Now That's Dedication

On January 1, Indiana University went smoke free. No smoking anywhere on campus. The lone exception is that you can go to your car and smoke and then there are the technicalities of sidewalks that border run along the city streets.

Well yesterday, it was snowing pretty hard and it was very cold. There outside in the midst of this, on one of the sidewalks, was a fellow employee puffing away. I'm thinking, wow, that is really dedication to a cause. By golly, I'm going to pursue this dream of lung cancer no matter what!

Posters around campus have these little tear-off cards that you can give someone if you see them smoking as a "gentle reminder" that the new policy is in effect. The rationale being that employees and students can police it ourselves and don't have to call security to rat on a smoker. I'm figuring, if someone is that desperate for a puff, as long as it's far from me, more power to 'em.