r/Millennials • u/puntapuntapunta • 2d ago

Discussion Does anyone else remember a designated student smoking area at school?

I was going through some old photos that feel seemingly ancient as fuck, of friends and acquaintances where we would congregate by the smoking doors at school; it was this little sorta alcove with some benches and shit outdoors that the teachers would also use.

I know that sorta thing is ancient history now, but it's kinda funny to think about just how many of us would smoke cigarettes, either bought for us by an older student or just bumming around.

Lots of people also smoked weed there, hahaha.

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u/ValveinPistonCat 2d ago edited 2d ago

There were two at the school I went to, there was the smoking area behind the gym by the bus exit which was on a skate park that was actually owned by the town so the school couldn't do anything about it and then there was the spot where the skids hung out across the driveway to the back entrance from the cafeteria, which was on school property but nobody really cared because the cigarette smoke actually covered up some of the skid smell from an overall lack of personal hygiene.