Bizarre moments in vaping

[thinblueline36]

I'm outside having a vape during the intermission of a show the other day, and this guy walks up to me and asks (everybody say it with me now) "Is that an electric cigarette?" I respond in the affirmative. He says, "I'm a smoker. How much did that cost?" Before I can answer, this woman, reeking of analogs, burst through crowd and says, "Three thousand dollars!" Then she barks a laugh at me like I've just tried to sell her the Brooklyn Bridge. She grabs the man's arm, and as she's dragging him away she looks over her shoulder and in a nasty tone says, "Enjoy your substitute."

I've had my share of people ticked off at me because they thought I was smoking, but none of them were ever as riled as this woman was at vaping.

Theories?

TBL36

 

[AlbertaClipper]

Maybe she was drunk? hmmmmm

 

[Eddie.Willers]

Meh! Who cares?
The guy, one hopes, will be curious enough to make further web-based inquiries away from his wife.

 

[Lori68]

It sounds like she was this poor guy's wife/girlfriend who was born to make this guy's life miserable. It makes no sense to be rude to not only you but the guy she dragged off. Or maybe her daddy works for HC?

My hope is that he realizes he doesn't have to take the stinkiness he's been dealing with and gives it up. Oh yeah, and that he also looks into electronic cigarettes.

 

[cigarbabe]

I think anything that had his interest in her eyes has "stolen" from her and she was obviously ...... off that you and/or ecigs are taking his time away from "the hag".
So it would seem...
Hopefully he's had enough and will find a new device and nice smelling woman!
C.B.

 

[db13berry]

I think she was afraid of a more expensive habit that may cut into her shopping funds.

Or, maybe he has a million dollar life insurance policy she is looking forward to cashing in on.

 

[Anaconda]

Maybe he wasn't inquiring for himself, but he was inquiring for her... she's obviosly ignorant to its benefits.... MEH! Maybe in 5 years when we win this battle with HC, and the public is more aware, she will be begging you to get one for her... LOL

 

[smokum]

moving to normal forum area.......

 

[Kams Cats]

Maybe he buys the smokes and she doens't want to have to spend her own money on them. Who knows? She sounds like a strange one.

 

[wood]

i think she was probably jealous and worried u would steal her man , maybe he was a cheater in the past

 

[AlbertaClipper]

That would be something...since TBL is a DUDE!

 

[wood]

stranger things have happened

 

[thinblueline36]

Maybe he wasn't inquiring for himself, but he was inquiring for her...

I like all the theories, but this one...Since about two months after I transitioned to vaping, I can smell an analog a block away. It's a smell I find disgusting. I didn't notice at the time, but the man did not smell of cigarettes. Anaconda, I think you hit the nail on the head--he was asking for her!

AND she's a drunken control-freak insurance-hungry shopaholic spawn of a HC flunky who thinks her fellah's in the closet.

TBL36

 

[Concat]

And her father is a tobacco farmer.

 

[AlbertaClipper]

AND she's a drunken control-freak insurance-hungry shopaholic spawn of a HC flunky who thinks her fellah's in the closet.

That made me giggle like a schoolgirl...

 

[hiram13pm]

I think I would probably have retorted with, "Thanks! Enjoy your wrinkles and emphysema!"

 

[cbabbman]

My mother in law, who can vacuum all joy from a room with a huff, said "you'll be back smoking regular cigarettes, I guarantee it".

I had already been analog free for 2 weeks at that point. So I bet her $100 that I'd still be analog free after a year.

Even if I wanted to go back, I wouldn't...just to spite her now.

It takes all kinds.

 

[cactusgirl]

That is hilarious!

My take: Smokers are a dying breed (we all know, we've been there) and become very defensive about the habit, especially when 'fellow-smokers' decide to take the plunge and try to quit.

She may have been worried, if the boyfriend/husband was indeed a 'fellow-smoker', that if he decided to take the plunge, they would no longer have ANYTHING in common and he would dump by finding a more suitable 'substitute', lol! Her reaction was based on fear and ignorance.