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Originally Posted by Highwayman

The question that I keep asking myself Jackknife is with all the demand that I hear for smoke-free restaurants why aren’t more owners choosing to make their places smoke-free. One would think that there would be a line on the sidewalk of non-smokers waiting to get in. Smokers are supposed to be a minority.

Because of the stupidest reason ever... We've always done it this way.

My wife and I went out for you 9 year anniversary last night and the non smoking section was full but the health risk section had one lonely table with a single smoker abusing those who went to dinner with her.

The hostess said we could sit in the smoking section right away or wait for non smoking. We both said we'd be happy to wait. Shortly thereafter 3 more groups came in behind us and were told the same thing. They all waited.

I asked one of them if they thought the management would figure it out and the entire crowd started discussing it.

So there IS talk and it will happen.

As soon as enough people figure out that they don't have to subject themselves to the one smoker's habit they are trying to appease by sitting in the health risk section. People it’s OK to tell aunt Edna to take her filthy habit outside and not harm you or your children by smoking while you are eating.

Or you can keep doing it like you’ve always done and businesses can keep losing money by pissing people off who have to wait when they could have all those seats full.