In my first office job I remember thinking that I should take up smoking, not just because my coworkers were heading downstairs all the time to take breaks, but

In my first office job I remember thinking that I should take up smoking, not just because my coworkers were heading downstairs all the time to take breaks, but because the HR higher-ups were smokers too. My office-mates who smoked always had the latest office gossip and knew what was coming down the pike long before the rest of us!