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[–] kungen@feddit.nu 64 points 1 week 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@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week 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@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

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

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Good point.

[–] nichtburningturtle 9 points 1 week ago

I see an absolute win

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week 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?

[–] underwire212@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Fire hazard? Nahhhhh

[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

he would use previously donated public telephone booth

who is donating used telephone booths to a hospital

[–] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What do you do with your used telephone booths?

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

No. But I will now.

[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Neon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week 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@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

None of your business what I do with them!

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

I call my used telephone booth guy, of course.

[–] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 week ago

They have those at airports.

[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week 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.