>>restaurants have the freedom to pick or choose having patio smoking
Here in MA, most towns have outlawed puffin’ on the patio, in addition to the indoor ban.
And now, the MassHospAss says they will test all employees for nicotine, even if said individual abstains at works and indulges off site on his own alleged time.
“Smokers are not a protected class” said the head of the MassCommagaintDiscrimination when asked about this new rule.
Land of the WHAT?? you were saying.
Land of the FEE - Home of the SHAMED
You need to really kick the shame aspect up a notch when inflicting fees and regulations on the populous....
smoking, seatbelts, helmets, transfats, sugar....
applied guilt, fear and shame does wonders for the pocketbooks of our overloards.
Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness ....
(Guilt, Fear and the pursuit of Shame)