Mar 17
Health and safety uber alles!
Foremost among these are NO SMOKING signs, of which there is a deluge. Placed at eye level right on the door of a pub, literally ‘in my face’, they’re an invitation not to “Come on in!” but to “Fuck off!”. Inside are dozens more, the idea, apparently, being that if I do a 360-degree turn, I should never lose sight of one.
Joe Jackson on nannying signs so prevalent everywhere in the UK today.
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They banned smoking in Maine taverns four years ago. Result? Everyone smokes outside, which has created significant traffic safety issues in the downtowns. More seriously, when it rains, drunks leaning against each other under the front awning tend to brush up against one anothers’ girlfriends, who seem to delight in making their fellas jealous by responding. Stabbings and one instance of gunplay have ensued. I kid you not. Non-smoking kills.