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So...uh, do a lot of people smoke at YOUR playground?
I mean like, ON the playground?
this seems HARRIBLE to me.
I'm not a smoking nazi, mostly- sometimes I even have a cigarette when I am drinking ( not around any kids, though!)
also, I can hardly resist a cafeteria lady cigarette when they're available..
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Re: So...uh, do a lot of people smoke at YOUR playground?
I was THISCLOSE to making a passive aggressive phone call to announce the level of trashitude happening...but these b!tches were on the scary side...
I didn't want a confrontation!
but I don't really want my kids ( or ANY kids seeing smoking- it isn't necessary these days for a child to even be aware of it!
I think the fact that it was so commonplace when I was growing up is why som many people my age smoked (I sure did!)
Heck no! I would leave if someone was smoking at our playground.
eta: I would be too chicken to say anything, even if they were total posers. I would just turn my bugaboo around and speed dial the hoa
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I don't mind smoking as long as my kids or I can't smell it!
I would be seriously bugged if people were smoking at the playground.
Oh- I don't think they're NOT ALLOWED- just like I don't think giving your kid pepsi in a baby bottle is NOT ALLOWED...but that doesn't make it right...
also, I think it is a totally unacceptable thing to do in a children centered environment- indoor or outdoor.
To each his own. I must be one of those "trashy" moms then, cause I would smoke if I was outside. (I don't smoke in the house, but if I'm outdoors I don't care)
or maybe you're just too punk to care?
I do not want kids to be audience to smoking- and a playground is not some place that non-kid friendly behaviors should be on parade, imo.
not that I can help it- but I'll sure as heck judge it! Wheeeeeeeeeee!
Now if I was taking them to bars...how could I complain? (although no smoking in bars here...so that point is moot.)
I am asking you on behalf of non smokers- please don't smoke at the playground.
I don't want my kids to be audience to a lot of stupid things, but I get that I can't keep them in a little bubble for their whole lives. Just sayin'.
Our "playscape" is inside a much larger park (also has swings/slide/etc) and to be honest I don't ever see anyone smoking. They are smoking in the park but in the playscape I just don't see it and never see butts on the ground.
Personally, I don't have a problem if someone is smoking outside. My kids see people smoking all the time (outside of grocery stores, Target, restaurants, etc) because in Michigan there are only a handful of restaurants that are completely non-smoking. I don't like to have to walk through a waft of smoke just to go into a store though and usually the ones smoking right by the door are the EMPLOYEES!
BTW...I have never smoked nor has my DH.
Not usually; our playgrounds aren't very busy. There is an inside parameter and and an outside parameter (with benches) to the play ground. A lot of olders kids parents sit on the benches, those parents with younger children are usually in the inside. I wouldn't mind if they smoked on the outside parameter BUT
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR BUTTS on the ground! I think I have had an occasion with at least one or both kids have picked them up despite my "yuckies" and "trash" warnings.
I smoked for several years but am coming up on my 6 yr anniversary QUIT date!
The only time I've seen anyone smoking at a playground around here is this one small, secluded playground. Some of the teenagers will smoke there, but they always leave when they see me strolling up. Evan brings his digger and loves to play with the wood chips, so we've had a few conversations about not playing with the cigarette butts. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
Sorry, but that is trashy to blow smoke around at a playground when kids are there.
I've seen smoking at a playground twice - but the people were no where near the playground. One was in the parking lot, the other was off on the grass. It did not bother me. Now if smokey Sue was puffin' away while pushing little Susie in the swing next to my kid, I'd have an issue with it.
It's a respect thing IMO. I've got friends and family members that smoke. When there are kids around, they walk away from the kids.
Parents? no, but neighborhood teenagers come down and smoke at the park all.the.time.
There are SO many pollutants in the air and water that people inhale/ingest on a regular basis. Why don't we ban cars too, while we're at it? The exhaust is dangerous for your health. I could keep going on and on.
If you are outside, and not sitting right on top of someone else's child smoking, I don't see what the big deal is. Really.