I live in Florida, where I can't leave my vape stuff in the car. I've been to Wal-Mart, the mall, and BJs since I started vaping, as well as a restaurant.
The restaurant was an obvious 'it can wait' thing, because I was eating...which satisfies my oral fixation, and smoking while eating was gross before, anyway. But I shop for a family of 8 and I can be in stores for hours on end, and I'm going to end up wanting to vape.
The real issue with vaping in public is causing a 'disturbance'.
My goal is to not cause a disturbance at whatever place I may be in, and still vape when I feel the urge. Because I know, if I let my temper/stress level/anxiety reach a breaking point that this little vape thing with the nic in it isn't going to sate me...I'll grab a cancer stick and be borked.
So, no 'cloud chasing' or whatever it is that people do at those competitions...no pulling out a 134 or vacuum cleaner mod or whatever the biggest, most intrusive thing is that people are wielding that's getting too much attention. No vaping on a crowded isle or at the check-out. And absolutely no insane flavors in my travel tank. The whole store doesn't need to smell like Super-Mega-Fruity-Licious-Vanilla-Cinnamon-Menthol-Blast.
If I am politely asked to not vape, then I'll stop. If I am approached by a mob of employees/customers with managers in tow with some spiel about safety and allergens and blah....ingblah, I'll politely exaggerate an AIDs cough at whatever perfume they're wearing, cleaner used in the store, or air freshener product I can smell. Cause, ya know, I can actually smell all that junk now. Haha.
Imo, if you're approached and asked to stop vaping then you were probably causing a disturbance. Like the guy in the movie theater who was vaping under the projector and blowing massive clouds into the projection, disturbing the entire theater.
The restaurant was an obvious 'it can wait' thing, because I was eating...which satisfies my oral fixation, and smoking while eating was gross before, anyway. But I shop for a family of 8 and I can be in stores for hours on end, and I'm going to end up wanting to vape.
The real issue with vaping in public is causing a 'disturbance'.
My goal is to not cause a disturbance at whatever place I may be in, and still vape when I feel the urge. Because I know, if I let my temper/stress level/anxiety reach a breaking point that this little vape thing with the nic in it isn't going to sate me...I'll grab a cancer stick and be borked.
So, no 'cloud chasing' or whatever it is that people do at those competitions...no pulling out a 134 or vacuum cleaner mod or whatever the biggest, most intrusive thing is that people are wielding that's getting too much attention. No vaping on a crowded isle or at the check-out. And absolutely no insane flavors in my travel tank. The whole store doesn't need to smell like Super-Mega-Fruity-Licious-Vanilla-Cinnamon-Menthol-Blast.
If I am politely asked to not vape, then I'll stop. If I am approached by a mob of employees/customers with managers in tow with some spiel about safety and allergens and blah....ingblah, I'll politely exaggerate an AIDs cough at whatever perfume they're wearing, cleaner used in the store, or air freshener product I can smell. Cause, ya know, I can actually smell all that junk now. Haha.
Imo, if you're approached and asked to stop vaping then you were probably causing a disturbance. Like the guy in the movie theater who was vaping under the projector and blowing massive clouds into the projection, disturbing the entire theater.
