So I have a co-worker who is a very charming person indeed, but in the past he has attempted to quit.
Yay!
But he was doing it in a way that I call a Who Are You Kidding? Quit.
That is, to only smoke at certain times. His choice was to only smoke at home. (I've also seen Only smoke at work, or In the car or While performing surgery - just kidding).
The idea is they'll eventually narrow the number of places and times they can smoke until both = Null.
Whatever. I personally have never seen this work. But that's just my experience. I really have no interest in how people stop smoking, provided they aren't [censoreds] to other living things while they do it.
Which brings me back to this co-worker. Cutting back on smoking made him Vile Tempered.
Boo.
OK, wait. Having a vile temper in and of itself isn't Boo-worthy. I too have a vile temper, but I keep it to myself because I don't like being mean to people. And I don't want my [censored] kicked into a wall.
So this co-worker, after a day of being a [censored] apologized to me, because he can be very charming.
He explained how he was trying to quit. Yay! And that's why he was feeling so grouchy.
See above about other living things. So, I gently replied that I had quit and used the patches and I could not have done it without them, blah blah blah ha ha ha, maybe you should try the patch. Before you wind up floating face down in the nearby duck pond. Tee hee.
OK, I left out the death threat. And - here's a tip for anyone who knows anyone who is trying to quit. Offer help and then SHUT UP until they ask you to unshut. So I shut up.
That was a few months ago. But a week ago, I noticed a change in my co-worker.
He no longer smells like eau d'old ashtray. My very first impulse was to ask if he'd quit. But with lighting fast speed my brain relayed the rest of that conversation.
Me: Hey co-worker, did you quit smoking?
CW: Why, yes I did, why do you ask?
Me: Well you no longer smell like ... Oh, um. Err. Hey look, is that Justin Beiber! [runs away]
So upon further consideration, I decided to keep my mouth shut.
