smoke free nyc - good or bad?

crx girl · 01-27-2003, 04:04 AM

i do that all the time. some guy actually warned me i could get a ticket once, then proceeded to try and pick me up. it didn't work

Kid Afrika · 02-02-2003, 10:12 AM

I used teh bathroom at the Rio tonight and there was a drink holder and an ashtray next to the urinal. I LOVE THIS TOWN!!!

Sir O · 02-02-2003, 10:33 AM

[Devil's Advocate]Atlantic City's no different. Don't see many people clamoring to relocate there.[/Devil's Advocate]

Rape Fantasizer · 02-03-2003, 07:52 AM

There is a world of difference between AC and vegas. AC is great, but nothing compares to vegas.

PollyannaFlower46 · 02-03-2003, 08:21 PM

Quote:but nothing compares to vegas.

I concur!

I just did an article for my school paper on the smoking ban, a lot of students at my school are just going to hop the boat to Hoboken.

Keyser Soze · 02-03-2003, 08:35 PM

it will be interesting to see what hoboken looks like on a already crowded weekend after the ban goes down.

PollyannaFlower46 · 02-03-2003, 08:38 PM

There's also always the Island, especially by Hofstra, etc.

crx girl · 03-30-2003, 06:42 AM

well, i sat at work and chain smoked from 8-12 after i got off tonight. then they took all the ashtrays away and that was that. i saw a few crowds of people outside bars on the way home. i think the biggest problem is that people all think this is a stupid law so they're gonna smoke anyway. which i'd probably think too, but, it's not the customers who'll get in trouble for smoking, mightaswell give you a run down of the fines:
1st time: 200-400 bucks, 2nd time: 500 - 1,000, 3rd time, 1-2,000. then? license revoked. bar closed, business go bye bye. people are still sitting around going, oh they're gonna fight this, it won't happen... it happened months ago when they passed the law, it's been a done deal for a while now. and it's not like they're not enforcing it, bloomberg has hired "smoking police" to go around to bars and issue fines, i heard he's paying them 25 bucks an hour. oh, and in that article he defended the law because he knows that bar and restaurant owners "secretly want their businesses to be nonsmoking" i'm still trying to figure out how he knows these secret thoughts of business owners...

Rape Fantasizer · 03-30-2003, 06:51 AM

Why is it starting tonight? I thought it was April 1st.

crx girl · 03-30-2003, 07:01 AM

i did too, but apparently they decided march 30th at midnight was the date.

crack hitler · 03-30-2003, 07:10 AM

they are issuing fines until may, now you only get a warning

PatCooper · 03-30-2003, 04:58 PM

On fiiday at work we found out the building managment is putting a smoking ban infront of the building!! Talk about fucking stupid. Sure all the smokers gather around the front of the building and bullshit and talk and then go on their way. Big fucking deal. We are outside and it's not like their are non-smokers standing next to us complaining and shit. What the fuck do they expect us to do when it's raining out? It looks like i'll be smoking in the train station stairwell.

HedCold · 04-03-2003, 05:08 AM

i must say it was nice being in a bowling alley with no smoke

crx girl · 04-04-2003, 12:48 AM

i'd say so far business this week has been down about 30% from last week...

PatCooper · 04-06-2003, 04:44 PM

Quote:i'd say so far business this week has been down about 30% from last week...

Maybe it's time you try a new corner. :poke:

The Sleeper · 06-18-2003, 08:34 PM

bad