AudaciousAudrey wrote:
LilBabyWithTheSundressOn wrote:
RE: "Smoke" breaks. Where do some of you work? Having worked at a number of different places as a smoker, I never was granted more breaks than a non-smoker. And I don't know anywhere that does that. Generally, for an 8-hour shift, employees would get two 10 or 15 minute breaks and one 30 minute lunch (one job was an hour lunch). I can just imagine the shit I would've gotten into if I just up and wondered out every half hour to go smoke.  
I think a lot of people work jobs in which their breaks are not so strictly mandated.
Ditto.

I also think it's more of an issue when the boss smokes.  IME, even in hourly type jobs, if the boss smokes then the boss will let smokers have more frequent breaks and expect non-smokers to cover because the smokers "need" a cigarette.