Refused a job because I smoke....

chika

tomsolomon wrote: »

So your not just discriminatory towards smokers, your discriminatory toward the visually impaired also........
You should be thoroughly ashamed of your self.

The OP is obviously an eejit - Most of the posters in this thread have made some very valid points which the OP has chosen to ignore. I wouldn't waste anymore time trying to preach to the ignorant.

mymatebob

tomsolomon wrote: »

So your not just discriminatory towards smokers, your discriminatory toward the visually impaired also........
You should be thoroughly ashamed of your self.

I think, though I may be wrong, that the poster asked if you were colour blind as they had highlighted your comments about smoking being a handy cap (sic) in a pinkish font colour which may have made them less easy for people with a particular type of colour blindness to see.

It was not discriminatory it was simply a question.


Did you not mean to use the words "handy cap" as referring to a disability rather as something else.
If you did it would be good to clarify as then people may get off your back for thinking that you likened having a smoking addiction to that of a disability

esuhl

esuhl wrote: »

You know someone who's smoked their whole adult life and is still alive at 86? Wow. Yep - you're absolutely right: that single piece of irrefutable evidence certainly "quashes" the urban myth that smoking is bad for your health.

margaretclare wrote: »

That is one person.

That was precisely my point - it really annoys me when people take one limited experience and extrapolate it, as if their SINGLE experience must be representative of EVERY experience.

So, sorry if the sacrcasm in my post didn't come across as strongly as it should have. Of course, I think the poster I was commenting on was writing flippantly, rather than genuinely believing that smoking is harmless, but even so...

dmg24

mymatebob wrote: »

I think, though I may be wrong, that the poster asked if you were colour blind as they had highlighted your comments about smoking being a handy cap (sic) in a pinkish font colour which may have made them less easy for people with a particular type of colour blindness to see.

It was not discriminatory it was simply a question.


Did you not mean to use the words "handy cap" as referring to a disability rather as something else.
If you did it would be good to clarify as then people may get off your back for thinking that you likened having a smoking addiction to that of a disability

Perhaps the OP feels that smoking should be compared to having a useful piece of headwear ... or maybe even a contraceptive device?

moggy18

taking that someone is very old and smoked all there life and taking from that it can be possible to live that old health free. infuring (wether it was said or not)in the argument that maybe that you may be the one who wont get ill and not get cancer so can continue to smoke is not a case that can be made in any logical sence. genetics play a very big role in getting cancer. this person may well have been born better able to deal with the specific toxins in smoke. there are so many variables there that make that person diffrent from everyone else. your more likley if you smoke all your life to be struck by lightning than not have a serous health related condition from smoking.

a11waysindebt

mymatebob wrote: »

Out of curiosity what would knowing the name of the company do?

It would just help stating who the employer was.:D

mymatebob

a11waysindebt wrote: »

It would just help stating who the employer was.:D

Help who and in what way?

Personally I don't see it adding anything to the story thus far.

withabix

mymatebob wrote: »

Help who and in what way?

Personally I don't see it adding anything to the story thus far.

So that non-smoking IT workers can apply for a lob there?

mymatebob

withabix wrote: »

So that non-smoking IT workers can apply for a lob there?

Fair point

tomsolomon

Well quite obviously, smoking is, according to Webster and Merriam;
"
Main Entry: 2handicap Function:transitive verb Inflected Form(s):handicapped; handicap·pingDate:1852 1 a: to give a handicap to b: to assess the relative winning chances of (contestants) or the likely winner of (a contest)
2: to put at a disadvantage
"

The contest in this case being the the applying
of a job.
I knew exactly what I meant thank you very much, if you don't understand the English language that's your problem.
If you at any time, are having difficulty reading this then it is you who are the idiots.


I will repeat my self, once more.

Please quote where it says smoking is a disability......

I do not appreciate personal attacks, If you have nothing constructive to say, then don't bother.