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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The booths will be equipped with lock sensors which detect smoke. When smoke in such booths disappears, the doors will be automatically unlocked and defiant smokers can then leave the booths, he wrote.

Why not? If it's too hard to leave the hospital to smoke, then what's the problem with having a smokeroom?

[–] Nuke_the_whales 38 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's a lot of money wasted on idiots with a stupid habit

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

Maj Gen Dr Rienthong Nanna, the director of the private hospital in the capital's Laksi district, wrote on his Facebook account on Sunday that he would use previously donated public telephone booths to discipline anyone who defies the smoking ban at his hospital.

At least they were donated booths.

[–] stoly 9 points 2 months ago

Yes but rates are very high in Asia so you have to work with what you currently have.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Good point.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I see an absolute win

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because he's locking them in a room without air circulating.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Smokers have options. They can not smoke, smoke in the booth, or walk 50 feet away from the hospital to smoke.

Why should sick people be inhaling their tar breath?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Fire hazard? Nahhhhh

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

he would use previously donated public telephone booth

who is donating used telephone booths to a hospital

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (4 children)

What do you do with your used telephone booths?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anyone ever wonder how Superman actually changed in one of those things without destroying everything in there?

[–] irreticent 6 points 2 months ago

No. But I will now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Neon 2 points 2 months ago

actually they would probably be a pretty good hotbox

Now I'm not sure if the Plan of the Hospital won't backfire

[–] P00ptart 6 points 2 months ago

None of your business what I do with them!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I call my used telephone booth guy, of course.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

They have those at airports.

[–] CodexArcanum 4 points 2 months ago

If they called them "hot boxes" instead of "gas chambers," i think the public support might be stronger.

"Hey Chad, we're going light up this joint and gas chamber Alex's car, want in?"

just doesn't work as well.