I could relate countless stories of one individual ruining it for everyone in a given company. The moral to this story is...You can't fix stupid!
So where are we going?
"Vaping is not to be done in polite society."
Yes, Big Brother ..
It only takes one idiot to set the alarms off and screw it up for everyone.
Vaping where I work is okay with hr so far.I work for a large specialty chemical company. I have my own office, and I vape in my office, but not blatantly. A few people know I do it, and they don't care. I don't do it in front of anyone on purpose, but I've had people pop in inadvertently and see it. I know of others that also vape and I up until now I haven't seen any blatant abuse of common sense.
Yesterday, I received an email to all employees that stated that all ecig and similar device use was restricted to smoking areas. I was ...... and suspected a story behind it.
Today I got the story.
Our site manager has been holding town hall meetings. These are relatively formal events for us production folks. Basically a huge screen presentation and a podium kind of thing, with the King of the Universe at the podium. Some jackass among the ranks decided that during the King's Speech, he would huff on his device and blow smoke rings into the air while the King spoke.
Vaping where I work is okay with hr so far.
A number of people vape where I work but they're low profile except for one 20 something kid from the plant floor. He's the same type I've seen for years. Wants to be the center of attention at all times and has an inflated view of himself in all respects.
Although he claims to vape 0 nic (meaning he can resist temptation) he feels compelled to blow as a big a cloud as possible from his box mod during any kind of meeting so that all are duly impressed. Too many of the uneducated are swallowing the anti-vape propaganda hook line and sinker. Like it or not that's reality. Yet this idiot carries on in his never ending effort to always be the center of attention. I'm just waiting for the hammer to fall and the rest of us will have this twit to thank.