Insanity!

[El Salsero Gringo]

If there were only public toilets with glass walls, and you needed to go, what would YOU do ?

In the situation you describe, I'd probably pull down my pants and sh*t all over the walkway, just to make the point.

[bobgadjet]

In the situation you describe, I'd probably pull down my pants and sh*t all over the walkway, just to make the point.

In a similar way then, would you expect people with the same frame of mind to openly smoke in a non-smoking area?

[Lory]

In the situation you describe, I'd probably pull down my pants and sh*t all over the walkway, just to make the point.

Look here.... Oh dear!

[Swinging bee]

EUREKA!......I believe I have the answer.......Issue every smoking patient with a Clear plastic helmet (like a space helmet)connected to an extraction device. small hole near the mouth for insertion of the "coffin nail".. used smoke could be piped to those who have run out of fags........what would you call this device? ....(PC terminology of course)........

[El Salsero Gringo]

In a similar way then, would you expect people with the same frame of mind to openly smoke in a non-smoking area?

I don't smoke; but if I did, and the architects had gone out of their way to humiliate me by trying to force me to smoke in a goldfish bowl, then yes, I would be sorely tempted!

I'm completely in favour of relegating smoking to outdoors, or to separate rooms - but there's something about the 'holier than thou' attitude inherent in the "any treatment of smokers is OK ... because they smoke" argument that would annoy me intensely if it were applied to me. My belief is that everyone deserves a modicum of consideration, at least as long as they are engaged in legal activities.

At 1 Canada Square, the big building in Canary Wharf, the smoking area is just outside the building, but at least there are shelters and radiant heaters for anyone who wants to use them.