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Originally posted by greymule
"If you don't like the atmosphere, don't go in." I heartily agree. However, New Jersey answered those who objected on those grounds by claiming to be protecting the workers in the bars. As if the people who applied for a job in a bar had expected a smoke-free workplace.
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Delaware actually beat NYC in their smoking laws. Restaurants have closed, the casino take at the racetracks are down 40%, taverns have laid-off workers (never thought that would happen in this business), but MD & PA restaurants just across the state line are busting at the seams.
I tended bar for a little more than a decade. Anyone who applies for a job at a location with a liquor license with the expectation of a smoke-free environment is a fool. That's as stupid as people complaining about being
forced to was a TV program with content to which they objected. I guess they were too damn lazy to get up and change the channel. I am a non-smoker, but am well aware that there is no entitlement due by those private business owners whose livelyhood is on the line every night.
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I suspect we'll soon see bars reinventing themselves as private "clubs," where patrons pay some nominal membership fee. About 15 years ago I had to join some restaurant's "club" to get a beer in Texas.
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Already started in Delaware, but the state has already voiced overtones to the point that they may not issue such a "club" license if they believe the sole intent is to circumvent the Clean Indoor Air Act.
Of course, this is also the state which the police will not go out of their way to cite a driver for running a light or stop sign, but will begin setting up roadblocks next week to trap all those dastardly scofflaws who do not wear a seat belt. Nothing like spending a quarter to save a penny.
JMHO,
Mike Rowe
Occupied Delaware