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11-06-2008, 02:21 PM
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City Boy in The 'Burbs
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Reston, VA : We're too "progressive" for sidewalks or streetlights.
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Originally Posted by 61scout80
I completely agree. i would love to see a study of the financial impact of a smoking ban, and i think the way to go about it is to survey smokers. the economic crash has effected every aspect of our economy, especially luxuries like eating out. Even circuit city is feeling the heat, here in phoenix all 12 of the circuit city stores are shutting down, including at least 2 stores that are only about a year old  |
Good riddance to Circuit City. I stopped patronizing them when I learned of the unethical way they were going about "trimming overhead" in that they were laying off their experienced sales fleet in order to replace them with know-nothing kids at the bottom of the pay scale. As a retail sales person myself I value merchants that treat their employees with respect, compassion, and dignity---not ones that treat them like property. It's this very same reason I refuse to shop at Wal-Mart as well. Why patronize Circuit City and Wal-Mart when there are other big-box store chains like Wegman's and Lowe's who have proven that you CAN motivate your workforce with fair compensation and benefits while ALSO impressing most of your customers? I still can't for the life of me understand why so many people around here shop at Wal-Mart, especially when people like me who work at a different big-box store pay taxes that help to subsidize the children of many Wal-Mart employees! 
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The woman who single-handedly cost Sen. McCain my vote (amongst many others I'm sure!) 
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11-06-2008, 02:22 PM
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City Boy in The 'Burbs
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"2010's Not Off to a Stellar Start!"
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Reston, VA : We're too "progressive" for sidewalks or streetlights.
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Originally Posted by Jungle George
Just go out & buy a new wardrobe...you'll feel better...  |
MAVERICK!!!  |
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11-06-2008, 02:23 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by ScranBarre
MAVERICK!!! |
(wink...wink...) |
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11-06-2008, 02:25 PM
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City Boy in The 'Burbs
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"2010's Not Off to a Stellar Start!"
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Reston, VA : We're too "progressive" for sidewalks or streetlights.
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Originally Posted by Jungle George
(wink...wink...)
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Methinks I should run out and rent "Nailin' Palin" just to see what it's really like. If I get too hot and bothered there's always "Ridin' Biden" to cool me down!  |
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11-06-2008, 02:28 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by ScranBarre
Methinks I should run out and rent "Nailin' Palin" just to see what it's really like. If I get too hot and bothered there's always "Ridin' Biden" to cool me down! |
There goes my appetite on BOTH counts...  (too bad there's no "puking" icon....) |
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11-06-2008, 02:35 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Lake Ariel
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Originally Posted by mathjak107
We have had a total ban in new york now for years. it has noooooooooooooo impact at all .
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Well thats partially wrong. It had a big impact at the beginning. Alot of bars/restaurants changed their establishments to accomadate the law. At first smoking was only allowed in restaurants with partioned bars where the smoking was only allowed in the bar area. After restaurants went to the expense of changing and rearranging to be able to allow patrons to smoke the law was changed and no smoking at all came about. The restaurants suffered at the beginning. Fortunately that has changed and its more acceptable. But many bars (especially where regulars frequented daily) lost business. The same thing is happening in Atlantic City. The casinos want to allow smoking in designated areas. They are fighting this now. |
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11-06-2008, 03:17 PM
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Please don't litter. Spay/neuter your pet.
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Dallas, PA
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Originally Posted by scranbarre
stop mocking sarah palin! |
bwah!! :d |
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11-06-2008, 03:20 PM
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Please don't litter. Spay/neuter your pet.
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Dallas, PA
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Originally Posted by ScranBarre
Methinks I should run out and rent "Nailin' Palin" just to see what it's really like. If I get too hot and bothered there's always "Ridin' Biden" to cool me down! |
:::SPEW:::: Please.....stop.... LOL!!! You and JG should get together and take your comedy show on the road. I'd buy tickets!! |
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11-06-2008, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Wilmington, DE & Towamensing Trails
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Originally Posted by bookerpa
Hi everyone:
New to this forum. I'm in the process of gathering information regardingrestaurant/bar sales as it relates to the implementation of the smoking ban. From my own personal survey, 14 establishments in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Old Forge and Pittston, the members of the staff that I have interviewed have indicated a tremendous decrease in sales and gratuities. I would appreciate your own observations, not opinions, as it relates to this subject.
The information will be used in a thesis and will not reference any individual's comments.
Thanks
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You should include data from other states, like Delaware. The same gloom and doom forecasts were made in advance of the ban, and there was a dip immediately after. But then, all the folks who would not go to a smokefilled bar/club/restaurant started coming out, and guess what? The smokers came back too, and business normalized back to pre-smoking ban levels. |
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11-06-2008, 04:36 PM
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City Boy in The 'Burbs
Status:
"2010's Not Off to a Stellar Start!"
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Reston, VA : We're too "progressive" for sidewalks or streetlights.
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Reputation: 5441
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Originally Posted by EnyaGirl
:::SPEW:::: Please.....stop.... LOL!!! You and JG should get together and take your comedy show on the road. I'd buy tickets!! |
Just trying to give you hard working gals like EnyaGirl, I LOVE PA, Summering, Memoriesbre, and weluvpa a good chuckle every now and then. |
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