I really think it’s bullshit how my coworkers get to take 5 and 10 minute breaks, during a shift, while I have to stay inside (and busy) for the duration of my shift.
If there is a 7 hour shift, and a waiter who’s a smoker takes a 5 minute break each hour (I notice more breaks than this, usually.), that’s 35 minutes less time inside, working, than a non-smoker on the same shift. I feel like if smokers get to go outside and smoke (and compose themselves while getting out of helping others run food), non-smokers should get the same breaks to just sit or stand and do nothing. Smokers aren’t the only ones who like to take a break from the floor and socialize outside. When a smoker is outside, they’re seen as doing something. When a non-smoker is outside, it’s like, “WTF are you doing. Get back inside and work!”
I told my boss I was going to go outside every time a smoker went outside. My manager didn’t like this idea and told me if I do it, I’m going to have to go home. Since when does smoking earn you privileges at work?
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I don’t like it either. The majority of the employees where I work are smokers. They take so many smoke breaks during a shift and I don’t think it’s fair at all.
Most of the restaurants I’ve worked at didn’t allow smoke breaks unless you had 2 or fewer tables. The one that did, I started taking non-smoking breaks and when the manager tried to say I couldn’t, I threatened to sue for discrimination. Guess who got her non-smoking breaks?
That’s Awesome!
im a non smoker and i still take a break. I go to the back and house and do nothing for at least 3-5 minutes when we are slow. I also hide in the bathroom if needed to get away. i refuse not to rest at any job. We are all human and need time to ourselves smoker or non smoker. Having a peace of mind is priceless.
Yeah, what if you are alcohol dependent? Cant run out to a pub, do a shot and come back, can you?
I think it’s safe to say drinking alcohol then being responsible for…..anything……is not something an employer will risk. Come on.
If I were you, I would make sure to make a big deal out of this and make it so the other servers can’t go out and smoke. Do this in every restaurant where you work. Also don’t forget to constantly criticize the other servers about their smoking habit (be as smug as possible). You will be shocked at how much your fellow servers will love and respect you! Need a shift covered, no problem…they will jump at the chance to help you out! Ok, end sarcasm. Seriously, if you value your emotional (and possibly physical) well-being and status among coworkers, DO NOT f*ck with servers and their smoke breaks. To do so is equivalent to messing with a baby cub in front of mama bear.
This annoyed the shit out of me at my old job as well. When a non-smoking manager complained about the BOH taking smoke breaks during busy times, the owner mandated that there were to be no smoke breaks for the BOH. FOH could take smoke breaks if there were no tables. I was FOH and am a non-smoker, so I was screwed either way.
I disagree with Drew that the smokers will give a damn about the non-smokers getting a break. As long as the smokers get their nic fix you won’t hear a peep from them.
Not to be rude, but just take a ‘gum’ break or a ‘I’m gonna go have a coffee’ break or just pretend you’re a smoker. People don’t get a break because they smoke – smokers get a break because they ask. And they go outside because they have to. Because annoying liberal do-gooders have rendered smoking borderline illegal. There are certain industries that are stressful in which a much larger proportion of its members smoke. The restaurant industry is one – along with pilots and air-traffic controllers (trust me) and teachers and soldiers. I understand not wanting to be around smokers if you’re a non-smoker. Smoking is unhealthful and annoying to you, soothing and oh so delicious to us. And, please believe me, the better path here is for you to figure out how to get your own break (we’ll help) instead of trying to take away ours. Because we’ll get really cranky.
I’m the only non-smoker where I work, and since all the other smokers tend to take their breaks together so they can chat while smoking, it usually means I’m left to take care of the store alone until they finish. They’ll all take a 5-10 minute break at least once an hour, but if I’m ever seen without something to do my manager (also a smoker) will get mad at me and usually give me something really awful to do, like clean the oven. I’ve taken to hiding in the bathroom whenever I need to take a break just so I won’t be bothered for a couple of minutes. It works, but most of my coworkers think I have some kind of horrible digestive disorder.
Tell them that you are addicted to jerking-off…
I smell a lawsuit!