Do you still have the patience

[RipCigs]

I haven't been vaping for that long, about 4-5 months i think, and i am completely out of patience for explaining or justifying vaping. From comments like "that's worse than cigarettes" to "why are you inhaling electrons", at first i was patient to try and explain what vaping is and convince people how wrong they are, but now.. my response is mostly "good thing you don't have to do it".
I would still gladly help anyone interested in vaping or learning about it, but these side comments from people i barely know are getting really old and annoying.
Do you still have the patience to explain and convince people? And by people i don't mean close friends, i mean Jerry from accounting and other let's say acquaintances.

 

[Nivek13]

Yea the people at work do the same to me... I try explaining myself the best but all i keep hearing is... "You know they say those things are worse then cigarettes" or "Yea you think its safe know but wait untill 5 years down the line they find out its worse." all the way to "That thing looks ridiculous, i could never carry around that thing."

I think its just mostly because the only thing the general public sees about vaping is negative publicity on the news and word of mouth. Plus you know how people are, one person sees something small about vaping like a battery exploded... by the time they tell their freind, and their friend tells there freind, by the time it gets to the 5th freind the story went from a battery exploded to "these things have more chemicals in it then cigarettes."

Its not differnt then a roomer about someone in highschool thats spreads out of control. All it is is a bunch of mis infromation.

I just simply say that i feel a million times better since quitting smoking and starting to vape and i choose to do that over smoking.

 

[VictorViper]

I've been lucky in avoiding busybodies and other nosey folks, but I did learn a long time ago to save my breath. I don't give the spiel unless genuine interest is shown in taking the plunge.

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

I have a neighbor who said "they say those things are worse than cigarettes". I replied "they aren't". He got a little upset and said "yes they are". I said "you should try to be informed rather than just opinionated." Good thing we like each other.

 

[RandyF]

I don't have the patience to get into detail with people that are not interested in vaping. For the people that just want to say it is just another form of smoking and is just as bad, my response is, "Zero tar, zero combustion....guaranteed, how on earth can any INTELLIGENT person believe it is any where near as bad as smoking???"

I usually get a shrug because they know at that point any argument would only make them seem unintelligent.

 

[rhm3769]

why are you inhaling electrons

I couldn't handle that question with any level of seriousness....

 

[RipCigs]

I couldn't handle that question with any level of seriousness....

That is seriously, word for word, what the guy told me. Keep in mind he just got back from a {Other stuff} and was on a cigarette. I didn't know what to tell him

 

[NathanielFT]

If they ask i'm happy to teach, if they try to preach to me about dangers i tell them better then smoking. If they carry on i'd just tell them its time to move away from me with all that noise lol

 

[Bad Ninja]

First of all, you can't fix stupid.

Inhaling electrons?
I....just....don't know how to respond to that.
Lmao


Second, I'm over 45 years old. At my age you really don't much care what other people think. Their opinions matter as much as breaking wind. It doesn't affect anything, just smells bad.

 

[skoony]

that inhaling electrons floored me too.

mike

 

[Krimble]

My parents and grandparents keep telling me how bad e cigs are since they heard on the news that it was worst than cigarettes. I get irritated, because every time they see me vaping, they have to mention how bad it is. I hate when people believe everything they see on the news. I just tell them I feel a lot better and that that's their opinion.

 

[roxynoodle]

Really, its not any different than the comments I've gotten over the years about my other life choices:

Why write songs? Its not like anyone will ever hear them!
Why would you buy a Mustang? What a stupid car! It barely has a backseat! (I am childless)
Motorcycles are dangerous!
You should just leave the door open on your wood stove so your house burns down. That would be easier than remodeling it.
I wouldn't take care of those horses! You should board them! You would never see me carrying a bucket of water!

 

[Nivek13]

You think that "inhaling electrons" is bad This lady at work last night seriously tried telling me you are inhaling batteries............... im dead serious.....i looked at her and said "Inhaling batteries?? What are you talking about" she said well look at whats poweing that thing a battery, you are inhaling batteries"...... I ended the convo there

 

[bullet08]

that's why i went straight to mech mod. nothing to get frustrated about. know the battery safety, learn how to coil.. you are set to vape good volume of vapor at the nic level you need. simple and elegant solution to vaping.

 

[Scottitude]

that's why i went straight to mech mod. nothing to get frustrated about. know the battery safety, learn how to coil.. you are set to vape good volume of vapor at the nic level you need. simple and elegant solution to vaping.

 

[edyle]

"cigarette revenues are plummeting"

I let em think about that a second.

 

[Liskrig]

I still have patience. I always explain to people "ya know those Blu e-ciggs?..."

From just explaining how much it has helped me, I have gotten 3 people in my office to start vaping, and 1 corporate trainer to go buy a proper vape from a local shop in attempts to give up smoking. Moments like those are inspiring, and keep my patients. Luckily, I haven't been doing this long enough to get any negative comments when vaping out and about.

 

[93gc40]

I didn't argue with or justify to idiots when smoked and I don't do it now that I Vape.

 

[rico942]

Before I retired, there was one particularly annoying little twerp at work who regularly went 50 feet out of his way to accost me while I was quietly vaping in an outdoor smoking area ...

His comment was typically "That has nicotine in it, you know" ...

I ignored him for about a week until I couldn't resist having some fun at his expense ...

Me: "Nicotine ? You put NICOTINE in my vaporizer ?

Mr. Busybody: Huh ? Whut ?

Me: "You seem sure that there's nicotine in here, and I didn't put it in, so must have been YOU !"

Mr. Busybody: "No ... I ... huh .... hey ... wait ..."

Me: "If you do that again, I'll have to report it to HR !"

This was in a work environment with an extremely predatory HR department that could have given lessons to the Spanish Inquisition ...

Problem solved ...

 

[ReigntheGamer]

Just vape while mumbling incoherently to yourself, no one's ever bothered me.