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DanaC · 12-10-2008, 07:37 AM

In theory you're not supposed to smoke anywhere on the grounds of our local hospital; there are signs up all over. Don't know if they brought in a rule-change or have just decided not to police it but every time I've been over there, I've smoked outside, just a little past the door and there've always been other people smoking and there's one of those bins with an ashtray at the top.

I suspect if they tried to enforce it they'd have riots on their hands, with their staff if not the patients.

At uni, it's pretty much a smoke where you want outdoors campus. There are certain areas where you can't like outside the little lobby of the union building and so on, but mostly it's anywhere outdoors. It would be impossible to police anyway: Leeds campus is one of the biggest in the country, it encompasses a bloody great chunk of the city along with the purposebuilt campus buildings. That means lots of hidden walkways, twisting paths, carparks, parks, houses.

When I first got there in 2006, the union cafe still had a smoking area; very separate from the rest of the cafe. That feels like a long time ago, and the idea of lighting up inside a public building seems kind of bizarre to me now. Funny how quickly we adapt to new assumptions.

12-10-2008, 07:37 AM	#9
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	In theory you're not supposed to smoke anywhere on the grounds of our local hospital; there are signs up all over. Don't know if they brought in a rule-change or have just decided not to police it but every time I've been over there, I've smoked outside, just a little past the door and there've always been other people smoking and there's one of those bins with an ashtray at the top. I suspect if they tried to enforce it they'd have riots on their hands, with their staff if not the patients. At uni, it's pretty much a smoke where you want outdoors campus. There are certain areas where you can't like outside the little lobby of the union building and so on, but mostly it's anywhere outdoors. It would be impossible to police anyway: Leeds campus is one of the biggest in the country, it encompasses a bloody great chunk of the city along with the purposebuilt campus buildings. That means lots of hidden walkways, twisting paths, carparks, parks, houses. When I first got there in 2006, the union cafe still had a smoking area; very separate from the rest of the cafe. That feels like a long time ago, and the idea of lighting up inside a public building seems kind of bizarre to me now. Funny how quickly we adapt to new assumptions.