and that's what donna shemp did, as well. more than half of her coworkers smoe smoked and there were no prohibitions on smoking by the customers who came into the office. for shemp, this environment was crippling. tobacco smoke nauseated her, hence the daily antiamettic. it caused constant headaches and rashes on her face. it caused tearing and eye irritation that left her with corneal abriasions that would nt heal. now, in shemp's office, like most american workplaces in the 1970s, there were no rules separating smokers from non non-smokers. the company reasoned that rearranging the lawsuit of the office to separate smokers and non-smokers would disrupt work flow. and the union to which shemp belonged, the communication workers of america, agreed. smoking was a workplace right. now, the gas mask was not first remedy that donna shemp turned to for relief. earlier that year, she had seen a company doctor who had told her that it was a disgrace for any employee to have to work in such a smoky space. on his orders, she was not to