Wahm's who smoke - Page 2

[boston]

I, too, am shocked and dismayed. But overjoyed to have a new thing to complain about.

[MissSugarKane]

Originally Posted by boston

But overjoyed to have a new thing to complain about.

: OMG I am cracking up so hard at that.

[thismama]

Well personally I don't care. I mean, I would prefer a wahm to not be smoking *around* the product, but I don't care if she smokes or not.

I might get flamed for this, but I think we've gotten a little hysterical about cigarette smoke. I mean, sure, a habit is a terrible thing for one's health. But something that smells like smoke a little to me isn't a big deal. Maybe because a lot of my friends smoke. :

[KayleeZoo]

I know UPS drivers are allowed to smoke in their truckds.

That's disgusting. I didn't know that

[Sustainer]

I have to say I'm saddened by the image of someone sitting at her sewing machine with a cigarette in her mouth (I'm not saying that anyone actually does that, but that's the image that this thread has put in my mind). I like to think of the WAHMs as healthy mamas. (I'm sure most of them are.)

As far as postal workers, isn't there some sort of divider between the driver's seat and the cargo area where the packages are? Even without that, though, it's hard to imagine enough of their cigarette smoke permeating the sides of the package so that the diaper ends up *saturated* with cigarette smoke and *reeking* of the smell.

[~*~MamaJava~*~]

Originally Posted by My3babes

Also, I *used* to smoke and never realized how bad my clothes and car reeked until I quit *3 years ago.YAY*

Just wanted to say way to go, mama.

It should probably be disclosed, but yes I think it's possible it could be from the mail carrier too. It doesn't take much. I wish my dh would quit - I'm always worried that we will smell like smoke. He doesn't smoke it our house, but I'm paranoid. I *hate* the smell of stale cigarette smoke.

[Sustainer]

Originally Posted by thismama

But something that smells like smoke a little to me isn't a big deal.

Oh, it's a HUGE deal to me. I cannot STAND that smell. It makes me ill!

[coco4cloth]

Originally Posted by thismama

Well personally I don't care. I mean, I would prefer a wahm to not be smoking *around* the product, but I don't care if she smokes or not.

I might get flamed for this, but I think we've gotten a little hysterical about cigarette smoke. I mean, sure, a habit is a terrible thing for one's health. But something that smells like smoke a little to me isn't a big deal. Maybe because a lot of my friends smoke. :

When I am spending 100 dollars on a product that I will be placing on my child's bum I don't want it to come selling like smoke. I am watching my grandma die of lung cancer. I think people are becoming hysterical for a reason!

It wasn't the mailman. I had other fluffmail that day too. They sent wash cloths as a freebie and they stunk. The tissue paper and invoice smelled too.

[boston]

Originally Posted by coco4cloth

When I am spending 100 dollars on a product that I will be placing on my child's bum I don't want it to come selling like smoke.

:LOL

[3 Little Monkeys]

I agree it should be disclosed - Both my parents smoked for most of my life and the smell of cigarettes just makes me gag. I hate getting something that reeks of smoke - it seems inconsiderate to me!

[WickidaWitch]

Originally Posted by KayleeZoo

That's disgusting. I didn't know that

I asked my husband one day(he works there) when I saw a driver at a red light puffing away. I think it Looks unprofessional and it is stinky.

[binxsmom]

Originally Posted by Sustainer

I have to say I'm saddened by the image of someone sitting at her sewing machine with a cigarette in her mouth (I'm not saying that anyone actually does that, but that's the image that this thread has put in my mind). I like to think of the WAHMs as healthy mamas. (I'm sure most of them are.)

it is SOOOOO patty & selma bouvier. uck! and, i don't think people have gone overboard in regard to cigarettes and smoke. i do have an acute sense of smell but cigarette smoke just makes me SICK. i totally cannot handle it.

[summiebee]

We call our postal carrier Smokey....it's like an appendage hanging from his mouth.

[~*~MamaJava~*~]

Originally Posted by boston

I, too, am shocked and dismayed. But overjoyed to have a new thing to complain about.

*snort* okay, that's funny.

also, : at the patty and selma bouvier thing. it so is!

i live in canada, where thank goodness, it's practically illegal to smoke anyways.

it's just sick and wrong to send out a pkg smelling like old smoke. no one sends them out smelling like rotten garbage or cat pee, so why send them out smelling like burning toxins?

[ShabbyChic]

Originally Posted by boston

I, too, am shocked and dismayed. But overjoyed to have a new thing to complain about.

Are you my long lost twin? I think I love you.

[BrooklynDoula]

Our mail carriers (for years and we have moved few times) have all smoked in the trucks and while delivering. They also smoke in the processing plants in some states. You should write her and ask about the smoke and if it was her, suggest she should disclose, and if i was not her, you should both complain.

[summiebee]

My husband and I hate cigarette smoke so badly we have made our restuarants smoke free. It just annoys me. Plus people are NOT going to smoke at the same table w/ their children in a building I own! Ever!

[Jillbob]

I railed on dh the other day for this. He smokes (not at the house or around the kids or I'd kill him), I asked him to take some stuff I sold on the TP to the post office for me, thinking he has enough common sense not to smoke around baby stuff. Fortunatly the post office was closed, because when he got home I smelled the stuff and it reeked. I was so mad. I dumped the stuff in the wash a couple times to get rid of the smell. His logic-It was in a plastic bag I got on him about how POed I'd be if someone sent me stuff that stunk of cigarettes to put on my baby. So if you bought anything from me recently, I appologize if it smelled, I meant to pm everyone but forgot until I saw this thread.

[thismama]

[grnmtnmama]

Originally Posted by 3 Little Monkeys

I agree it should be disclosed - Both my parents smoked for most of my life and the smell of cigarettes just makes me gag. I hate getting something that reeks of smoke - it seems inconsiderate to me!

this is what happened to me too - i spent my whole childhood worried sick because my dad smoked so much that cigarette smoke makes me terribly ill.

however, I don't think a package would be in the mail truck for long enough to soak up the stink from a smoky mailperson.