Jump to full article: Reuters, 2001-11-30
Author: Elena Molinari
Intro: If working a few blocks away from a mass tomb where some of their friends may lie and smelling the acrid fumes from the still-burning rubble of the destroyed World Trade Center wasn't enough, new security restrictions have made life for workers at the New York Stock Exchange even less tolerable.
A big Christmas tree and festive decorations set up outside the exchange cannot make up for the lost right to have a smoke or grab a bite whenever they want, traders say. . .
Smokers who used to dash out for a quick cigarette now have to plow their way back through a 20-minute checkpoint.
``I usually took four cigarette breaks, now I take two if I'm lucky,'' said an apprentice trader who was grabbing a quick lunch at Champ's delicatessen near the exchange.
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