John,

He was talking about smoking in the office. You can take "smoke" breaks during the day. I never worked in the offices where smoking would be allowed inside. I doubt there are such offices here.

>Ed,
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>You have got to be kidding me with this last paragraph. If you eliminate smokers, you eliminate about 50% of the best VFP coders in the world. Eating at one's desk? Always seemed to me a mark of a professional who didn't want to leave their work.
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>I always considered myself a pretty good VFP developer; having won MVP for 5 straight years from '97 through '01....but, apparently, I'd be a piece of garbage in your company's eyes because I smoke, frequently eat at my desk, and I'm not terribly grown up.
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>You attract more flies with honey than vinegar. Lighten up :-)
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>>Toward this end we seek professionals who can think creatively and get the job done without supervision. We do not allow smoking in the office. We do not eat at our desks. We frown on personal phone calls. And we adhere to an office professional dress code. The culture here is generally pretty grown up and serious. However, at the same time we have a great group of talented people and very low staff turnover. The two members of the existing computer team have over fourteen years combined employment here.