Thursday, November 12, 2009

No Smoking In My Own Apartment Anymore?

So I received a note under my apartment door today (Don't you just hate notes under your door? They are never good!) from the property manager of my apartment complex. The note is reminding people that the building I live in is a NON-SMOKING property! Huh? I actually had no idea! I've been living in the same apartment for nearly nine years, and when I moved in it was okay to smoke in your room. But the building was sold about three years ago, and I guess the new managers changed the policy. I've signed a couple leases with the more recent owners, but honestly, I never read them, and I missed the part about not being allowed to smoke! No one told me about it so for the past three years I've been smoking away like a fiend in my room, like I always do. If you look at the pics of me on my various websites you can see that the walls are yellow and COVERED with smoke and nicotine stains. I guess they have been giving prospective tenants tours of the building recently, bragging to them about how it is a "smoke-free environment," only to see the prospects give them an "Oh, really?" dubious look when they smelled cigarette smoke in the halls. Hahahhaaa. The property managers are fed up with it so they slipped everybody this threatening note, saying you'll get fined $150.00 if you get caught smoking ANYWHERE on the property.

There's a good chance I can get away with smoking, anyway, but man, I'm just sick of the oppression I've been feeling as a smoker the past few years. I've been smoking over 20 years and I think I'm about ready to finally quit. I'm just sick of it more than I like it as this point. It costs me over $300 a month and makes me feel fatigued alot of the time, anymore. I've gotten to where I just smoke way too much, more than two packs a day, and now I can't even smoke in my own apartment without feeling I'm doing something that's against the rules.

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