Selfish addicts

[jamesthedog]

To any of you smokers who were at Alton Towers today- just what is so hard to understand about the signs that are plastered everywhere which say "smoking is only permitted in designated areas". To me, that means only smoke where it says you can. It doesn't mean light up where the hell you like. When I'm walking around the park, and especially when I'm stuck in a ride queue for a long period of time, I have no desire whatsoever to be surrounded by people inflicting their unpleasant personal habits on me- and I can imagine they'd be the first to complain if other people returned the favour by spitting in their faces (which I sometimes feel like doing to be honest). I'm just sick of it, it's a vile smell, and it just shows how selfish and ignorant some people are, not to give a toss about other people around them, and the sort of people who do this are the ones who give you a mouthful of abuse if you even ask them nicely to stop- the sort of people who'd apologise are the ones who wouldn't light up in a ride queue in the first place. Alton Towers is a complete rip-off these days, and I feel I've payed enough money today not to have to put up with this.Why don't they do anything themselves to enforce their own policy? At one point I left one of the queues because I'd had enough, and actually shouted at the bloke at the entrance to the ride- which wasn't really fair as it's not his fault, but I was just seeing red at that point. I'm all for freedom of choice where it doesn't affect other people. Kill yourself and make yourself stink like an old ashtray if you like, but please be considerate to other people and keep it to yourself.

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[bruno-meles.livejournal.com]

This is going to sound awkward, but I'm actually going to Alton Towers on Monday! It'll be part of an end-of-college trip. Sorry to hear about what happened, I hope I can avoid it!