Confiscated my ecig !

[Jfresh859]

So I was smoking on the sidewalk, not owned by university of Kentucky. I was talking to a man about to have a tracheotomy about my ecig. He was
Mind blow that it was smoke free. A security officer came up and said "put
That .... out". I relied it was an ecig and the no smoking sign on their property says no cigs no dip. He said tough .... and said to put it out.
Well you guys know you can't put out an ecig. So he the. Proceeds to apprehend my ecig, and I notice that in his pocket is nicotine gum. At this point I'm ....... I point out that his gum is a tobacco product by his fascist definition, and he slammed his window. I finally got my ecig back by another guard who was more sympathetic.
My question, university of ky has
A no tobacco rule. Is this enforceable on a public sidewalk with my ecig? What do I do next time, because I spend 5 hours a day on their property with a client I drive to radiation. Do I have any ground here or should I just bathroom vape and move on?

 

[classwife]

Moved to E-Cigarettes in Public from The Lounge

 

[MickeyRat]

SHEESH!!! Talk about jonesing.

 

[Eagle Talon]

Do not worry about it!
Just do it!

 

[djwyman]

isn't that the same university that passed out those BS flyers about ecigs causing cancer and having paint thinner in them?

 

[Hulamoon]

Wow! If it's a public sidewalk I cannot for the life of me see how some 2-bit private hire security guard has the authority to harass and ultimately steal the property of a member of the public. It sounds ludicrous and I would certainly take it further. If Ky does have a "no smoking anywhere" law of some kind in place, and a private hire jumps out of the damn woodwork and plays cop anyway, that's impersonating a police officer to my mind.

 

[Iffy]

Moved to E-Cigarettes in Public from The Lounge

Maybe a lil' premature... considering it was in da Lounge?

 

[A17kawboy]

Sounds like that guard has a sperm build-up problem. He needs a talking to from his boss.

 

[DaveP]

Next time just slide it into your pocket and smile. When he leaves, vape again. Some security guards are power hungry and abrasive. Others tried LEO school and didn't make it and became security guards. Some are really nice people. You encountered one of the first kind.

 

[Kremppie]

I agree with DaveP. He would probably not understand if you explained it to him. There are rules everywhere...and I try not to let myself get upset over someone that doesn't know what they are talking about. And btw, very nice of you to take someone to treatment so often!

 

[Hosedragger]

if you are not a student and he is not a police officer then what happened is unarmed robbery and you would have every right to pursue criminal charges and also possible assault charges, it is up to you how far you want to take it.

 

[Jfresh859]

I've sent in a few emails,
And yeah it's uk, with that Hahn lady, do maybe it's a list cause, but I emailed her too lol

 

[Jfresh859]

*so maybe it's a lost cause, lol.
Anyways going again today, and will be vaping today

 

[440BB]

Here's an article about our local community college's new no tobacco policy. Maybe you can use it to help get some relief.

Smokes are no longer on the syllabus at OCC | C & G Newspapers

 

[Myk]

If the sidewalk is next to a public road it should be public property. If the sidewalk is next to a private parking lot or road it could be private property.
It's hard to say without being there to see the layout.

Don't be so sure that a university officer is a 2 bit private security guard. The local university here has their own police department. They're often 2 bit cop failures but they have all the powers of a real cop short of having a jail to throw you in.

This local seems to be set up much like UoK according to their map where some streets running through the campus are public and some are private.
But if you want to get technical it's all public property since it's a state university, which doesn't apply to the local because it's private.

 

[Jfresh859]

Yeah I'm just going to stand on the sidewalk. If that doesn't work, I will take. Chair and post up in the middle of the Road. I will have my nicotine!

 

[ratpack7]

Sounds to me like the security officer is ...... that they wont let him smoke (Hence the nicotine gum in his pocket) and is taking it out on every one else that smokes or vapes.

 

[Jfresh859]

Sounds to me like the security officer is ...... that they wont let him smoke (Hence the nicotine gum in his pocket) and is taking it out on every one else that smokes or vapes.

That's my thought exactly.

 

[Petrodus]

I'm an old retired vet and if some ego maniac
wanna be cop tried to confiscate my e-cig ...
I would tell the idiot he could take me to e-smoking jail
where I will call my attorney and sue him and everyone
in his chain of command.

 

[Jfresh859]

See I didn't wana cause too much of a pissfit, because I work in senior care, and drive many clients to this particular radiation therapy center. So I don't want to be banned or something. Hopefully the sidewalk will be fair game for me.