Thursday, August 7, 2014

Why is Peg smiling at the smokers?

GW has a smoke free campus, but not everyone has gotten the message.  I have taken it upon myself to remind folks that we have a smoke free campus -- and that they need to move to the sidewalk to smoke (public space).  Of the handful of people who I have reminded, most have moved towards the sidewalk.  One young woman told me that she thought it was just a suggestion!  A young man said that I was not the police, and that I was harassing him.  I happened to remind the same young man in the same spot a few days later, and was again accused of harassing him.  Do know that my reminders are polite.

So I am finding myself smiling at the occasional cluster of smokers who are on the sidewalk.....

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