Smoke Free Campus

Another thing I wanted to remember about our time in Mississippi was a scenerio we encountered on a somewhat regular basis on the way to work. The hospital where I was employed was a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus, as stated on the blue sign in the middle of this picutre. Well, patients would get around this rule by taking their smoke breaks on the sidewalk in front of the hospital, so they were not technically "on campus". But sometimes, they didn't quite make it down to the sidewalk. That was funny enough since the no smoking sign is right there in the front lawn. But sometimes, it got even better--patients in hosptial gowns, hooked up to IV's, would light up their Marlboros right there in front of that darn sign. I took my camera to work every day during my last week in hopes of caputuring this on film. On my very last day, just when I thought I might never be able to document this, lo and behold, there were two of them out there just waiting for me. Hospital gowns, IV's, cigs, and all. I said a prayer of thanks (for which my husband rebuked me) and grabbed my camera. I wish this were a better picture, but my husband wouldn't slow down or stop. He is a nicer person than I. I don't care you who are, this is funny.