I think cig breaks in offices, evolve from the guidance that people are entitled to

screen breaks (5 minutes in every hour or something)

So people go outside for 15 minutes in the morning, and afternoon. Some people smoke, some people just get some fresh air

From there, some people, like yarmy says, abuse that accepted practice, and probably go out for a cig every 3/4 of an hour

Which is probably a concern if your staff are wasting 2 hours of a day outside

Posted By: pants on September 28th 2010 at 14:00:11

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fair play to norfolk council (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 12:45:50
- Spot on that. either everyone gets the breaks or no one does. (General Chat) - megson, Sep 28, 14:04:49
- Spot on that. either everyone gets the breaks or no one does. (General Chat) - megson, Sep 28, 14:02:28
- Spot on that. either everyone gets the breaks or no one does. (General Chat) - megson, Sep 28, 14:02:10
- Are you legally entitled to two coffee breaks a day? (General Chat) - duke of york, Sep 28, 13:41:48
  - I think cig breaks in offices, evolve from the guidance that people are entitled to (General Chat) - pants, Sep 28, 14:00:11
  - Not sure about that (n/m) (General Chat) - The Judge, Sep 28, 13:45:35
  - half hour worth for a full day i think (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 13:43:16
    - So that's the equivalent of three 10-minute fag breaks (General Chat) - duke of york, Sep 28, 13:48:56
      - That's generally the jist of how silly that whole episode will become (General Chat) - pants, Sep 28, 15:43:49
- Do we need a rule for everything? (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 28, 13:16:15
  - not everything (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 13:20:29
  - I presume you would deal with them by errrr..... (General Chat) - The Judge, Sep 28, 13:20:03
    - I mean you don't need a policy specific for smokers (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 28, 13:21:36
      - It's hard to be consistent though (General Chat) - The Judge, Sep 28, 13:25:33
        
        Smoking's hardly the biggest issue. Imagine if you had to clock off to use the (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 28, 13:29:45
        
        Well you should (General Chat) - The Judge, Sep 28, 13:39:31
        
        Most yeah, but it's pretty accepted to infiltrate the day really. At least (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 28, 13:41:06
        
        Do "clocks" still exist? I thought they went out with the arc. (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 28, 13:26:45
        
        Just a turn of phrase (General Chat) - The Judge, Sep 28, 13:27:58
      - smoking has always been a strange one (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 13:24:17
        
        what about coffee? (General Chat) - Lucky Pierre, Sep 28, 13:35:51
        
        you can drink coffee while you work (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 13:36:45
        
        oh yeh (General Chat) - Lucky Pierre, Sep 28, 13:41:19
        
        I think smoking should be encouraged, given the enormous (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 28, 13:25:39
        
        but its not like smokers go off an die quietly on their own (General Chat) - Lucky Pierre, Sep 28, 13:40:24
        
        Playing Devil's Advocate (General Chat) - duke of york, Sep 28, 13:54:19
        
        Tax revenue from fags is about double the cost to the NHS (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Sep 28, 14:02:10
        
        In which case, make it compulsory and the NHS is pretty much paid for. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 28, 14:15:39
        
        and clamp down on bootlegged cigs and booze - that's another few billion for the coffers (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Sep 28, 14:21:40
        
        that's like taxable suicide (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 14:16:48
        
        fancy a bum? (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Sep 28, 13:42:47
        
        at last (General Chat) - Lucky Pierre, Sep 28, 13:45:16
        
        Blimey, err (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 28, 13:42:24
        
        POTD (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 13:41:25
    - LOL (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 13:20:40
  - innit (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 28, 13:17:16
    - Emma Thom-son would be driven insane by you (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 28, 13:18:06
      - Shit actress (General Chat) - pants, Sep 28, 13:41:31
      - LOL (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 13:19:41
- It's Breckland (General Chat) - The Judge, Sep 28, 13:08:05
  - fair play to a norfolk council (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 13:09:31
- Quite right (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Sep 28, 13:03:14
  - going to the toilet is a human right (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 13:09:05
    - So is killing yourself slowly (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 28, 13:11:28
      - and wanking at work (n/m) (General Chat) - Lucky Pierre, Sep 28, 13:17:29
        
        and wrathing at work (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 28, 13:35:17
        
        *wrothing (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 28, 13:35:38
        
        No, they've banned wanking at work. Saw it on the telly (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 28, 13:18:17
        
        fuck, noone told me (General Chat) - Lucky Pierre, Sep 28, 13:19:22
        
        management only, its a perk (n/m) (General Chat) - curva nord, Sep 28, 13:26:02
        
        Wasn't any here (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 28, 13:23:21

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