Can anyone think of a tactful way to say, “Listen, I’m happy to help you out whenever you want during my office hours, but for crying out loud, could you please have some consideration and not roll around in cigarette smoke before entering my poorly-ventilated little space here?”"This isn’t a case of “dude smoked a cigarette before coming in here”. This is a case of “dude smoked god knows how many cigarettes, and never rinsed his mouth out or brushed his teeth EVER, and never washed the outfit that he’s wearing.” He was in here for ten minutes, and I’m feeling seriously ill.”Rationalization”" Know Thyself, I Like To Ride My Bicycle.”My last bicycle cost me $150. It did the job – it got me from A to B, for most pertinent values of A and B in Vancouver – and didn’t do much else. It was rusty, and some of the gears didn’t shift too smoothly, and pedalling uphill was more of an ordeal than it would have been on a more expensive bike. However, spending hundreds, even thousands of dollars, can you imagine? – on something like a bicycle is irresponsible, plain and simple. It’s just not necessary. There are better uses for that sort of money.”That said: since I live in a town with formidable hills, no supermarket within a 1.5-hour walk, and an anemic public transit system, I feel no guilt whatsoever over having spent that sort of money on my new car.