Punching someone in the face after repeatedly showing disrespect for authority or society will get you fired. Somehow. Strange world we live in. Strange faculty for that part as well. Refusing to change the way you work will not harm your position and it's only a mere rumour now that refusing to obtain your UTQ might get you in harms way. We're glued pretty comfy to our office seats. You either need to syphon millions to an off-shore account or use the departmental smart card on a vending machine to get sacked around here.
So how about trying to kill your co-workers? Would that be a reason to at least receive a stern warning? The blatant disrespect for coworkers and fellow students that smokers display in front of the building entrance is staggering. We can understand that as you are adding extra breaks to your workday you don't want to waste time walking too far. But why smoke almost on top of the ridiculously large sign saying not smoke there? To what extent is this nothing else than putting up a middle-finger to your employer and colleagues? Even 4 metres is too far, where other faculties observe a 15 meter restriction. Bloody well read the message on the package again and continue killing yourself in a spot where you don't affect others.
The eloquent J. Clarkson has suggested before to have people publicly executed for lesser offences. We will not be such extremists. We will organise our own ice-bucket challenge. Next week there will be buckets placed on the bridge with which people can fetch water from the pond to douse any fire lit within 10 metres of the entrance.