| A: |
Another cigarette!!!
|
| B: |
Here we go … |
| A: |
That's right! You know what I'm going
to say … so why don't you respect my feelings? |
| B: |
Look, I've told you before.
I'm sorry, but I did put on my form that I was a smoker
and you didn't put on yours that you didn't want to
share with a smoker … so whose fault is it? |
| A: |
You know how I feel about smoking! It's
so bad for you. And not just for you! I'm a secondary
smoker here you know. I'm breathing in your smoke whether
I want to or not! Now I'm more likely to get cancer
than someone who doesn't share with a smoker. |
| B: |
We've had this argument so many times
… |
| A: |
But I'm not going to give up! |
| B: |
But should I? |
| A: |
Look, I know that once you start it's
hard to stop but you owe it to yourself you know. It's
as much a drug as any other, worse even because it directly
affects those around you. You've got to realize that
you have a dependent personality, you are responsible
for your dependency, maybe you could get help … |
| B: |
I LIKE smoking. It helps me to concentrate.
|
| A: |
There are other ways to concentrate.
Smoking is a one-way ticket to a cancer ward … you must
have seen those health education photographs of a smoker's
lungs. |
| B: |
Ugh! Don't remind me. |
| A: |
But that's you ― inside … all black and
rotting. |
| B: |
Thank you. |
| A: |
It's true. And I've heard how
you wheeze when you get to the top of the stairs. |
| B: |
Hmmm… |
| A: |
That's smoking too, you know.
You should do us both a favor and quit. You know your
body would thank you for it. |
| B: |
And so would my roommate!! |
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