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That would certainly help (albeit at a rather large expense for existing businesses) but probably wouldn't really solve the problem. The core issue is that bowl

by glenra 12y ago

That would certainly help (albeit at a rather large expense for existing businesses) but probably wouldn't really solve the problem. The core issue is that bowling in a team involves an awful lot of waiting around and watching while other people on your team or the other team are bowling. A hardcore smoker would like to take a few puffs during those pauses while waiting for their turn....and that used to be okay. If the smokers in the group have to take turns running out to a patio to puff, they can't continue to cheer/boo their teammates/rivals and might miss or delay their turn. Which destroys the group dynamic. The bowling alley used to be selling (to some) the experience of smoking while bowling, just as music clubs used to be selling the experience of smoking while listening to a band; taking smoke breaks between sessions of bowling is not much of a substitute.

anigbrowl 12y ago
Sorry about the delayed reply, I often take a break from the internet over the weekend. just as music clubs used to be selling the experience of smoking while listening to a band I find it hard tor ead that with a straight face. I was a hardcore smoker when the bar and restaurant ban was passed and I only quit about 5 years ago. I though the ban was a fantastic idea at the time it went into effect and thought the inconvenience of having to go outside to smoke was a perfectly reasonable tradeoff for the sake of patrons and staff who did not smoke and didn't wish to sit in a cloud of others' smoke. To an inconsiderate smoker anything could be defined as 'the experience of smoking while (doing something else).' I'm afraid I'm not very impressed with your Dave Hitt polemic, which is studded with gems such as: Business that sell and service air cleaning units are affected. If there are no smokers, there's no reason to buy an air cleaner. ...which is equivalent to saying that air pollution is a good thing because it creates jobs in the manufacture of respirators, asthma drugs and so forth. This is essentially a fancy version of the 'broken window fallacy' in economics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

by glenra 12y ago

anigbrowl 12y ago

Sorry about the delayed reply, I often take a break from the internet over the weekend. just as music clubs used to be selling the experience of smoking while listening to a band I find it hard tor ead that with a straight face. I was a hardcore smoker when the bar and restaurant ban was passed and I only quit about 5 years ago. I though the ban was a fantastic idea at the time it went into effect and thought the inconvenience of having to go outside to smoke was a perfectly reasonable tradeoff for the sake of patrons and staff who did not smoke and didn't wish to sit in a cloud of others' smoke. To an inconsiderate smoker anything could be defined as 'the experience of smoking while (doing something else).' I'm afraid I'm not very impressed with your Dave Hitt polemic, which is studded with gems such as: Business that sell and service air cleaning units are affected. If there are no smokers, there's no reason to buy an air cleaner. ...which is equivalent to saying that air pollution is a good thing because it creates jobs in the manufacture of respirators, asthma drugs and so forth. This is essentially a fancy version of the 'broken window fallacy' in economics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window