I find it mildly infuriating that some coworkers think entering a break room gives them license to play loud music over speakers, use obscene language (especially to and about other coworkers), and disrupt the fifteen minutes of peace and quiet some of us crave in the workplace.

I also can’t stand the fact that smokers can take unlimited ‘breaks’ whenever they please just to come back stinking up an entire room with their smoke.

  • redpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Workers taking smoke breaks is fine. Anything that gives workers more breaks is good. You can takethose breaks too. Just tell them its a smoke break. If management says anything, tell them you have just as much need for it as anyone who smokes. Don’t get mad at your fellow workers. Get mad at the employer.

    • azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      As a former smoker I can relate to both sides. Cigs are pointless crap and I hate them even when I’m smoker myself (I went out of addiction and back several times over years).

      Having short breaks for smoke or whatever else is perfectly fine for me, unless everyone do their job. For me personally they’re help, not distraction. If smokers have a special privilege for some reason, it’s super stupid, but that’s on the employee, not smokers.

      • nsmnc@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I love when people downvote a logical response simply because they don’t agree with it.

        • Levii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Its not logical. You wanna be logical, factor in what makes an efficient worker. Frequent breaks and if they happen to be addicted to nicotine, which isnt great for their sake, tending to their addiction so they dont become less efficient. And thats looking at it from a non-empathetic, not nurturing POV. Throw in basic human empathy and you have a lot more reasons to why this wasn’t a logical response.