No jobs for smokers

[jdgregory84]

Wow...it's like Waterworld before Waterworld.

I'm sorry, but obese worthless motherfuckers should be at the bottom of the hiring pool. I'd rather have a smoker that works his ass off for a couple of hours and takes a 5 minute break than a fatass that breathes louder than a turbine and accomplishes nothing and assumes that the company will give them special treatment.

[CJ-95GT]

I think it's wrong. Obesity and alcohol are next on their hit list. All of these are currently legal which makes it very different than drug screening. Health care cost continue to go up even though the populas overrall is in better health. There are several reasons for the rise in health care, but overall it's big business and everybody wants a piece of the pie.

[scootro]

I knew a guy that wouldn't hire woman with babies or small kids because he said they were unreliable and always had to take off early and sometimes late for work. I always thought it was asshole thing to screen for but he kept it hush hush as a hiring policy!

[jnobles06]

Pulled this off drudge, it's local, and interesting.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/09/22/only-non-smokers-need-apply-at-baylor/

I think its fine. Its their choice to hire whoever I want, right? I could be talking out of my ass, but who's to say who they can, or cannot hire?

If I walked into a fried chicken place right outside of a black neighborhood, and they straight up said, "We won't hire you, because your white", I would simply apply somewhere else. Why work somewhere you're not welcome? To prove a point?

Some will say "What I do in the privacy of my own home, is my own business"
Well, if I own a company, and you're a fucking child molester in your own time, Fuck you, you're not working for me.
I'm not comparing smoking to child molestation, but its two things SOME people don't like.

Thoughts?

i wonder when they will start not hiring people for eating fried chicken because it's unhealthy. it's not to prove a point it's just a matter of having the same opportunities as every one else. not defending smokers, but in my opinion people shouldn't have to give up something that's perfectly legal to get a job. that is discrimination in my book. why not just charge them more for insurance since its a health issue?

[racrguy]

After living in a non-smoking household for 8 months then moving back into one, the smell hit me like a ton of bricks. I work with cars for a living and to the people who say their car isn't ruined because they don't smoke in them. I don't care that you don't smoke in them, I can still smell it, and I'm sure others can too.

[Nash B.]

I don't see this as much different than drug screening.

[94form2000z]

Bunch of holier than thou people in hear. If I want to smoke I shall and yes I will work somewhere else.

You don't like the way someone smells get the hell away from them. Problem solved.

[Lason]

I am pretty sure I don't smell. There are ways to avoid it.

Oh you stink!

I never realized how bad I smelled untill I quit. I cant even ride the elevators at work now because they stink so bad.

As far as the job thing goes, I can see their point about insurance but its still discrimination. They either need to treat smokers equally or make cigarettes illegal.

[Whiteboy]

smoking is fucking nasty.

[Taylor]

I am pretty sure I don't smell. There are ways to avoid it.

Been there man, lol. Unless you smoke, shower (well), change clothes and brush your teeth people will know you are a smoker withing ten seconds of talking. Unless it's foreverfrost and they have no sense of smell. Oh, and if you smoke in your bedroom your clothes already smell before you even smoke in them.

[347Mike]

I smoked for a couple years in college. You, as a smoker, don't realize how godawful you smell. Trust me, when you think you don't smell, you fucking wreak.

Also for me, 'weaning' myself off of them never worked. One day you will hopefully realize that you are 100% done with cigarettes and will never look back. That's how it was for me, anyway.

I am pretty sure I don't smell. There are ways to avoid it.

[Taylor]

Not that I am proud of it but a lot of what you said isn't quite right. lol

I've been smoking for 8 years and have been sick probably less than anyone I know, which probably equates to once or so a year which happens around cold/flu season. My teeth aren't stained and my truck doesn't smell of smoke.

The other points are pretty dead on.

I am actually in the process of trying to quit. I went a few days with only having one but I tend to splurge. I know its hard to go cold turkey so I am trying to phase it out.

I smoked for a couple years in college. You, as a smoker, don't realize how godawful you smell. Trust me, when you think you don't smell, you fucking wreak.

Also for me, 'weaning' myself off of them never worked. One day you will hopefully realize that you are 100% done with cigarettes and will never look back. That's how it was for me, anyway.

[ceyko]

I think employers should have this right.

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[347Mike]

That's how it was with me, if you wanted to smoke it'd better be at lunch and off the jobsite. I just don't see how anyone in their right mind could be a habitual smoker. Shit is nasty, stinky, expensive, lowers your immune system, stains your teeth, ruins your car and turns people off who have to be near you.

Not that I am proud of it but a lot of what you said isn't quite right. lol

I've been smoking for 8 years and have been sick probably less than anyone I know, which probably equates to once or so a year which happens around cold/flu season. My teeth aren't stained and my truck doesn't smell of smoke.

The other points are pretty dead on.

I am actually in the process of trying to quit. I went a few days with only having one but I tend to splurge. I know its hard to go cold turkey so I am trying to phase it out.

[Taylor]

My dad owns a contracting company. There is no smoking on the clock. Whether or not it is enforced at every job site is hard to tell. But there are some non-smoking foremen who absolutely enforce it.

That's how it was with me, if you wanted to smoke it'd better be at lunch and off the jobsite. I just don't see how anyone in their right mind could be a habitual smoker. Shit is nasty, stinky, expensive, lowers your immune system, stains your teeth, ruins your car and turns people off who have to be near you.