It's been a while since I've been here but I've got an excuse: my wife Tanya has been hospitalized after gall bladder surgery. The operation went well, but the after-effects kept her vomiting and unable to keep any food down, which meant she had to be hooked up to an IV so her body could get essential nutrients. She wouldn't allow me to stay the night, so every day she was hospitalized I had to hunt for a parking space.
Now, Baptist St. Anthony's Health System is a non-smoking campus. I applaud them for that, but I wonder if the campus also includes the parking lot and garage? In my long walks from the front door to where I parked my car, I followed the Tobacco Road: the walkways are littered with cigarette butts -- and the occasional wad of gum -- but mostly butts.
If you know you're going to visit someone at BSA, I think you should have the respect not to smoke well beforehand. You might not be smoking in the hospital, but your clothes reek of cigarette smoke and by flicking your butts onto the ground, you're giving the image of an inconsiderate slob.