At least in the urban northeast, the number of non-corporate restaurants that allow their employees anything more than a couple <5 minute smoke breaks is vanish

At least in the urban northeast, the number of non-corporate restaurants that allow their employees anything more than a couple <5 minute smoke breaks is vanishingly small. I've worked in about 20 restaurants, clubs and bars and restaurants in several cities in this general area over 25 years, and had thousands of coworkers with the same experience. It's a very common griping topic.