anyone feel awkward in vape shops

[TikPandora]

I live in a small town in Nebraska, and the only vape store we have in town is in the city mall. This mall is predominantly frequented by the very elderly. It always feels weird for me to walk into it, due to the fact that it has a very open storefront...and you get quite a few glares and stares from the passerby's.

"Next thing they'll make legal is crystal ....." I heard an old man in a hat say as he walked by.

Crystal ...., really?!

 

[giyu]

yep vaping for a while now and still haven't gotten a store I feel I could just go and hangout, not just buy gear and juice

 

[alexsah]

Got a small store that sits off the back of a paint store, the guy that runs it, has both, I've had nothing but pleasant experiences there, and even the customers were always willing to help me out with advice or opinions.

 

[Fuzzy Bruce]

I didn't, we have 1 close by to my house. He only sells starter kits and some crap liquid. 95% of the other part of the store is porn movies/devices etc.

I can walk to a shop like this in ten minutes. The liquid is better at the shop, they re-sell some decent brands at a premium. The counter help looks like retired adult movie stars, too.

 

[xiKUTTHROATix]

I've posted here already. But wanted to say again. I like my B&M shop a lot. Only when two specific people are working. Went in today to buy a single coil head for 2.50 because I accidentally burned mine the night before. I walked in with an empty tank and no drip tip on my pt2 because I forgot to take it. Left with an air control, 2 coils, new drip tip, and a full tank of space jam omega. Lmao doesn't seem like much, but I appreciated it. If anyone lives in RI, go to the vapor lounge in providence and ask for Ross the owner. Dude is chill AF.

 

[jdeedler]

The places I go to are pretty much strictly Tobacco shops that sell Cigars, smokes, etc....

I can see if you went to a place that was more like a Head Shop where it might feel different.

But for me I can go anywhere doesnt matter I will feel pretty much at home. Walk in like you own the place!

 

[Ghostie]

Yes!!

There are 2 vape shops in my town, but both only sell starter kits etc, and both made me feel very uncomfortable. After learning a bit about vaping, and about all the different types of e-digs, batteries, variable voltage, mixtures of juices, etc etc, on this forum, I tried asking a few questions of the counter assistants, but in both shops they looked at me like I was an alien. I don't know what you guys call drug paraphernalia shops over the pond but we call them Head Shops here in Scotland, and that's exactly what it felt like walking into these 2 shops, dark, dingy, vapy and a bit seedy to be honest. Not a nice experience.

 

[Antwoord]

There is only one shop I like in my area. There are a couple chains of stores that are run by people who don't really know what they are doing. In the chain stores the young people always try to impress me with the amount of vapor they can blow out, or they try to make vapor tornadoes. I don't know how to respond to that really. I mean sometimes I feel a compulsion to put my lips on their glass table with my head right next to someone else's head, and try and make a tornado, but then I snap out of it and kind of jerk a little. So then I say things like, "Yeah, that's awesome.", or "amazing", and the whole time I'm thinking to myself how lame I must sound. Then I wonder if there are words that are more appropriate. "Woo!", maybe.

There's people breathing everywhere. People trying to taste flavors out of those awful clearomizers, and I never can taste a thing out of those. Then there are people waiting to try and get something out of the dead clearo that I just used. There has to be a better way.

But there's one B&M that is cool. They have Kanger T3s for the premium juices. They make decent juice. They have a good selection of beginner and advanced devices, as well as juice and accessories. Workers are knowledgeable, and not aggressively making tornadoes. I feel pretty good about it.

 

[MKIVR32]

its only awkward when one of the employees is breathing down your neck when all you want to do is look at stuff but they won't leave you alone, as it is at most stores.