Smoking Nazi's about to get a taste...

I want a Luther Burger

Or, in the cafeteria, the Luther Burger, a bacon-cheese number with Krispy Kreme doughnuts as the bun.
 
Its about time. More people die from unhealthy eating and obeisity related problems each year than anything else. Why not fight something that costs the government 60 billion dollars a year?
 
The problem with telling folks what to EAT , even if their normal diet is unhealthy....Is WHERE does it stop??

"Frank ya better not ride that motorcycle as I think it's dangerous". "And get that cigar out of Your mug...They're unhealthy". "Oh My GOD! You own Guns"???

I'm all for the idea of personal responsibility. YOU should make the decision as to WHAT You consume , smoke, etc. Wear Your seatbelt or don't. Ride Your m/c with a helmet or not.
MY only caveat....YOU pay for the result. Problem though...the irresponsible want US to bail them out. No easy answers.

FN in MT
 
Great idea. Way to go, HR! For those fat people who just don't march in lock step with your "ideals", I suggest shipping them to an uninhabited island where they'll never be heard from again. That should "pretty up" the workplace and save the company money.

Next, ship all ugly people to the island. No one wants to do business with a company who has a lot of ugly people. If fact, if I was running things, anyone who wasn't 6' 3", 190 lbs, "mature aged", mostly bald, bearded with blue eyes and a great but slightly strange sense of humor would be sent to the island.

Of course, anyone who does anything that is unhealthy or could cost the company or health insurance companies money should be banned. Other people about to take an "island vacation": any extreme sports nuts. No more sky diving, cave exploring, mountain biking or climbing, skiing or snow boarding, diving. We'll probably have to do away with driving cars which will be a "win-win": no traffic accidents and no pollution.

I'm sure other's can add other criteria for a trip to the island so that we may have a more perfect world. We want to make you proud, George (Orwell).

WyoBob
 
Wyobob,

Why not take this a step further? Lets "eliminate" the "problem" citizens and harvest their nutrients??

A final solution to the irresponsibility problem.

FN in MT
The King of over simplification for ANY problem
 
Ahhh I thought they were dictating what the employees could bring in to work to eat. They only changed what they offer for their breakfast in their cafeteria. Maybe they just needed to offer the healthier alternatives as well as what they had offered before.

The cafeteria where I work has added whole bunch of healthier food but you can still get a burger, fries, cheesesteak, pizza, etc.
 
gnukfu said:
Ahhh I thought they were dictating what the employees could bring in to work to eat. They only changed what they offer for their breakfast in their cafeteria. Maybe they just needed to offer the healthier alternatives as well as what they had offered before.

The cafeteria where I work has added whole bunch of healthier food but you can still get a burger, fries, cheesesteak, pizza, etc.
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Right, they're not mandating what employees eat, they're just providing healthier food for sale or for FREE. It's in an employer's best interest if their employees are healthy so why not encourage healthy behaviors? I'll probably take some backlash for saying this but it is in an employer's best interest to reduce the amount that their employees smoke. Courts have also ruled that it is legal to fire employees for smoking off the job. I can't see how that can be legal, but I wouldn't want to work for such a company anyway. Now I wonder how long it will be before you could get fired for eating a double Quarter Pounder . . . It is a slippery slope.
 
gonzo said:
More enlightened folk knew this was only a matter of time, but soon we won't be allowed to make our food choices either if someone decides what we like is not healthy enough for them...

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/Advice/HideTheDoritosHereComesHR.aspx

Stomp'N'Rock,

Joseph
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While I dont agree with someones diet choices being made or influenced by the HR dept or their bosses, these people are lawyers and of the class that is the source of this kind of bullshit. I say that torture is good enough for them.
 
chippewastud79 said:
Its about time. More people die from unhealthy eating and obeisity related problems each year than anything else. Why not fight something that costs the government 60 billion dollars a year?
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It might be more effective to cut the ties that connect the two otherwise seperate issues.
 
This will never happen. After all since the Aliens landed and gave us a book, named "To Serve Man". And they have been so great about giving us more food. Maybe we should take the trip to their planet they offered us.



Anybody remember this?
 
FN in MT said:
The problem with telling folks what to EAT , even if their normal diet is unhealthy....Is WHERE does it stop??

"Frank ya better not ride that motorcycle as I think it's dangerous". "And get that cigar out of Your mug...They're unhealthy". "Oh My GOD! You own Guns"???

I'm all for the idea of personal responsibility. YOU should make the decision as to WHAT You consume , smoke, etc. Wear Your seatbelt or don't. Ride Your m/c with a helmet or not.
MY only caveat....YOU pay for the result. Problem though...the irresponsible want US to bail them out. No easy answers.

FN in MT
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:tpd:
 
drhalle said:
This will never happen. After all since the Aliens landed and gave us a book, named "To Serve Man". And they have been so great about giving us more food. Maybe we should take the trip to their planet they offered us.

Anybody remember this?
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The Simpsons?

WyoBob
 
I'm doing my part to live healthier. Instead of just drinking vodka, I mixed it with generic V-8 :D lol


EDIT: Least we forget, vodka comes from potato's, or so I been told, thus it's extremely healthy. lol
 
houdini said:
:tpd:
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:tpd:

The reason I posted the article, was to point out the slippery slope that we all knew was coming...that our diet, and all other habits are quickly being regulated and legislated...instead of being choices!

We should be allowed to make informed decisions based on the information available to us, then suffer our own consequences if we choose poorly (or just choose to suffer the consequences based on the benefit ratio)...

The gov't or the HR dept should not be forcing decisions on us...as others have stated, offering us BOTH options is one thing, but by indirectly mandating what we SHOULD choose, they are taking our right to choose away from us...

I'm not saying that promoting or offering healthy alternatives is bad or wrong, but we are all smart enough to make our own choices once the information has been offered to us...

Enough ranting from me....thanks for listening (and reading)...now go smoke a cigar!!!

Stomp'N'Rock,

Joseph
 
gonzo said:
The gov't or the HR dept should not be forcing decisions on us...as others have stated, offering us BOTH options is one thing, but by indirectly mandating what we SHOULD choose, they are taking our right to choose away from us...
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What if they are paying the insurance premiums? Maybe they can choose to let us find our own insurance.


gonzo said:
I'm not saying that promoting or offering healthy alternatives is bad or wrong, but we are all smart enough to make our own choices once the information has been offered to us...
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No we're not. Have you seen the obesity numbers in this country? It's an epidemic.
 
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