes does not mean that person will die of smoking-related disease.

This one seems oddly out of time. I can’t remember the last time I went to a restaurant that had a smoking section. I know some bars and casinos still allow smoking but not in restaurants.