I take public transit to work. Saves me on the expenses related to driving. I got to the bus platform early so, I decided to have a quick vape.
Normally in non-smoking areas that are enclosed like bus shelters and on COLD or rainy days I will be polite and ask if anyone minds that I vape in there. Most people do not and I know it's not because I intimidate them into thinking that they need to say they don't because I'm seriously the least intimidating looking woman ever. Rather thin and mousy looking, it's obvious that I am definitely not the type to fly off into a ..... fest. The worst youll get from me is a bit snark or I may deem you as irrelevant and ignore you completely. If someone minds, I don't vape. If someone asks me to stop, I stop. No big deal.
The bus platform that I was at is basically this giant wind tunnel filled with bus exhaust and isn't an enclosed area despite having a roof of giant fans to suck up the exhaust so, there I'm comfortable vaping away. I usually stand or sit on a bench away from any groups of people. I do this out of politeness and because I often get approached by random people even when I'm not vaping, Canadian city life eh? I've been approached before about vaping but just for your standard questions about quitting and where to get one, how much it costs and what flavours are good. This time was different.
This old man senior citizen comes up to me and says "you're an idiot for smoking. put that cigarette out" I calmly replied with, "it's not a cigarette and I'm not smoking." Blow out some vaper and continue on idle like and waiting for my bus. He was walking to catch a bus that just stopped, a bus happily emitting grey fumes. He starts screaming, "it's the same damn thing, put that out! You're smoking around people! These are people!!" Blah, blah, blah some more random name calling. I'm really not interested in his abuse, realize he's a crusty old man that can't be educated and don't bother to respond or stop vaping. He runs on to his bus. His bus takes a few minutes to get going. I can only assume he was screaming at the poor bus driver.
Another woman comes up to me, takes out her earphones and say, "was he really yelling at you about that?" "Yea..." "I could hear him with the two buses stopped and my music on. Some people just don't know their boundaries eh?" "Uh huh, I wonder if he realized he was inhaling bus fumes" "well, don't worry about using that here. This isn't even an enclosed area." We chit chat about the poor design of the platform, she commends me on not smoking and I carry on about my day.
I wonder if he will be there today when I catch my bus.
Normally in non-smoking areas that are enclosed like bus shelters and on COLD or rainy days I will be polite and ask if anyone minds that I vape in there. Most people do not and I know it's not because I intimidate them into thinking that they need to say they don't because I'm seriously the least intimidating looking woman ever. Rather thin and mousy looking, it's obvious that I am definitely not the type to fly off into a ..... fest. The worst youll get from me is a bit snark or I may deem you as irrelevant and ignore you completely. If someone minds, I don't vape. If someone asks me to stop, I stop. No big deal.
The bus platform that I was at is basically this giant wind tunnel filled with bus exhaust and isn't an enclosed area despite having a roof of giant fans to suck up the exhaust so, there I'm comfortable vaping away. I usually stand or sit on a bench away from any groups of people. I do this out of politeness and because I often get approached by random people even when I'm not vaping, Canadian city life eh? I've been approached before about vaping but just for your standard questions about quitting and where to get one, how much it costs and what flavours are good. This time was different.
This old man senior citizen comes up to me and says "you're an idiot for smoking. put that cigarette out" I calmly replied with, "it's not a cigarette and I'm not smoking." Blow out some vaper and continue on idle like and waiting for my bus. He was walking to catch a bus that just stopped, a bus happily emitting grey fumes. He starts screaming, "it's the same damn thing, put that out! You're smoking around people! These are people!!" Blah, blah, blah some more random name calling. I'm really not interested in his abuse, realize he's a crusty old man that can't be educated and don't bother to respond or stop vaping. He runs on to his bus. His bus takes a few minutes to get going. I can only assume he was screaming at the poor bus driver.
Another woman comes up to me, takes out her earphones and say, "was he really yelling at you about that?" "Yea..." "I could hear him with the two buses stopped and my music on. Some people just don't know their boundaries eh?" "Uh huh, I wonder if he realized he was inhaling bus fumes" "well, don't worry about using that here. This isn't even an enclosed area." We chit chat about the poor design of the platform, she commends me on not smoking and I carry on about my day.
I wonder if he will be there today when I catch my bus.
But why wait? You can do that now, if you shop at Walmart. Everyone else does! 
