More
than half of workers dislike colleagues who go out for a cigarette and think
that the time should come out of their salaries, a survey has revealed. A total
of 58 percent are angry over “unfair” breaks while just one in four thinks that
smokers should be paid the same. However, 16 percent of people surveyed said
that their colleagues should only be paid less if taking more breaks lowered
their productivity. The survey carried out by consumer website Watch My Wallet,
was done during Stoptober, the initiative to quit cigarettes over 28 days this
month.“We were stunned. It’s amazing to think that a majority of the country is
silently seething about the amount of time smokers spend away from their
desks,” the Daily Express quoted Watch My Wallet spokesman Sean O’Meara as
saying.
Amanda Sandford, of anti-smoking charity Ash,
said that smokers should have shorter lunchtimes or stay late. But Simon Clark,
of the smokers’ lobby group Forest, said taking time out for a cigarette was no
different to taking coffee breaks or making personal calls.
Indian Express
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