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convex   
14 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / The more subtle differences: Ireland/Britain v Poland [310]

One for hot one for cold - nothing strange

But you've got burning hot water out of one, and freezing cold water out of the other. When visiting, the brain struggles to comprehend why anyone would do that.
convex   
14 Oct 2010
Food / Polish fast food joints? [59]

Apparently haven't made it to Wroclaw. It's all gyros, toast, and crappy pizza.
convex   
14 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

Dear oh dear! Bad attitude man! (Meant in jest - it's your business and I'm sure your place is great - sincerely)

They work for me because I pay them a fair salary, and support my staff...makes for better employees and an easier to run business. They can always work somewhere else, but for some reason they stay on.
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

What about your staff and others who have no choice in the matter.

My staff can work wherever they choose.

I have a separate room, it's a business decision.

In the fun places, there is lot of smoke, and I worry about her health.

Tell her to support the places that are non smoking. Educate her on the effects of smoking. Maybe teach her a thing or two about property rights and how capitalism works.
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

What privat premises do you run? smoking is bnned in my schools through law, but my porter still does, and I tolerat it becasue it' t night and he's a cracking bloke and I wouldn't want to lose him.

A bar, it's private property.

Your premises coul be private, but if they are open to the public then you have a duty to that client to take reasonble steps.

Your reasonable would be to ban the sale of alcohol and foods containing transfats.

Why don't you exercise your freedom of choice and go to a non smoking bar?
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

Ban fatty foods seems to be the answer?

But again, I don't come to your private premises and tell you what to do, why should you be able to do the same to me?

You mentioned something about selfishness?
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

the-tma.org.uk/tma-publications-research/facts-figures/tax-revenue-from-tobacco

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7654153.stm

7b in the black

Still, it's down to personal choice and if anyone smokes ovr my dinner and refuses a polite request to knock it on the head they will risk my 53 year old fury :)) At the very least I will refuse to pay the bill because the estblishment is relinquishing it's health responsibility.

Support non smoking restaurants. If it's such a plague, why would you go somewhere that it's allowed?

How about fat people? Thoughts on that terrible epidemic?

Disgusting selfish habit.

Go to a non smoking joint. Do you think you own the place?
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

Simples. Smoker need a big boot up the arse

It's your right to do so. Kick people out of your non smoking private establishment, you make the rules in your joint. You pay the rent, pay the taxes, do the marketing, it's your right.
convex   
13 Oct 2010
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I am really sorry. I put my riddles in a few sites so sometimes I lose control.

Riddlophilia I believe they call it.
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

the smoking ban

At what? What is it attempting to achieve, and why should property rights be violated to achieve it when there are other solutions?

There isn't a smoking ban in Poland...is there? Naw there isn't, there's non-smoking sections in pubs but thats a moronic idea, as smoke is carried by air and you cant stop the smoke gettin into non-smoking sections

Again, go to a non smoking pub. Hell, start one, I've got some capital if you can show that people want it. You have the good idea, I'll finance it.
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

I don't have to go to the pub????

You don't have to put up with peoples cancer sticks.

I've never seen a non-smoking bar in Kato, maybe there is one, probably isn't though, not much of a nightlife here y'know?

looks like there are a couple on lokalbezpapierosa...

I don't know if there's a demand, but what I'm saying is that everywhere the non-smoking bar policy has been introduced it has worked

What has worked?

Out of curiosity, do you think that there is a large demand for non smoking pubs?
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

We should all remember that only between 15-20% of the population of any country smokes, so why should the other 80% put up with your cancer sticks

Again, you don't have to. You can go to a non smoking bar, restaurant, and pretty much everywhere else, it's a non issue.

Just out of curiosity, why aren't there more non smoking bars if they're in such demand? Would seem like a quick way to get rich if you have 80% of the market, or?

Maybe - but the problem was people not waking up in the morning due to carbon monoxide poisoning. A few landlords went to jail because of this. Personally I had the gas taken out when I started to rent the building, for a whole raft of reasons.

That's terrible, really. I mean, detectors are dirt cheap. Like smoke detectors, you don't see many here.
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

Tenants of low rent flats and bedsits being gassed due to landlords not having the installation serviced. The free market didn't want it, but there were too many fatalities. Now we have to get a service certificate yearly.

That's unfortunate. I'm guessing that was a bit more expensive than installing detectors and saving the rest of the money for suing landlords who don't meet their contractual obligations of providing a safe domicile. Dunno, not many gassings in the US. Guessing that the cost of that inspection is passed on to the renter?
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

I do indeed. I'm in the UK this month.

I do too, and I live in Poland, with no compulsory law.

Like compulsory seatbelts, sober driving, not having sex with your children, and making sure landlords have the gas installations checked.

seatbelt laws for adults, don't agree.
drunk driving laws on public roads obviously make sense, as you have the capacity to harm others based on no decision of their own.
not having sex with your children, again, you're harming someone who hasn't reached the age of majority.
gas installations, eh?
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

Yes.

You have the choice, at least here, to go to them. Right now, tonight even.

It would certainly seem so.

Why stop with smoking? Since we know what's best for people, lets start some other campaigns. These arguments start giving credibility to other people who want to limit plenty of other things that are known to be bad for other people.
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

Comfort and health of other customers, of course, as well as most importantly a reduction in nicotine consumption.

There is plenty of comfort and healthy air in non smoking bars, wouldn't you agree?

Regarding the second bit, are people are too stupid to make their own decisions?
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

In fact the only 'alternatives here' are ones previously debated and tried, but proved not to work.

Proved not to work in achieving which goal exactly?

Worker Health - masks and the option to work somewhere else

Patron Health - the option of going to a non smoking establishment

Where's the problem?
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

I'm a very heavy smoker and have smoked for about 30 years, but when I go out to restaurants, they are often very good ones - I don't like the meal being served in clouds of cigar smoke. I remember when this was common, years ago, and it wasn't nice.

Neither do I. Even in countries, states, and cities where there is no ban, it was taken up voluntarily. Savvy owners who actually listened to what their customers demanded.
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

And just a little side note, we've got a non smoking room in the bar in Split...why, because it makes good business sense. It's not as big as the non smoking area, and doesn't draw the same amount of people, but hey, it works. We're catering to the crowd.

Why does there need to be legislation? I don't go to restaurants that don't have non smoking sections. I vote with my wallet, why others?
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

More the bar owners just ignoring the law.

How so? There are non smoking bars. If people don't want to go to them...how does that have anything to do with the bar owners?

Exactly. danger money and gas masks.

Those road crews aren't getting paid danger money when they slap down tar. Just give the staff who are worried masks. Problem solved. Why is that not acceptable?

Wonderful!

Indeed. Cornerstone of a free society.
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

They've been tried in plenty of places without much elan.

So the people have voted with their wallets?

So you're against personal liberty on the grounds of what you think. Not that bars only sell booze or that gestating women aren't capable of deciding for themselves whether or not they should go out or stay at home in purdah.

You're absolutely right.

And many are not.

Lots of office workers don't like fluorescent bulbs and lack of vitamin d producing rays of the sun, while people working on road crews get plenty of it. Speaking of road crews, when they work with dangerous irritants, they wear protective gear...I think I might have a solution for your workers...

Shrill, hypersensitive nonsense. Show us some of your 'evidence'.

Property rights are the foundation of personal liberty.
convex   
13 Oct 2010
News / Human Trafficking in and from Poland [80]

I wouldn't mind to be a Vice-President (Literally!) and test them for you guys. To ensure quality of course, and not because I'm totally despicable.

You're a selfless man AJ, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

One a side note, with the situation in the swamp, do you feel that the industry is regulated enough to consider it "safe"? Is there a lot of pressure on illegal prostitution?