Tuesday, March 06, 2007

thoughts on my way into work today

-whenever i am in the elevator, i see a sign that says something like 'persons carrying lighted tobacco products in this elevator are subject to a fine not to exceed $25.' the exact language might be slightly different, but you get the idea. i don't know the origin of that law, but i would have to speculate that when smoking was banned in buildings people started smoking in the elevators. the trouble is $25 doesn't seem like that much of a penalty, especially for smokers who spend tons of money on smoking supplies. if i were a wealthy smoker and the weather was really bad outside, i might prefer to pay $25 to smoke inside as opposed to freezing. basically, what i am saying is that since it is probably rarely actually collected, they might as well just make the fine $250.

-it seems that someone added 4 more air fresheners to our restroom. i don't mind these, but it seems to me that 4 is more than is needed. plus they are all placed next to each other on the sink, far from the toilets. and they are adjacent to 4 other cans of various aerosol air fresheners.


-the bus accident in atlanta happened on an intersection exactly like the one being built in maryland... (that i am working on)


-on uniwatch, there was a post about shoelaces that reminded me of when roger clemens wore ninja turtles shoelace holders on his shoes. i was in 7th grade and i went out and bought them also, and wore them for a few months on my shoes.

3 comments:

Mike said...

It's too bad you didn't email Paul Lukas about that. Maybe he would have mentioned your name in his column.

Brian said...

interesting that you would bring that up, because i did actually email him about it.

Eric said...

If I smoked I would light my cigarettes in the elevator by setting $25 on fire then using that as a lighter. Just to show people I mean business.