starbucks has banned vaping in it's stores- like it or not it's their place/ their rules. would you vape in an emergency room? how about in church? I mean why not? its not smoking- you're not burning anything, no odor. my question is still why do feel the need to flaunt the fact that you vape and let people know that nothing can prevent you from taking a vape? asking first and explaining I understand not just sneaking around to see if you can do it.
If Starbucks has banned vaping, then I advocate compliance. Take yourself -- and your money and your future business -- elsewhere. And make sure they know why.
Would I vape in an emergency room? I did, just last week, when my traveling partner suddenly became very ill while passing through lower Michigan. I had my Twist on a lanyard as I usually do when driving. Sitting at her bedside, in the stress of the moment, I reached for it and took a hit without even thinking. The RN who was administering IV medication saw me and didn't even blink. When the doctor came in a moment later, he noticed my PV hanging on the lanyard. I saw his glance, took hold of my Twist-on-a-rope, and asked if he had any problem with me using it. He said, "For now, not a bit! But if we have to put her on oxygen, I'll have to ask you not to. Can't take the risk that it might spark and cause an explosion." End of discussion. She was there for more than 10 hours and we both vaped at will the entire time. (No O2 proved necessary.)
In a church? I expect those who visit churches do so to commune with their God and seek relief from life's stresses. If that's true, there would be no reason to vape during a service. But I remember in the church I grew up in, the Rev. Dunn used to light up just outside the front doors after each service, and smoke as he shook hands and chatted with departing parishioners. Would you have scolded him back in 1960?
As I said, I don't advocate stealth vaping. I advocate public vaping. In the past six months, I have never asked permission before vaping, never stealth vaped, and NEVER been asked to stop.
Now, I'm a 60-yo middle-class woman who travels full-time. I am constantly among strangers, somewhere I've never been before, so I've learned to project confidence and self-assurance wherever I go, for my own safety. I recognize that means I may be cut some slack that a young vaper with piercings or body art, for instance, may not be afforded. To me, that's all the more reason for me to be visible and public about my vaping. The more walls I can knock down, the more vapers of all stripes will be accepted.
