I was running to Dad's today and didn't have time to find the sneakers that I can fit socks under so I just slipped on some shoes -- and tossed the slippers into my bag. I walked around in them all day, then got home and put the booties back on.
At the station, they can take several people who are going in the same direction. The first cab in line was going south so I was in the second cab. I was on the curb, taking a puff or two before leaving when the next woman came and she was going the same way. She said something like "I can't" or "There's someone here" and I said it was no problem, I'd go around and get in on the other side.
As I sat down, I heard her saying she couldn't sit next to me, I was smoking. I said "I'm not smoking..." "But you were. I saw you." I explained that it was an electronic cigarette and there was no smoke, no tar, no cigarette smell. "I'm going to visit my grandchildren. I can't go se them, smelling like that." I tried to explain that the smell was Vanilla Cola and there was no second hand smoke anyway but she was busy exclaiming that she knew all about it. She was an ex-smoker herself but she couldn't go visit her grandchildren after sitting next to me. I tried one more time but she moved on to the next cab.
My driver and his friend got in the front seat and, just before we drove away we could hear her telling the driver of the next cab how she understood all about it, she was an ex-smoker. My driver and friend were laughing because, apparently, all the drivers of the company that owns the other cab are smokers. They smoke in their cars when they don't have passengers then open the windows. (Also, the friend's sister quit a 40-year habit a few months ago with PVs.)
The more I think about it, there was too much fuss about not being near her grandchildren after being near a smoker. That's not the way second-hand smoke works and an ex-smoker would know it. My guess is that she's not as "ex" as she was proclaiming and if they smelled cigarette smoke her son/daughter and grandchildren would accuse granny of falling off the wagon.