Smoking

[robbie brewer]

Why can't people just accept that smoking in the stadium is banned. If someone gets a stadium ban having been caught smoking in the bogs or anywhere else for that matter it's there own fault. It doesn't matter if someone has grassed them up if they weren't smoking they wouldn't get banned. I know Showsec aren't the best but why do people think it's acceptable to give them grief when they are only doing their jobs. If you do get a ban for smoking don't blame someone else take responsibility for your actions.

 

[hobbsisablue]

Your point is that smoking is banned in the stadium end so it should be stopped end of story. But you have a different view on standing, which is also banned. So its not about what is banned, its about what you don't like.

Continuous standing and blcoking the view of others who are either less able to stand or simply don't want to stand is not acceptable. They have paid for their tickets and are entitled to a view of the game. Oh, and by the way, smoking is still banned.

 

[Trolleyhead]

Continuous standing and blcoking the view of others who are either less able to stand or simply don't want to stand is not acceptable. They have paid for their tickets and are entitled to a view of the game. Oh, and by the way, smoking is still banned.

I am not that bothered to be honest. Don't smoke and never have.

 

[peoffrey]

The gents nearest 117 at half time v Bournemouth were ok. I popped in around 40 minutes to avoid the queues and nobody appeared to have been smoking. Personally think everyone caught having a cheeky cig should be banned for three matches. It's antisocial.

 

[dave1967]

IBH, i know how tortuous those plane journeys are, I've been a smoker for 35 years!
I don't think those cravings ever go away, but well done for packing up mate. Hopefully one day soon I will find the willpower to get out of the leper colony myself!

They do eventually go away about 20 years since I packed in no problems now it's dirty ashtrays I can't stand.

 

[BlueSkyBlue]

Maybe your referring to when; (me as the steward), was making the effort to clear the new toilets of smoking so that all fans could have a quick wee while breathing normally. You could be the bloke who had a go because of fans openly snorting coke which I didnt see. Anyway..one problem at a time. The guy wasnt kicked out. He was the first one i saw smoking so was reminded of his responsibility. To then (against West Ham), be turned on by approx 20 idiots for doing my job was pathetic. To be asked "Are you a Munich?" after an ex city goalkeeper died in that crash, (not to mention the suffering the families of utd players families went through) was pretty stupid? So im a Utd fan because I want to allow everyone to breathe normally? A bunch of 'big men round their mates'. Think of the poor young kids having to smell & breathe that poison.

Perhaps my words were in the wrong order to convey my meaning, but it wasn't a criticism of the individual steward(s) or of the rules.

Personally I do not smoke (I used to though), personally I hate using the bogs at half time due to the smoke in there and personally I appreciate that the stewards have a thankless task when trying to enforce a rule that is there for the protection and benefit of the majority who don't smoke.

What I was trying to point out was that one lad was being chucked out (you have corrected me there) whilst several others were consuming class A substances. One or two stewards cannot 'police' the toilets properly, and I appreciate the role you guys do - for starters I wouldn't want to have to confront some beered up, coked up neanderthal who cannot go an hour and a half without a cigarette, particularly if he is with a bunch of similar mates/family with him who all feel they are hard done by that the safety certificate for the stadium and all 54000 people inside it state that smoking is not allowed.

I wasn't the person(s) who said anything to the steward I saw chatting to the young chap, but I did mention to another steward closer to the food stalls that coke was being consumed in the toilets and that someone was having a pop at the male and femalee steward who were talkinggto the lad being spoken to about smoking.

As for the abuse you have received - I am the complete opposite, I make a point of saying hi to the stewards as I enter the ground and thanks and good evening/weekend when I leave the ground, regardless of the result on the pitch.

 

[yankcitizen76]

Surprised City doesn't provide a designated smoking area. My hometown FC has a gated cross section that works quite well. I don't smoke any more but never had a problem popping out for quick one. It's funny how people scream for acceptance and then will openly haze a sub group of people for a lifestyle choice. Nothing wrong with that....

 

[Ducado]

Surprised City doesn't provide a designated smoking area. My hometown FC has a gated cross section that works quite well. I don't smoke any more but never had a problem popping out for quick one. It's funny how people scream for acceptance and then will openly haze a sub group of people for a lifestyle choice. Nothing wrong with that....

The whole campus is a no smoking area (officially)

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

For the benefit of all those on this thread who are short sighted, hard of hearing, struggling with English or a little confused.

SMOKING INSIDE THE STADIUM IS BANNED. THIS MEANS ITS AGAINST THE LAW. IF IT CARRIES ON THE CLUB AND SMOKERS WILL BE FINED BY THE COUNCIL WHO ARE LEGALLY BOUND TO UPHOLD THE LAW.

 

[buzzer1]

Quote Ducys post...the whole campus......


And that is fking disgraceful.