Submitted by Rayne (not verified) on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 12:53am.
I started bartending in Fayetteville in 1986, a job that I still do almost 24 years later. I see the impact the ban has first hand to those of us who WORK in bars. The business has been affected to extremes many of you may not realize. I see it in the register and most importantly to me, my tips. With the horrid winter we just had, who in their right mind would go to a bar to drink if they smoked? I have seen many a person who only smoke when they drink alcohol. I can't count how many times I have seen a person buy cigarettes at the bar, smoke while they were drinking and then leave the pack (not empty) on the bar when they would leave. I am all for no smoking in a resturant, but a bar?? A PRIVATE club? How can the government tell a person who is old enough to buy alcohol, they cannot indulge in another 'adult' activity...smoking , which by the way, is not illegal? They pay their club fees and abide by the rules of the PRIVATE club...we are not a resturant which is PUBLIC.
Fayetteville is a military town, full of retirees. These people are vets from the Korean, Viet Nam, Desert Storm wars along with the wars going on now, and you are going to tell them "Thanks for your sacrifices, but you can't smoke while you drink." ????? What will the government take from us next?
My dad served 30 years, he deserves to be able to sit with war buddies at a bar and not have to go outside and freeze his rear off because of some idiot dictators in our government.
How it affects some of us....
I started bartending in Fayetteville in 1986, a job that I still do almost 24 years later. I see the impact the ban has first hand to those of us who WORK in bars. The business has been affected to extremes many of you may not realize. I see it in the register and most importantly to me, my tips. With the horrid winter we just had, who in their right mind would go to a bar to drink if they smoked? I have seen many a person who only smoke when they drink alcohol. I can't count how many times I have seen a person buy cigarettes at the bar, smoke while they were drinking and then leave the pack (not empty) on the bar when they would leave. I am all for no smoking in a resturant, but a bar?? A PRIVATE club? How can the government tell a person who is old enough to buy alcohol, they cannot indulge in another 'adult' activity...smoking , which by the way, is not illegal? They pay their club fees and abide by the rules of the PRIVATE club...we are not a resturant which is PUBLIC.
Fayetteville is a military town, full of retirees. These people are vets from the Korean, Viet Nam, Desert Storm wars along with the wars going on now, and you are going to tell them "Thanks for your sacrifices, but you can't smoke while you drink." ????? What will the government take from us next?
My dad served 30 years, he deserves to be able to sit with war buddies at a bar and not have to go outside and freeze his rear off because of some idiot dictators in our government.