Smoking at the pool..

[SugarnetMum]

Im a smoker myself. But if I'm ever in a public place or communal area I always walk away to smoke, or go to my own apartment balcony.. I thought this was general courtesy, etc if at a bus stop and I smoke I move away or go behind the stop so I'm not blowing smoke in peoples face, whether or not they are a smoker who cares. Just manners.

Though today I'm lying on the sunbed and there's a woman next to me (literally next to me. Probably 20cm away) lights up a fag no bother and has no problem blowing it near me, smoking near me, I find this rude...(even though I smoke)

Aibu to find it rude or her?

I don't think it's rude, but unthinking, yes.

Ex smoker here and I hate this too. It's really inconsiderate. Especially when the sunbeds are really close together.

YANBU. What poison she puts in her own body is up to her, Why should non smokers and children have to breathe it in

Unthinking yes. Though for me as long as it is open air I am not bothered, but I am an adult and can make my own choice.

I agree with you OP.

And then there are the stinky ashtrays lying around and fag ash sometimes on the floor. I hate it.

I think it is rude too. If someone is smoking in the street you can walk around them or move to avoid them but if you are lying on a sun lounger by a pool, chances are you want to stay there. On a recent holiday, I spent 10 minutes with my towel over my nose and mouth whilst the person on the next sun bed smoked their fag! Not pleasant. Thank you for being a considerate smoker OP!

Rude. Most smokers dont seem to get the fact that people nearby can smell it and it makes the throat tickle/cough etc.

Glad you agree with me!

They should go back to their room & smoke. It's fucking disgusting

Kids + water pistols + faux water fight next to sunned.

*sunbed

Having recently been on holiday at 29 weeks pregnant (and bump was very obvious too!) I found it even more frustrating when people thought it ok to spark up right next to me. I'm an ex smoker and would always make sure I moved away from anyone else on previous holidays whilst having a cigarette and my husband even had the odd one whilst we were on our last holiday but made sure to steer well clear of anyone else. YANBU!!

It's disgusting and totally inconsiderate. I had this happen to me on several occasions on holiday last month. I have a chronic lung issue and it really affected my breathing. The hotels should think about having smoking areas. It's totally unfair.

On holiday last week, had to come in off our balcony and shut the door when woman on neighbouring balcony was smoking. Otherwise our whole room would stink of smoke for ages. I don't think smokers are rude, they just don't realise how strong the smell is and how far it carries. I was fantasising about sticking a huge plastic bag over her head so she could keep her fumes to herself!!

Its not a thread about smokers being rude. I'm a smoker myself , its about inconsiderate ones.

I really would like it if hotels were now advertised as smoking all over or smoking only in one area/non smoking.

I was on holiday last year and I'm not sure how or why but we ended up at a hotel where around the pool and on the private beach we were the only group not smoking or vaping. This went on at the hotel outdoor restaurant and terrace bar. It was constant. In the end it ruined the enjoyment of the hotel and we were in such a minority that I felt like we'd got it wrong.

I washed everything when we came back but getting my beach bits out (been away since that holiday) last week they reeked of fags again!

Where are you OP? In a lot of countries it doesn't seem to hold the same level of rudeness. In Italy for example, I hate being constantly smoked over when eating but no one else seems to care!

Not a smoker but you don't own outside so just move if it's bothering you. I feel sorry for smokers.

Maybe being a smoker was what your boss was meaning when he hinted your breath was iffy here www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2925990-Boss-telling-me-my-mouth-smells but you didn't mention in the thread?

Urgh, I smoked for almost 20 years but I was like you, OP. I always made sure I didn't smoke while walking in front of people, standing next to open windows, near people who were eating, etc.

This afternoon I was sitting at a cafe with my baby son - it was very small inside and all tables were taken. Also it was lovely weather so we sat outside. After a little while a group of 20-somethings pitched up and sat down next to us- they moved a table to join ours and then took up the rest of our table as well. And then FOUR of them lit cigarettes and, in an attempt not to smoke over the other people in their group, blew smoke our way. My son is 7 months old, FFS! I was so fucking angry.

By all means smoke. It's legal. You can't do it indoors, I get that. But have a bit of consideration. I had to leave. And they were totally, utterly oblivious. Twats.

Cosmo - pretty low.

I'm with you. I'm a smoker but I try to be considerate where I can. I won't smoke on a busy street or through town centre, in fact I don't tend to smoke walking at all. I wouldn't light up in the middle of a crowd, like at a bus stop. My dh however doesn't care and I find it terribly bad mannered. The only time I won't move is if I'm clearly smoking by myself, like on a bench, and someone sits next to me then starts shooting daggers. Hang on, I was here first.

Inconsiderate. Not rude as such, just oblivious to others.