Do You "Call People Out"?

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BGH122

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Hashime said:
BGH122 said:
Hashime said:
Bars are already smoke free in Ontario (I think, restaurants are at least)
But due to a law. My point is that the law needn't be there if the consumer base genuinely doesn't want smokers in the bar.
True, though a business will never turn away a customer, and back to my original topic almost no one would speak up, so a law works better in my mind.
Out of every single situation where a cigarette has been lit in close proximity to me (about 20 times) only once did the person ask if it would bother me. Anecdotal, I know.
But this argument doesn't work because if we're right that smokers are a minority (let's say 30%) and non-smokers who don't like smoke being in their vicinity are a majority (let's say 50%) then a business would lose 20% of its potential customers by choosing smokers over smoker hating non-smokers. This is why, if our presumptions are right, the law isn't necessary as long as people let the companies know their preferences.
 

Timotei

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Hashime said:
The question is simple, if you see someone doing something or behaving in a way that they should not be, do you say something?
Some back story:
This stems from earlier today when walking into the bookstore 2 men were smoking just outside the entrance. In Ontario in public one must be 10 metres (30ft) from the nearest entrance / exit of a building before they can light up. This fact was also clearly marked on the door and on signs near by. So as I walked by I "called them out". No one around seemed to have the guts to support me on this though./rant
Your problem isn't that nobody has the guts to help you, it's that they just don't give a shit and aren't going to get riled up over something so insignificant.