LG VX-8100
phone Slapping and smoking
Is anyone here a phone Slapper? I mean when you have a flip phone and you shut it, you slap it shut. I see people do it all the time and wonder if the phone has a shorter life because of it. Someone I work with slaps the phone shut, and in fact seems to really take pleasure in it, and she wonders why the screen goes out and stuff doesn't work.
Smoking - why is it that smokers seem to feel they are entitled to unlimited breaks at work? Is it just the addiction? I am addicted to phone technology, but I don't demand to leave work once every hour to check phonescoop. Why is flicking the cigarette out of the car window or onto a sidewalk a rite of passage? Do they think there is someone out there with a broom picking these up or do they...
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Smoking - why is it that smokers seem to feel they are entitled to unlimited breaks at work? Is it just the addiction? I am addicted to phone technology, but I don't demand to leave work once every hour to check phonescoop. Why is flicking the cigarette out of the car window or onto a sidewalk a rite of passage? Do they think there is someone out there with a broom picking these up or do they...
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For starters, phone slapping is stupid. Anytime you treat your electronic equipment harshly, you can expect to kill it early.
As for smoking, It's both a physical and psychological habit. It seems to calm you down at work, even though its a stimulant. I find for me at work, taking a "smoke break" more than anything just forces me to sit down for 5 minutes or less and focus on something other than stressful work. People tend to associate smoking as a stress reducer. Also, I try not to through my butts out the window. I feel bad if I ever do it myself, so instead I just put them out in whatever open container I have for the time being. I know what you're saying about seeing people through out cigs like it's no big deal and then light ...
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As for smoking, It's both a physical and psychological habit. It seems to calm you down at work, even though its a stimulant. I find for me at work, taking a "smoke break" more than anything just forces me to sit down for 5 minutes or less and focus on something other than stressful work. People tend to associate smoking as a stress reducer. Also, I try not to through my butts out the window. I feel bad if I ever do it myself, so instead I just put them out in whatever open container I have for the time being. I know what you're saying about seeing people through out cigs like it's no big deal and then light ...
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