Bans on public smoking are spreading throughout the world. That suits Eric who is a lifelong non-smoker, nay, ANTI-smoker. For 30 days he will change the world and the habits of current smokers.
Day 6:
Well, the first 5 days of my plan have passed – I have targeted smokers in a number of different ways. I still have the scars to show you but I remain undaunted by this. After years of intimidation and bodily abuse, I am to free my world of smokers and their effects on me,
It’s not easy. I was at the bus stop today. The buses around here are all non smoking. That is a good thing, but it means that smokers light up in the bus shelter whilst they are waiting for their transport. As it was chucking it down with rain, I wanted to be in the dry of the shelter. But the putrid air meant that I was better off outside. Better to be wet than dead, I thought, although pneumonia can take you off just like that sometimes (especially with my weakened lungs from all the passive smoking over the years).
So, I decided to hatch a plan that would allow these smokers to smoke in the bus shelter to their heart’s content. Within minutes, I had summoned up a JCB, a group of hardy bricklayers and a glazier. Before long, footings had been dug and a 6 foot high wall built around the bus shelter, enclosing all the smokers. A “one way” door and a sign “smokers: this way” allows people to enter but not leave. Windows are provided as a charitable act because even smokers have needs.
There’s my bus now.
By Eric Hartwell
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