Upscale Grocer Dumps Tobacco (Trees And Things)

skeptic: Re: As a non-smoker, can I just say ...

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:35:57 EST

It's perfectly true that there is a meaningful difference between a health risk that may make you very sick or kill you decades in the future, and one which presents a risk of dying soon or immediately.

Statistically, half of all smokers will eve

Lou: Re: As a non-smoker, can I just say ...

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:35:14 EST

Gord, I'm gonna get a dog and when I walk it, I'm going to make sure it shits in front of your house/apartment...and I'm NOT gonna pick it up.

After all...it's only payback for the butts.

(Get it? Dog shit...butts. It's almost a retributi

Steve Urkel: Re: As a non-smoker, can I just say ...

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:21:51 EST

"far more people die as a result of cigarettes"

But not young people.

skeptic: Re: As a non-smoker, can I just say ...

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:49:06 EST

You missed the point, I said that the harm done BY users of illegal drugs is due to the illegality of the drug. The harm done TO the users of illegal drugs (or legal drugs such as cigarettes) is, of course, due to the drug. In other words, drug

Steve Urkel: Re: As a non-smoker, can I just say ...

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:53:13 EST

"The harm done by people addicted to illegal drugs is not a direct result of the drugs to which they are addicted"

People don't overdose? What are you talking about? Illegal drugs take a severe toll People under the influence of hard drugs never ha

skeptic: Re: As a non-smoker, can I just say ...

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:18:13 EST

Cigarettes rarely kill people as quickly as some other drugs such as heroin and cocaine do, but cigarettes present some problems that those stronger drugs don't. The total number of people dying as a result of smoking-related illness is MUCH larger t

thefadd: Re: As I said, Delaware doesn't have one.

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:59:03 EST

I'm sure they chase them away more aggressively since higher prices in exchange for better service seems to be their business plan from what you describe.

Singing over the loud speaker at Wal Mart<

pO157: Re: As I said, Delaware doesn't have one.

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:36:46 EST

We have a Wegmans within a few blocks of my house, and about the same distance to our local grocery chain. Despite being a longtime shopper at our local chain, after dealing with the excessively surly attitudes of bling-wearing employees one too many

zyxwvutsr: Re: As I said, Delaware doesn't have one.

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:00:40 EST

All I know is that there are two Wegmans stores near me, both fairly new, having been built within the past three or four years. It was in the news when they came here because they were the first Wegmans in the state, and news stories noted that they were

thefadd: Re: As I said, Delaware doesn't have one.

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:36:27 EST

Has he raised them since? My company has all that and I don't see Rupe winning any awards. Just sayin...

Lou: Re: As a non-smoker, can I just say ...

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:08:36 EST

It's not so much young people dying as it is people dying young.

zyxwvutsr: Re: As I said, Delaware doesn't have one.

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 15:12:17 EST

Here's the propaganda from the company's website:

One of the first actions Robert [Wegman] took when he became president [in 1950] was to raise all salaries. Within a couple of years, he implemented a broad program of health care. &nbs

thefadd: Re: As a non-smoker, can I just say ... Wed, 9 Jan 2008 14:46:21 EST what like marijuana? Steve Urkel: Re: As a non-smoker, can I just say ... Wed, 9 Jan 2008 14:02:39 EST "tobacco seems to do more harm than any of the drugs which are currently illegal" I'm aware of young people dying from cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy overdoses, but I've never heard of a young person dying from smoking cigarettes. MayorBob: As I said, Delaware doesn't have one. Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:37:03 EST Therefore, why would I know "what an awesome place it is to work?" Actually, reading your link doesn't clear up any question I might have about what makes it an awesome place to work. I looked at the subordinate levels of that rating and zyxwvutsr: Re: As a non-smoker, can I just say ... Wed, 9 Jan 2008 10:06:42 EST ...why does the explanation that Wegman's is doing this for its employees ring hollow? Maybe it's because you were unaware that, by almost all accounts, Wegmans is an