I posted before I read all of the other entries. I am with you 100% on everything you just mentioned. I did feel the need to add to the smoker thing though. There are polite smokers and inconsiderate smokers. Inconsiderate smokers will just smoke wherever they want, blow the shit right in your(or your kids) direction and just not care at all. Polite smokers will be considerate of the fact that they know most people find cigarette smoke to be offensive and will take special care to not smoke around non-smokers, children, elderly, enclosed spaces, etc. I consider myself to be an incredibly polite smoker. What kills me is when I am outside somewhere and have made a very large effort to move as far away from people and I hear some jack ass passive aggressively talking to someone in a raised voice about my smoking(of course never directed at me, stuff like "don't you just hate people that smoke in public places"). The worst was when I was at the Zoo, in their designated smoking area, standing as far away from people as I could and some guy walks into the smoking area(I am the only one there). This area does not have anything exciting, just a bench and ash tray. There are probably 5 benches scattered all along the path way(which you have to veer off the path to get to the smoking area anyway). He plops his fat ass right on the bench which is 2 feet away from me, and then yells to his pregnant wife who is probably 20ft away on the other side of the area "Some people just have no respect for other people, smoking around pregnant women. I bet they don't even care if the baby comes out brain damaged from all the chemicals" WTF DUDE!