Not that smoking, the cigarette one. If this doesn't get described as 'another nail in the coffin' then I shall want to know the reason why.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/deta...gnews/30328928
Not that smoking, the cigarette one. If this doesn't get described as 'another nail in the coffin' then I shall want to know the reason why.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/deta...gnews/30328928
I'm a smoker, in both senses of the word, and while I rarely sit on the beach I have wondered why they don't provide ashtrays if you're having a beer or some food.
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
Perhaps it's their way of telling you they don't want you to smoke there.Originally Posted by joe552
smokers are disgusting. Worse than pigs. Fucking ash and butts all over the place. A pox on them.
Halfhansum (October 12th, 2017)
Well, that is a matter of taste, it is not very nice to say that smokers are 'worse than pigs'.
Is that today’s Tip?
"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
Have to admit it is gross ( and very common) to be sitting on the beach in pattaya and step off your bed only to tramp on one or more cigarette butts as most smokers seem to believe that if they bury their finished butts under a 1mm layer of sand that that it's gone and done with - unfortunately that's rarely the case of course.
So, if smokers would perhaps take more care then perhaps non smokers wouldn't get so pissed with them. ( Apologies in advance to all those considerate smokers who DO try not to inflict their choices on others, but alas they appear to be in the minority these days)
Mind you typical Thailand - whilst I dont disagree with some form of penalty ( small 1000 baht on the spot fine perhaps?) but to suggest that throwing a cigarette butt on the beach could incur up to a year in jail is of course just ludicrous and actually rather than enforcing the point on the new law i.e it's to encourage people to be thoughtful about others and the environment etc it actually just takes away from the whole thing and makes it sound just a little bit ridiculous as of COURSE no one is going to jail for a year for that - are they !??
Mind you being Thailand that is likely designed just more to give the Police a bigger bargaining position on site for when THEY are trying to extract their unofficial on the spot fines from the smoker as they threaten them with their one year jail sentence - how very considerate of the Government !
So if I'm sitting on the beach with a beer, what do you suggest I do with my cigarette butt, if there's no ashtray provided?
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
I'm sure any non-smoker sitting nearby will tell you where to put it!
Lol
Halfhansum (October 12th, 2017)
As already mentioned I'm sure many non smokers could give you a few suggestions re that - but seriously though that's a MAD question Joe, I mean would you ask the same about litter - i.e if there's no bin handy what would you suggest I do with my litter - why you'd KEEP it of course until you found a bin, same as YOUR butt, you wouldn't should take care of THAT too as it is YOUR rubbish, why would you even think that it would be someone else's problem to suggest to you what you should do with your butts !?
You are right of course that if the vendor is aware people wish to smoke then it miight be a good idea of him to provide ashtrays, but if not then the LEAST you could do would be to throw your butt in a bin or something and not just throw it away or try to secretly bury it in the sand for the next ussuspecting soul to walk over in their bare feet - and all because you decided you wanted a smoke and to hell with everyone else.
Tell me do you still eat chewing gum ? And if so when finished and if you can't see a bin to wrap it and chuck it into do you just stick that underneath your seat / table too as hey it's not YOUR fault that there's no bins there ?
You SEE, it's questions like "so what would you have me do with MY butt" that starts to make me think that maybe the Goverments one year jail time suggestion maybe wasn't such a crazy idea after all !! :-)
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