Got a short funny story.

[flyhigh]

Know how some off those anti smoking people just go way over board? Like the ones that throw caughing fits when they see you smoking 30 feet away?

Well, the other day I was in friends car while he was picking up some food, i got bored and took my vap out to take a few puffs, and i see like the fifty some year old lady like ten feet away in her car with the waffing the air away and caughing hysterically. And to top it off, the window on the side of the car she was close to was closed. Some people just agitate the hell out of me.

 

[scubasteve25]

i was outside a medical building vapeing when a lady who had to be a good 15-20 feet away from me, walked by as i was exhaling starting flailing her arms around and covering her mouth while coughing.... guess she doesnt like the way snickerdoodles smell...

 

[flyhigh]

i was outside a medical building vapeing when a lady who had to be a good 15-20 feet away from me, walked by as i was exhaling starting flailing her arms around and covering her mouth while coughing.... guess she doesnt like the way snickerdoodles smell...

Hilarious. If it was with a cigarette I might genuinely feel a little bad and put it out, but with this I just felt like she was making a huge fool out of herself. So i just kept puffing.

 

[WillieB69]

There has been some debate at work about whether I should be able to sit in the non smoking breakroom and vape or not. A lot of people, including a couple of supervisors, have asked me why I still siting the smokers' breakroom when I'm not supposed to be smoking. In truth, it does bother me a bit but I know we have at least two people in the non smokers' area that would raise a fuss about it no matter how much I would try to explain it to them.

There is one woman who uses her "asthma" as a convenient excuse for almost anything she doesn't like. She has even gotten certain foods she doesn't like banned from being fixed in the breakroom microwave because the smells bother her. Even though there is the same stuff in my PV as there is in her nebulizer treatments, she would be coughing and hacking away like I was trying to kill her.

 

[JoeDLion188]

I had someone standing about 20 feet away from me have a coughing fit while looking right at me. Then they stopped and looked confused as I put my "light cigarette" in my pants pocket.

I wanted to say "What? You think the green light at the end means I'm smoking a menthol?"

 

[uAdC]

omg i love these stories of dumbfounded and just straight up dumb anti's.

keep em comin!!

 

[JoeDLion188]

omg i love these stories of dumbfounded and just straight up dumb anti's.

keep em comin!!

I need to get out more for some more stories.

BTW: Love the avitar!

 

[ec!gg]

That is pretty funny. It sounds like she was a little over dramatic. Well maybe she was coughing up a hairball or something

Know how some off those anti smoking people just go way over board? Like the ones that throw caughing fits when they see you smoking 30 feet away?

Well, the other day I was in friends car while he was picking up some food, i got bored and took my vap out to take a few puffs, and i see like the fifty some year old lady like ten feet away in her car with the waffing the air away and caughing hysterically. And to top it off, the window on the side of the car she was close to was closed. Some people just agitate the hell out of me.

 

[Twisty]

Here's my best encounter.

A couple months ago I was having dinner at Steak & Shake (a regional burger joint). When I was finished eating I had my after meal vape. A couple tables away a girl about 10 y/o sitting with her mother started coughing and looking at me. Well I was in a pissy mood that day. When I got up to leave I walked up to the mother and said "Your daughters cough sounds bad. You should take her to the doctor to get a shot."

She said "She's not sick. Your cigarette smoke is making her cough."

I pulled out my Riva, took a hit and said "It's not a cigarette". Exhaled "And this isn't smoke. Perhaps you should take her to a psychiatrist." The waitress burst out laughing.

 

[Dying2Live]

Here's my best encounter.

A couple months ago I was having dinner at Steak & Shake (a regional burger joint). When I was finished eating I had my after meal vape. A couple tables away a girl about 10 y/o sitting with her mother started coughing and looking at me. Well I was in a pissy mood that day. When I got up to leave I walked up to the mother and said "Your daughters cough sounds bad. You should take her to the doctor to get a shot."

She said "She's not sick. Your cigarette smoke is making her cough."

I pulled out my Riva, took a hit and said "It's not a cigarette". Exhaled "And this isn't smoke. Perhaps you should take her to a psychiatrist." The waitress burst out laughing.

hahahhahahaha twisty you just made my day, that's great.

 

[emus]

What's next, obesity antis?
Maybe they will barf 30ft away if I eat a doughnut.

 

[mostlyclassics]

The sad, and dangerous, thing is that all these people, with the exception of the little girl, can vote.

They make me fear for the future of the republic.

 

[Biohazard]

Here's my best encounter.

A couple months ago I was having dinner at Steak & Shake (a regional burger joint). When I was finished eating I had my after meal vape. A couple tables away a girl about 10 y/o sitting with her mother started coughing and looking at me. Well I was in a pissy mood that day. When I got up to leave I walked up to the mother and said "Your daughters cough sounds bad. You should take her to the doctor to get a shot."

She said "She's not sick. Your cigarette smoke is making her cough."

I pulled out my Riva, took a hit and said "It's not a cigarette". Exhaled "And this isn't smoke. Perhaps you should take her to a psychiatrist." The waitress burst out laughing.

This makes me so happy!

 

[brittanyNI]

I have a somewhat perverse sense of humor sometimes. For example, I have started having an argument with myself in an elevator just to horrify whoever else is there if they seem sort of uptight. This is especially fun if my husband is around because he often plays the straight man -- he'll look at them apologetically and explain that my meds were just changed but he doesn't THINK I am dangerous, etc.

So I hopped on an elevator alone, it stopped at the next floor for someone to hop on; and I had been vaping. I had the e-cig in my hand. She looks all horrified, and asks "what's that!?" Okay ... I'm a bad girl I know ... I calmly explained to her that I am a scientist (true) and it was a secret mind control weapon (not true) in development to which the user is immune; but everyone who inhales the scentless vapor becomes highly suggestible. I explained she shouldn't worry because her exposure in the elevator is minimal but she should avoid timeshare salesman for the next few hours.

I did it totally straight and serious, and I think she really believed me because I could see her in the far corner holding her breath. LOL!! When she got off I laughed so hard I almost fell down and peed myself!

 

[Biohazard]

@brittanyNI

Oh man that is classic! It just goes to show that if you can say something with a straight face and enough confidence you can get people to believe anything. This is awesome I wish I was clever enough to come up with something like that!

 

[sidetrack]

Here's my best encounter.

A couple months ago I was having dinner at Steak & Shake (a regional burger joint). When I was finished eating I had my after meal vape. A couple tables away a girl about 10 y/o sitting with her mother started coughing and looking at me. Well I was in a pissy mood that day. When I got up to leave I walked up to the mother and said "Your daughters cough sounds bad. You should take her to the doctor to get a shot."

She said "She's not sick. Your cigarette smoke is making her cough."

I pulled out my Riva, took a hit and said "It's not a cigarette". Exhaled "And this isn't smoke. Perhaps you should take her to a psychiatrist." The waitress burst out laughing.

I do love a good comeback! I salute your wit.......

 

[rustybikes]

The tales here are wonderful. I'm gonna have to use some of these ideas if I ever get as far as a confrontation over my vaping. So far, though, I've only gotten stared at.

Once, when this happened, I had a random thought occur.. When I was a kid, I played a game with my siblings and friends that could be called the "staring game". The rules were simple - whomever breaks eye-contact first was the loser. Turns out the staring game works with the ANTZ (and ANTZ-wannabes) pretty good too, even if they don't know the rules. Or maybe it's because they don't know the rules.

Whatever.. I don't generally pay attention to people around me, and that carries over nicely when vaping. However, if I do catch someone staring, I'll just stare back. Depending on the situation, I'll even take a hit or two off my PV while maintaining eye-contact (there are rules, after all) just to send the message that I'm not gonna stop just because of an disapproving stare. My daily-driver is a Darwin with a SS CE2, sporting a bright orange drip-tip, so there's no confusing it with an analog, even for the stupid.

So far, 100% success-rate - I have yet to have someone get up in my face about it; they always look away first. Which strangely disappoints me. I've had an exchange playing in my head for a while now, but have never got to use it (yet):

"Sir! Sir! You can't smoke in here. It's not allowed!"
"That's cool; I'm not smoking. Thanks for letting me know, though. I am an idiot, so I wasn't sure."

Here's hoping...

 

[Chicago Dave]

Analog story: Back when I smoked analogs some lady came up to me while I was smoking. She proceeded to say "You know smoking is bad for you." I proceeded to say "Oh my god I had no idea." While I threw the cig on the ground and put it out. I kept talking to her, some random stuff just so I had her attention while I proceeded to take out three cigarettes and light them all. I then told her that telling a smoker that it's bad for you is like saying that you drink water/fluids to live. And that I had to make a decision that if I should have started or not. She then just walked away.

E-cig story. While vaping in a park and sitting on a bench, 50 ft. away from the playground one of the moms comes up to me and says "Your setting a bad example for my children". With an analog in between her fingers. I proceeded to look up and stare he down for a good ten seconds. I just said "What? How can you say that with an actual cigarette between your finger and I'm smoking an e-cig." She just walked away after that.

 

[glowgirl]

Here's my best encounter.

A couple months ago I was having dinner at Steak & Shake (a regional burger joint). When I was finished eating I had my after meal vape. A couple tables away a girl about 10 y/o sitting with her mother started coughing and looking at me. Well I was in a pissy mood that day. When I got up to leave I walked up to the mother and said "Your daughters cough sounds bad. You should take her to the doctor to get a shot."

She said "She's not sick. Your cigarette smoke is making her cough."

I pulled out my Riva, took a hit and said "It's not a cigarette". Exhaled "And this isn't smoke. Perhaps you should take her to a psychiatrist." The waitress burst out laughing.

I wish so much that had happened to me and I had said that!

 

[orkira]

I wish so much that had happened to me and I had said that!

I second that!