Warwick.hoy... for myself, I really only call it "inconsiderate" when it impacts me over a long length of time. I.e. working next to a smoker (who may not smoke inside, but constantly reeks of it - would you not "mind" if I didn't shower and stunk up the place?), playing a gig in a bar, smoking outside my apartment etc. Someone walking past me or walking in and out of a building only bothers me 1) if they litter, 2) if they're blatantly ignoring placards ("no smoking within xx feet of entrance" etc.) or 3) otherwise being an idiot.
In a professional/office type setting I can get behind that,...but part of professionalism; to me at least, means not taking smoke breaks at work. Take your entitled break,...but go sit in the break room and have a snack. If I were white collar and had to constantly meet with superiors,....customers,...counterparts or had to be in close proximity to co-workers whomever,....as part of my job and as part being professional I wouldn't want to reek of cigarette smoke.
I don't expect everyone to have that type of work ethic,...but that's what I would do. I've never had a white collar type job however.
When it's something like a kitchen job, construction job, or whatever blue collar job where you get stinky, smelly and messy anyway,...smoke away,...BUT,...if you are a food service worker,...wash you're damn hands,....it's a hygiene thing and part of the health code anyway.
RE: Showering. I'm not easily offended by body odor. In a white collar setting is not bathing professional? No,...but I also don't buy into consuming mass amounts of health and beauty products. Soap and shampoo,...seriously,...most people smell fine if they just shower with any kind of regularity. In fact,...I'd rather smell someone that just smoked rather than someone that is bathed in Old Spice and Stetson.
I can definitely identify with off putting smells, too much perfume,...too much cologne,....whatever causes your nose to burn momentarily,....but when it's just incidental contact with strangers on the street; it's such a temporary inconvenience that it's barely worth raising a fuss over.
I can also get behind the littering part,...both at home and while on hikes. If I go hiking I'll squeeze the tobacco out and bring home a pocket full of butts and throw them in the trash. The tobacco ought to be biodegradable (I buy cigarettes that are
additive free). The filters not so much (although I believe they are all cotton,...no fiberglass etc etc etc).
), loud obnoxious people, several shades of the colour blue, the neighbours playing bad techno at 4am, and (now I'm a non-smoker) the smell of stale cigarette smoke.
