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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 05:55 PM
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You could just grab a fire extinguisher and hose him down while politely asking him not to smoke in the office. I'm pretty sure that would get the point across!
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 07:09 PM
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 08:01 PM
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my old boss use to do that. But the bad thing was that it was a one room office and he smoked Winstons. If you never smelled that brand, it was the worse smell, out of all the bands. I quit because of it. It was totally nasty. I would go home smelling like i went to a club.
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 08:22 PM
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Get some big ass papers, roll him in it, and light him on fire.
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 11:13 PM
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It's like every girl I meet these days smoke. Everybody seems to smoke. And they say nicotine is not addictive.
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Old Sep 25, 2004 | 03:13 AM
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as stated you have decided to leave your job

let it go... and don't look back
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Old Sep 25, 2004 | 04:47 AM
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Originally Posted by mingster,Sep 24 2004, 01:56 PM
I've decided to leave my job (due to various reasons).

However, one thing that irks me the most is that he smokes in the office. Everyone can smell it, and on some days I get real nauseated from the smoke.

Should I sue him? Call the fire dept.? Call the cops? Or just do nothing and leave?
report him to OSHA, just to make his life difficult. they'll force him to stop, and may even fine him.

you'll probably only make your own life difficult if you try to sue him for pain and suffering, esp. if you don't have a track record of trying to get him to stop, or of him threatening to fire anyone who tries to make him stop smoking in the office (or other infractions to that effect)
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Old Sep 25, 2004 | 05:24 AM
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Richard, I remember stories of how hard your boss is to work for so I'm not shocked that you're leaving. My advice would be to just leave and also to give at least a full two weeks notice. While you may not owe it to him to keep your mouth shut and give a full notice you owe it to yourself. When I was hiring people all over the country for the company I worked for and found out that the person I might be hiring had sued their boss or company, they were very rarely hired. If they had a very good reason it wasn't a problem but if it was a fairly minor thing and I had another candidate that was equal I would hire the other person. The same would go for people who gave a minimum of two weeks notice. The person that just quit was not as likely to be hired as the one who gave notice. In other words, weigh the future consequences before acting.
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Old Sep 25, 2004 | 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by yellafeva,Sep 24 2004, 11:13 PM
It's like every girl I meet these days smoke. Everybody seems to smoke. And they say nicotine is not addictive.
who says that? The tobacco companies?
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Old Sep 25, 2004 | 09:34 AM
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Try and out do him with bigass cigar
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