Just hold in for a few extra seconds and absorb. 5-8 seconds and you don't blow anything out. Problem solved. They can't ban you from hitting it but the "smoke" does alarm people, its a nanny state world!
Ecig banished from work place forever!
- Thread starter Shackattack
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
I am also in IT and work in a NOC as Tier 2 network support. I vape all day long. I get some curious questions from time to time and I just explain what it is and there has been no issues so far. If there was, I'd just go outside like I used to do or use the bathroom. For the most part my co-workers have been supportive when I explain it's a way to get me off tobacco and I'm at my desk way more now.
LOL- gotta love the wives -
When I first started I said, "YEAH! No smell! I can "smoke" in the house now!" With her nose right in a cloud of vapor - She said," It does have a smell - I can smell it!"
I told her to go in the back room and wait for me to call her - I went all around the rest of the house vaping my brains out - Nearly draining a fresh cart - Told her to come out and tell me "which room" I had been doing it in - She could not find a trace of scent - I do it in the house
Can't wait for winter - Man that'll be so nice not to have to go out in the cold anymore!
Last edited:
I guess I am lucky my hubby (non-smoker) says so long as its a E-cig not a Real cig I can vape anywhere I want lol.
I've finally been vaping at work sitting at the computer, rather then going out to the smokers area. Sometimes I hold the inhale for less vapor, sometimes I really don't care. No one really seems to mind, and I've been getting some of my co-workers on the e-cig boat anyway. I have a feeling the higher up's will say something soon, so I'm vaping it up while I can!
No one really seems to mind, and I've been getting some of my co-workers on the e-cig boat anyway. I have a feeling the higher up's will say something soon, so I'm vaping it up while I can!
Well if I were the boss I'd be glad that you were at your desk and not going out for smoke breaks - Increased productivity - If it comes up - Argue that! That has been a real problem for workplace productivity post-smoking ban days - many hours per month spent not at the desk =
E-cig = Another problem solved
E-cig = Another problem solved
I have turned 3 people on to vaping at work, and one more has been asking me to order one for him. That doesnt include their wives, or loved-ones that they got hooked. It's a chain-reaction.
I work in retail, and got my supervisor to get himself a 510... we just don't do it in front of the owner. Not worried about losing the privilege, but why risk it?
I work in retail, and got my supervisor to get himself a 510... we just don't do it in front of the owner. Not worried about losing the privilege, but why risk it?
lol i was thinking the exact same thing. I remember when workers got broadband and got ...... b/c they couldn't surf wherever/whenever they wanted.
it sux that you can't smoke at work, but if i had a job where i could, i'd consider it a luxury and be grateful. if not, I'd do the bathroom or wait for a smoke break.
the world isn't expected to change b/c we vape. pissing ppl off, along with the FDA woes will lead to going underground
I work in a salon in a mall. I don't vape in the salon on the floor however. There's a closet adjacent to my station that I'll step into for emergency vapes, otherwise I have friends who are stuck on analogues and I'll still go outside with them or in the breakroom. When the mall is particularly slow I'll even vape out in the hall on one of the benches. I would never do it on the salon floor though. (except for the quick puff to demo to one of my clients who are excited that I quit smoking, or a co-worker). I'm never flagrant about it, I guess that's just not my nature. I don't like confrontation, and I like having to defend myself even less.
It's actually 25%. If you ever have the good fortune to get to know some of the absolutely charming people who weren't fortunate to be blessed with innate intelligence I doubt you'll make such a comment again.The sad mathematical fact we have to deal with in all of our daily interactions is this:
%49.99999999 of all people on Earth are of below average intelligence and they really make life hard for the ones on the other side -
I agree 100%...although there are times - like at work - it might not be possible to deal with it head on. I guess when it comes down to it, eating does trump vaping...well, most of the time.
I went out for a drink the other night, and was in a non-smoking bar (that's such an oxymoron) and showed the bouncer what I had, and he said I couldn't use it there because other ppl would think it was a cig. I just kinda joked around with him and kept pushing it, but in a nice way, asked him if he was afraid I was going to make his job harder etc. When I finally started getting under his skin, he sent the manager over to talk to me and I explained and demonstrated it to him and he thought it was great.
If Coke were to suddenly become illegal and you were drinking Pepsi and someone asked what you had, you'd just say 'it's a Pepsi' and that would be that. I think we've all been brainwashed into feeling that, as smokers, we're low class and we have to be stealthy and secretive - but we're not smoking. We are not violating any bans or laws, and others perceptions are their problem, not mine.
I will always be courteous about explaining what it is and how it differs from cigs, but until we erase this perception, the ecig will never get what it deserves, which is total acceptance.
I agree 100%...although there are times - like at work - it might not be possible to deal with it head on. I guess when it comes down to it, eating does trump vaping...well, most of the time.
I went out for a drink the other night, and was in a non-smoking bar (that's such an oxymoron) and showed the bouncer what I had, and he said I couldn't use it there because other ppl would think it was a cig. I just kinda joked around with him and kept pushing it, but in a nice way, asked him if he was afraid I was going to make his job harder etc. When I finally started getting under his skin, he sent the manager over to talk to me and I explained and demonstrated it to him and he thought it was great.
If Coke were to suddenly become illegal and you were drinking Pepsi and someone asked what you had, you'd just say 'it's a Pepsi' and that would be that. I think we've all been brainwashed into feeling that, as smokers, we're low class and we have to be stealthy and secretive - but we're not smoking. We are not violating any bans or laws, and others perceptions are their problem, not mine.
I will always be courteous about explaining what it is and how it differs from cigs, but until we erase this perception, the ecig will never get what it deserves, which is total acceptance.
The thing is that the no-smoking fanatics in the bar can consider vaping to be affront to their rights given them by the government. It does not matter much that vape is not a second-hand smoke -- when more and more people start vaping in the bar, the no-smoking group will petition the government to stop this ("We don't want second-hand nicotine"). This may ultimately result in NO SMOKING/VAPING signs everywhere.
Uhhh - No - it's not 25% - Not even sure where you got that number?
Average is 50 out of 100 - Below 50 is below average - It's just simple 4th grade math -
It's not a slight - or an opinion - It is a mathematical fact presented for humor - I never suggested they were not charming or worth knowing. I have the good fortune to know many of them - No need to take offense where none was intended -
Love your avatar and the DEAD btw - Keep on Trucking!
Last edited:
But isn't it time we took back OUR rights.
I understand what you're saying, and you'll never see me on the news because I stormed into a four star restaurant and demanded my right to vape and was dragged out screaming 'IT'S NOT SMOKE, YOU ......'8-o
I've only had an ecig for a couple of weeks, and I've showed it to lots of people. The bouncer I mentioned was the only one who was negative.
I do think that educating and informing others by asking and showing people how it works is the first step in gaining acceptance. I have asked, politely, and if it works out I draw other people into the conversation. Most have been amazed.
The whole 'appearance' thing does get to me, thought. I wonder what would happen if I were to go into a restaurant and pull out an analog, but not light it...just hold it and put it in my mouth occasionally. Do you think people would have the nerve to complain about that? Might be an interesting experiment.
Maybe we should do just that...every vaper just take an analog with them for a day and not light it....kind of a peaceful, new milennium sit-in...Because it is true that those perceptions belong to them, not to us, which is why they're fanantics.
It took an awfully long time to get smoking bans in place - They had to show a reason and a health risk - There was more debate about the reality of harm done by Second Hand Smoke than there has been about Global Warming. When smoking was banned in Bars in our area - It was done so by a VOTE - If that vote comes up with vaping - I sure would like to have an educated public in the voting booth -
My previous 2 cents on the subject is here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo.../13545-busted-wal-mart-lol-19.html#post363130
My previous 2 cents on the subject is here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo.../13545-busted-wal-mart-lol-19.html#post363130
One thing I think people have liked about my ecig is that I've been using flavored carts, and they're surprised that they actually like
the smell. One day I had been using a vanilla cart in the car and had my dog with me. Later on this woman asked if she could hold the dog, then asked me if she just come from a salon because she smelled so good. She smelled like vanilla...lmao.
Now how can anyone argue with something that has no 2nd hand smoke and freshens up your dog at the same time?
the smell. One day I had been using a vanilla cart in the car and had my dog with me. Later on this woman asked if she could hold the dog, then asked me if she just come from a salon because she smelled so good. She smelled like vanilla...lmao.
Now how can anyone argue with something that has no 2nd hand smoke and freshens up your dog at the same time?
JustMeAgain, that experiment with an unlighted cigarette was already done - using a plastic fake cigarette that emitted NO smoke. A reporter in California, before they instituted their ban years ago, went into a restaurant and pulled out the plastic cigarette. A woman in the booth behind him immediately began coughing, then demanded the manager open a window since she couldn't enjoy her meal with the all the "smoke". The mindset has been deeply instilled by the anti-smoking zealots and a news media complicit in the secondhand smoke fraud. Before widespread public use of the e cig will be accepted, we all need to do a lot of PR, both collectively and individually. We also need those studies to prove the exhaled vapor contains no harmful substances (it's amazing how few nonsmokers realize nicotine, albeit in small amounts, may be a part of their daily diet through tomatoes, potatoes, cauliflower and tea, among others).
I'm the manager for the company I work for, and we encourage smoker to switch to the vaping. Not only does the productivity improve due to less breaks, it also helps to reduce the company group insurance rates.
My employer recently stated that starting in Jan. tobacco users would have to pay a "significantly" higher premium. They will determine that by a nicotine test. So, could you elaborate on how the insurance companies do not penalize you for vaping? Does your company do a nicotine test?
Well since the smokers STUPIDLY stood by and meekly accepted these insane laws, then we should have learned a lesson. If vapors do not stand up and make a stand now, they will indeed be out by the dumpsters too. SPEAK UP
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
