To ask smokers to move away from station entrance?

[PinkyAndTheBump]

I don't like walking through a cloud of smoke to get into station. It's a small station, with single entrance on this side of tracks - like double French doors, so no other alternative.

Would it be unreasonable to request Greater Anglia to mark out a hashed yellow "no-smoking" area there? It's not as if it actually provides them any shelter from the weather than standing elsewhere, and don't get me started on the litter of their stubs!

I've tried (politely) asking smokers not to stand right by the entrance, but just get verbal abuse back!

And with the smoking ban indoors in lots of countries the problem of someone on the next table holding their fag under your nose doesn't happen any more.

Or women, it's always women, holding their fags down low so they singe your skirt, or tights, if you're wearing a miniskirt. And those women who are so apologetic about smoking outdoors that they accidentally bop you in the face while frantically waving their smoke away. Just stop it.

You do still have to watch out for the low fag holders on the street, but as I live near a mainline station, I also have to watch out for idiots tripping me up with wheely cases.

Limited Wheely cases near stations? Shock horror! How should people transport their luggage? Don't you expect them near stations?

Sorry Beast I didn't read properly. You were talking about sitting outside, not indoors. If anyone leans over with their fag then you're right. That's rude and I'd say something.

I rarely sit outside restaurants. It amazes me that people want to sit on busy polluted streets just because the sun is out. My friends joke about that. One of them recently booked a table inside on a nice day because he thought I hated sitting outside. I don't and we missed out on a really nice, clean, shady terrace. But that wasn't his fault and it was nice inside too. He's a smoker and he was being considerate. He wouldn't have been allowed to smoke at the outside table btw. The restaurant didn't allow it and he'd have had to go out to the pavement if he wanted a fag.

One of my favourite restaurants banned smoking indoors before the official ban, presumably because so few people smoke these days. Apparently it's 20 per cent. Obviously there are higher and lower pockets but I think we're doing well.

Thanks for calling me polite btw. If it wasn't aimed at me, I'm still going to claim it. Not many people call me polite so I'm going to get it while the going is good

What I was thinking about is how it seems to both sides.

To non smokers it seems inconsiderate. That's because they focus on the fact that the smoker doesn't want to smoke over her/his own friends, but doesn't mind about strangers.

To smokers it could seem as if ppl are never satisfied and they won't even let them smoke outside in peace. Hence, thin end of the wedge, one person wants me to smoke outdoors, next person even hassles me about this, etc.

Ironically, it would seem less selfish if the person wasn't trying to shield his/her own friends from the smoke, but was getting it everywhere. Because if they hadn't noticed, it's not as bad as if they had noticed, but only cared about it where their own friends were concerned.

HappyAgainOneDay I have a wheely case myself and used it today to transport a heavy bag of cat litter and a number of tins from Sainsbury's to my house about 3 minutes away. I avoided tripping innocent bystanders by keeping my wits about me.

I live near a mainline station and stupids and their errant wheely cases are a fucking menace.

I confess to a rage moment when an imbecile barged into my elderly mother with her case, risking a broken hip for my mum, because she was late for her train.

Manners cost nothing. Which is the point of this thread.