Boss is asking about my vaping at work

[sanjosse]

I'm with Elle concerning the outcome… Man that S---S! Being from CA as well, I thought your odds would have been better.

When I first started vaping in the office 2.5 years ago, there was some resistance from my manager (sensitive nose issues). So I just started vaping unflavored while she wasn't looking. Then after a couple of weeks, I asked her if she had noticed any odd odors lately, her response was, "no, not really, just the usual, coworkers nucking their lunches (I really hate it when people bring fish in, yuck!), afternoon popcorn, etc.". I then proceeded to confess. She just laughed and said, "If I can't smell it, than go ahead and keep vaping".

Side note: My favorite is when someone walks by our office windows and sees me blowing out huge plums of vapor while sitting at my desk. I've actually had people stop and stare until they catch themselves. TO FUNNY!

crazyeye, I wish you luck in your quest for acceptance, and hope that others who read this, take the time to read/save the links shown above. So when they are confronted, they'll have the knowledge to articulate the benefits that vaping provides.

 

[WCSR]

Otherwise, you can vape into a coffe mug and say it's VERY hot... LOL!

You can also blow the vapor in your shirt or into your sleeves, I do that in the movies... Haha

For that matter, just hold it in for a few more seconds, and the vapor adjusts to your body temp. That way you see nothing when you exhale.

In todays job market, unless you are the best employee on the Planet and truly essential .. the best action is to comply with what the employer wants / expects .. after all, these are the folks that are paying you ..

The voice of reason... I've found out it doesn't even matter if you're the best and most essential employee. If you rub the wrong person the wrong way...you're out.

 

[PulseShock]

tell her to look her damn self

 

[MarshallGoren]

Our boss at work banned vaping inside, the few people at work who do it need to go outside.. talk about being less productive!

 

[Pyromonty502]

Taking bathroom breaks is good lol. If anything, alot of common venders include a card with a description of what vaping is and a simple way of saying, I'm not doing anything wrong. Green smoke has a card like that and so does jasper&jasper when you buy their products. Really all you need to say is what you know and be polite about it, and they should leave you alone.

 

[Bullette the Cowdog]

The voice of reason... I've found out it doesn't even matter if you're the best and most essential employee. If you rub the wrong person the wrong way...you're out.

Oh yeah. So true. So very true.
Woof!

 

[Jossh]

I work as a technician on a plant floor. Luckily, a lot of people vape where I work (that's where I picked up on it) and we do it openly throughout the shift. No one seems to have a problem but I've heard rumors that the plant manager is going to be cracking down on it. I hope that's just a bunch of bs jibberjabber concocted by machine operators who like to flap their lips.

 

[Bullette the Cowdog]

Bullette the Cowdog is still stealth vaping.
(what a wimp you are, Bullette)
Woof!

 

[lotsoffish]

Thanks guys, I read the white paper article and everything looked good except

"This having been said, we cannot rule out the
possibility that some individuals who may be extremely sensitive to indoor air irritants or to miniscule concentrations of
nicotine in indoor air might be adversely affected by E-cigarette (or pharmaceutical nicotine vaporizer) vapor."

She might say I have to go outside now. Man that guy has got me so irritated.

So "edit" that small part out.

 

[DaveP]

I really wish that some conclusive lab testing outside of the New Zealand tests would occur and tell us exactly how much nicotine is in the vapor we exhale. I really don't think that it's much. I've blown exhaled vapor on my arm until there's a wet spot, then tasted it. If there was a significant nicotine content it would be bitter just like it is when you vape heavily and hold it in your mouth for several seconds. You can taste and feel the presence of nicotine.

The New Zealand test reported something like 98% retention and only 2% in the exhale from Ruyan testing. The graphs show that the Ruyan ecig delivered only about 10% of the nicotine delivered by a Red Marlboro. The actual nicotine amounts were .1mg for the Marlboro and .01mg for the Ruyan ecig.
http://www.healthnz.co.nz/DublinEcigBenchtopHandout.pdf
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Ecigarette mist harmless, inhaled or exhaled

Second hand cigarette smoke is a mixture of mainstream and sidestream smoke. It contains the same toxicants as mainstream smoke, but at reduced levels. It is responsible for about 8% of the deaths caused by direct smoking.

Second hand mist from an e-cigarette is not smoke at all, and does not contain any substance known to cause death, short or long term, in the quantities found. It becomes invisible within a few seconds, and is not detectable by smell.

Exhaled breath after e-cigarette use has been tested for CO only. No increase in CO was found.

The e-cigarette does not create side-stream smoke.

Exhaled breath after e-smoking contains even less nicotine per puff, as much of the nicotine inhaled is absorbed. Similarly, propylene glycol is largely absorbed and little is exhaled.

No harm found in e-cigarette mist

 

[thuktun]

I'd start insisting that anyone with asthma go outside to use their inhaler.