The Piper at Work.

[psychpipes]

On my lunch break, started to think about the Moretti pipe and the leather pouch of Boswell's Piper's Pleasure sitting in the the center console of my car. It made me wish I had a job that let me smoke as I worked. I feel like I would be much more productive. If you read my user name, then you'd likely figure I was a psychologist (I am). I am a school psychologist actually. I love the job, but they tend to frown on tobacco. Ah well.
So what do you all do for a living? Do you get to smoke at work?

 

[saint007]

Back when I stated working, I had a big ashtray on my desk! :lol:
Now, smokers are discriminated against in the work place.

 

[woodsroad]

I can not only smoke at the office, but I'm encouraged by my boss to do so. I can drink beer at my desk, and take a nap when I'm feeling drowsy. Sometimes, I show up for work in my underwear. My dogs sleep next to my desk. There's a fridge full of great food for when I get hungry and my boss often suggests that I sleep late in the morning. My daughter hangs out with me at the office when she gets out of school.
I'm self-employed as a photographer.
So, I also work whenever the boss tells me to. Some weeks I don't get paid. I pay a higher tax rate than employees do. I answer my work phone whenever it rings (weekends, late at night, on my birthday, on vacation). I don't get vacation pay. Or sick time. Or paid holidays. I currently answer to over a dozen "bosses" on a regular basis (all of whom are treated like they are my only client). I clean my own office. Hell, I had to buy my own office.
I hope that I never have to go back to being an employee again.

 

[psychpipes]

Sounds like some good perks there Wood. Just have to finish my three years of supervision, and I can start my private practice. I think then the boss will approve of my smoking at work.

 

[PlanxtyPipes]

I work from home, so technically I could probably smoke at work. Unfortunately my wife doesn't like the idea of me smoking up our house so I only smoke in the garage. I'm thinking of maybe investing in an air purifier, closing my office door and opening the windows. But for now, I only smoke when I'm on my lunch break in the garage or outside.

 

[davidintexas]

I work for a furniture retailer in the office. It would be a great shock if I were to light up in the office. Also, of course, it's not allowed. I only started smoking pipes about 8 months ago, and only do it on my days off right now. So, I have no felt need to do it more often, at this time. However, it would be great to be able to do it while I work, but then they would have to allow that for cigarette smokers as well, and I can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke. So, I can live with it.

 

[aquilas]

I'm just a cubicle jockey. Sit behind a computer all day, doing work (aka look up pipes and pipe tobacco for about 75% of the day). I do get to smoke at work, well, outside at the designated smoking areas, but I prefer smoking at the State Capitol across the street or down by the river.

 

[psychpipes]

I hear you on the cubicle work aquilas. I just started work in a rural county in Florida, and my current office consists of a kiddie chair and a folding table inside what I am guessing is a former storage closet.

 

[blueeyedogre]

My boss is a rabid anti-smoker. Its such a pain in the ass. He confronted me about my smoking on lunch breaks and I replied "My smoking is the only thing keeping me from coming to work dress as a postal worker with a gun." He's never mentioned it again. lol

 

[psychpipes]

I wonder if he is a former smoker. They tend to be the worst to deal with in my experience. My grandfather is one of them. He was never a pipe smoker, just cigarettes, but he is militant.

 

[condorlover1]

You know psych pipes once you have done your three years you can then set up on your own and then do the Freud move with a pipe as opposed to cigars! I am lucky as my office is also my home so I smoke around the place all the time and my wife really never complains that much so I guess I am lucky in that regard!

 

[psychpipes]

You got that right condor! My wife doesn't discourage my pipe smoking. Now If I could convince her to be happy with me growing out my facial hair I could be a REAL psychologist. :rofl:

 

[phred]

I work for a state agency, so no smoking indoors - but there are several nice benches outside with those "smoker's post" things placed strategically nearby, so once the weather improves, I may have to see if I can avail myself of the option...
Of course, I'll need to stash my usual post-smoke cleaning supplies in my desk - toothbrush, toothpaste, mouthwash, and something to wash out the mustache and beard with. :D

 

[condorlover1]

What happened to the good old days when Elliot Ness smoked cigarettes and the guy from the Treasury Department smoked a pipe!

 

[easterntraveler]

Smoke at work? Absolutely not. I am a corrections officer. I can not bring in my cell phone, magazines, newspapers, soda cans. Hell I can not even bring in a lunch bag unless it is clear. If I accidentally left my tobacco pouch in my pocket I would be sitting in front of my supervisor with a tape recorder recording the conversation (No joke.) and no matter what I would be getting discipline (pay without leave) when it was over.

 

[psychpipes]

That's interesting eastern. My father is a corrections officer, and he is allowed to smoke his pipe in the yard. He can't bring in his cellphone and the like though. Different wardens or perhaps different state regs.

 

[easterntraveler]

Probably. Our facility is completely smoke free. Inmates can not smoke either.

 

[tuold]

easterntraveler, I don't have it quite as bad as you, but working in a hospital, the mere mention of tobacco is met with scorn and condescending looks. It's like having a social disease. That's why I'm very much looking forward to retirement in the summer of '15.

 

[petes03]

Sadly, I can't smoke where I work, It's a smoke free facility. I can leave on my lunch break and smoke, but I usually don't have time.

Back when I was a millwright I could smoke at work all day long, but back then I mainly smoked cigars and cigarettes.
By the way, I'm a maintenance mechanic/machinist/welder for a company that makes SCR catalysts for coal, gas and wood fired power plants.

 

[rcstan]

Pipe smoking is rather encouraged, if not borderline required, at work. I'm even attempting to make disciples out of cigarette smokers. But then, I work for SPC ..... such a blessing !