Observations and Questions while on vacation

[CGlassford]

So I'm on a "mini vay-cay" with the Hubby in the Lake Charles area of LA.
Going in I was curious to see what comments, if any I would recieve about my pv.

Now, keep in mind I am not a constant vaper. I do smoke as well. I use vaping as a way to cut down on smoking and to get a nic fix while in a non smoking area. I do occationally "stealth vape" when in a non smoking building or area. I did not even stealth in the non smoking area while on this particular excursionl. lol

ANYWAY......I'm in a casino, sitting at a slot machine and I am smoking an analog cigarette. The lady on the machine next to me covers her face with a scarf and coughs. I put out my smoke since I believe she must have a medical problem that makes it difficult for her to breath with smoke in the air. (I try to be a considerate smoker. I mean, even she should get to gamble in peace right?)

After a few minutes - of losing a buck a spin - I need a nic fix so I start puffing away on my cotton candy loaded X2 clearo on my beautiful rainbow 650mah X2 hanging around my neck on my pretty purple lanyard (blowing away from said lady but I can't control the direction the a/c blows in this place!) UP comes the scarf and the coughing comences!! Now I have to call BS!!!! But I didn't say anything. Just kept right on playing/losing till she left. lol Then of course I switched to the machine she was playing. (j/k)

Next day of vacation.....different casino.....Not smoking or vaping. But I do have my pretty set up around my neck waiting for service on a machine that messed up on my Hubby mid spin. We have three employees of the place working on fixing the problem (complicated machine or plenty of hours to give away I don't know or care lol) and one guy looks at my chest and says "Hey....That's a nice one!"......?????? lol I look down and realize he's talking about my PV LOL!! Of course (my face burning with confusion) I babble on about Smokeless Image and mah's and ml's and juice flavor and nic levels and pg and vg - none of which really make any sense to these guys. They did seem to know(basically) what it was. But they had not seen one like mine. One said they had begun to question a woman once about a "cig alike" in the non-smoking tent of the casino - thinking it was an actual cigarette - and when she found out it was a pv, left her alone about it and considered it ok since it was not actual smoke.

Today....Another cansino......I was standing at a slot machine (ya know, testing to see if it was gonna be entertaining enough to sit down to play) and I had just let out a huge plume of vapor when a gentleman walked up to the maching next to me. It wasn't as if I could control it. He walked right into it!! lol Out of the corner of my eye I could see him wrinkle his nose but not in an unpleasant way. I could tell he smelled SOMETHING. So my machine looks like it's gonna be somewhat fun and I sit down. I am considerate and make and effort to blow my vapor away from my neighbor. I can't control the a/c in the place so it heads right across his face......again. lol Out of the corner of my eye, I see him wrinkle his nose again and he looks over at me. I'm just waiting for him to ASK THE QUESTION ALREADY!!!! He never did. I don't get it. Oh well.

I don't want to preach to the un interested but I really wish more people would stop assuming this is a pen haning around my neck. I mean.....really??? I'm not at work......why would I have a large pen hanging around my neck????? lol

 

[Tail11]

I find PV's a conversation starter for the most part. People are genuinely curious about them. I do laugh at those that think I'm smoking an analog when they walk by. I can see them hold their breath as they give me an evil look.

I was going into a store yesterday and I had a little cig a like with me and took a big toot right before I walked in. The lady coming out scrunched up her nose too. What a shame because I was vaping grape at the time. It has been instilled into today's society to automatically assume it's a stinky cigarette.

Being in a casino, you'd think non smokers would finally get used to it. Out west, there are non smoking gaming areas, so it's either go in there or put up with the smoke.

Interesting encounters, thanks for sharing!

 

[cindycated]

I just tell everybody "it's not smoke" before they can even give me the evil eye or the BS cough. Then they smell the yummy strawberry cupcake and smile at me.

 

[Renolizzie]

Love the fake coughs. That is just so ridiculous. Americans need to mellow out a little bit on what they feel is everyone elses bad habits. It's like we are a nation of hypochondriacs. Goodness, just seeing somebody from a distance smoking is enough to get some people all riled up about their supposed endangerment from second hand smoke.

I vaped the last two times I was in a casino. Nobody looked twice.

One time when I lived in Vegas I was sitting at a machine smoking and gambling. Someone sat down next to me and asked "Could you put out that cigarette." I said "No". After all, I was sitting there smoking when she came over and sat next to me. Get a grip. Go find another machine.

 

[Tail11]

Love the fake coughs. That is just so ridiculous. Americans need to mellow out a little bit on what they feel is everyone elses bad habits. It's like we are a nation of hypochondriacs. Goodness, just seeing somebody from a distance smoking is enough to get some people all riled up about their supposed endangerment from second hand smoke.

I vaped the last two times I was in a casino. Nobody looked twice.

One time when I lived in Vegas I was sitting at a machine smoking and gambling. Someone sat down next to me and asked "Could you put out that cigarette." I said "No". After all, I was sitting there smoking when she came over and sat next to me. Get a grip. Go find another machine.

I had the same thing happen to me in Vegas. I was sitting in a casino having a good time playing slots and was on a decent machine. I was the only one at the row of machines for at least two cocktails time frame when a lady sat down and asked me to put out my freshly lit cigarette. I told her if she wanted to buy me a pack, then I would. She glared at me then played for a few minutes and huffed off.

I started thinking about how it will be for me when I visit a casino in my non smoking vaping world that I've created for myself. I am becoming a bit of a non smoker, not really wanting to be around smoke. But, I'd never dream of saying anything to a smoker about it. They have very little rights, and I know how I enjoyed smoking and gaming instead of being asked outside to have a cigarette. So, I'll vape away and avoid as much cigarette as possible and not be rude to smokers.

I wonder if they'd kick me out if I vaped in the non smoking gaming areas?

 

[SteveI]

.... They have very little rights....

Rights? the only right I know of is to pay extortion taxes at the state and federal level. At my son's college, the student council actually passed a resolution to make smoking anywhere on campus illegal. The only place permissible is in your car, with the windows rolled up. I kid you not. I heard this at their "open house" and I was still a smoker.... First chance I had, I went outside and lit up. My little protest went unnoticed. However, if I were a student, they would have many ways of punishment.

After taking grief from strangers over the years, I always hope someone cops an attitude when I am vaping.

 

[mudhill]

myself,when i am around smokers,i can't smell their smoke ,so what the heck let smoke all they want.

 

[BiXLL]

Oh Larry, I totally disagree. I would not give a smoker a hard time, but man THEY STINK!!!!! I had no idea I smelled that bad all those years

 

[Tail11]

Rights? the only right I know of is to pay extortion taxes at the state and federal level. At my son's college, the student council actually passed a resolution to make smoking anywhere on campus illegal. The only place permissible is in your car, with the windows rolled up. I kid you not. I heard this at their "open house" and I was still a smoker.... First chance I had, I went outside and lit up. My little protest went unnoticed. However, if I were a student, they would have many ways of punishment.

After taking grief from strangers over the years, I always hope someone cops an attitude when I am vaping.

I was speaking in the terms of smokers rights, which your example shows. Sorry if you misunderstood what I meant.

 

[SteveI]

I was speaking in the terms of smokers rights, which your example shows. Sorry if you misunderstood what I meant.

I think we are on the same page... eg... smokers have no rights. You can't bash a ...... addict, they are "victims." However, it has become politically correct to bash smokers, tax 'em, fine 'em, let 'em buy 'em, but don't let 'em smoke, except in hiding and shame.

EDIT: sorry... seems I hit a nerve.

 

[mudhill]

Oh Larry, I totally disagree. I would not give a smoker a hard time, but man THEY STINK!!!!! I had no idea I smelled that bad all those years

i don't smell cigarette smoke,,but last week i was at the senior center in town and was standing next to a guy that i thought must have a wood stove,so i asked him and he said no,,he thought a second and said that i must smell his pipe that he smoked,,man he smelled like a wet ash tray,,that must be some nasty pipe tobacco he uses ,i let it go.

 

[opal]

odd broad out here.. I still find the fragrance of a freshly lit cig appealing - not so much the taste but the smell still draws me in and I'd never give a smoker crap unless they were wildly gesturing close to my face with a lit one.

 

[abracadebra]

Love the fake coughs. That is just so ridiculous. Americans need to mellow out a little bit on what they feel is everyone elses bad habits. It's like we are a nation of hypochondriacs. Goodness, just seeing somebody from a distance smoking is enough to get some people all riled up about their supposed endangerment from second hand smoke.

I vaped the last two times I was in a casino. Nobody looked twice.

One time when I lived in Vegas I was sitting at a machine smoking and gambling. Someone sat down next to me and asked "Could you put out that cigarette." I said "No". After all, I was sitting there smoking when she came over and sat next to me. Get a grip. Go find another machine.

good stuff lizzie....ditto to that...

 

[abracadebra]

since ive been vaping...ive been to a few pubs...as far as I know..im the only vaper there....I use to go out to smoking areas...well not no more...I vape everywhere....unless im told by someone who would like me to move...but mate before I go ...do you know what this is....you give them the run down...its always a mixed bag of comments....like at the new years eve party last night...so many smokers there...plus one person I put on to volt...who didn't even put me down as a referral....stupid...geez thanks cow...owell.....then there were the long line of teens to young adults....who just had to try my x2s...well I took 5 x2 with me....they all seem to like it...so a few business cards were handed out..and a couple of parents who gave me the evil eye...who I had to have a chat with...hey stop being in denial your kids are smoking...please try and surrport what im trying to do here....so it all could of ruin the party....so had to pack up my x2s...and avoided the drama....anywho that's there problem...you can lead a horse to water cant make it drink....so I better see some referral points soon...I spend a lot of time helping my aussie friends with getting off smellys...so they can jolly well...help me by just adding a few numbers when they order....amen...

 

[bluecat]

I went on a cruise over the summer. Family had fun.. but man I don't think I am a cruise man. I like my space. The cruise was a mixture of people from all over the world. Huge mixture.

I took my 900 X2 and clearos. I did have a couple smokes when I bought a pack in Mexico at port. They were 6 bucks and they lady said that's expensive I should buy a carton. I was about to try to explain in Spanish that I realized that, but I was just dieing for a smoke after 5 days on a boat. I smoked half the pack and left the rest on the boat.

Anyway.. I only vaped at the smoking side which many people walked down and at the Casino. Only one person said a word to me about. A young Canadian girl... she had called it a G Pen. I said no it is a Volt and she looked at it. She thought I had the funny stuff in it. I explained it contained flavored nicotine and it was helping me stop smoking. She looked at me and said " yeah I guess it could be used for that."

The only other time anyway said a word was when I hit a private bar (smoking is banned in public places unless it is a private club). The bar lady spoke to me about it and she had tried the Blu ones and didn't like them.

As for the coughing, my wife and I were buying a new car this fall. While driving in my old car I decided to vape away. It was a huge plume of mist and she coughed at it.

Most of the time I get nothing but a look or two with my bright green light. No one says a word to me... maybe I am just scary looking.