Outraged!

[murrajes]

So, I'm coming back from lunch and see my old smoking buddies hanging out by the smoking hut in back of the building. I got brave and walked up and whipped out my cool ego-T (pink) with a chrome atomizer cover and polished pink drip tip. It really is awesome. One girl snickered. The other said "oh yeah...that stuff is so expensive". I took a drag and they started laughing! I believe they were making fun of me! .....es. They stink and I smell like coconut and caramels

 

[denali_41]

yea i think they were,,just laugh back at all the money and health your are saving

 

[keyzygirl]

Tell them you promise to visit them in the hospital,LOL! Im kidding that would be soooo mean.

 

[Los Marauder]

To bad people have to be so ignorant. You say they were your old smoking budies, well how fickle they have become. I could cair less if one of my friends had a hammer stuck in their eye (as long as they were ok of coarse). You have friends here, and we like people that smoke cool pink Ego -t's.

 

[terrilg70]

Don't worry about them how immature!!!

 

[Sweeney Todd]

Keep on vaping bravely in public, if we all do it it really can add up.

 

[JollyRogers]

If I walked up with a pink eGo, my friends would make fun of me too!!! But I am a guy

Seriously, they need to smell themselves after their smoke. They absolutely stink. A guy made fun of my PV (I use a mod) and later we were working on something and he came in after a smoke. I offered him some gum, and axe body spray because he was making me gag. He doesn't make fun of me anymore. He thinks I am an .... now, and well... I am cause I typically hate people and their stupidity.

 

[Petrodus]

They are your "old smoking buddies"
Your no longer part of the "smoking crowd"
vaping makes many smokers a little uncomfortable

 

[murrajes]

They are your "old smoking buddies"
Your no longer part of the "smoking crowd"
Vaping makes many smokers a little uncomfortable

I never thought of it like that! I think thats it!

 

[zoiDman]

Oh Yeah...

e-Cigs are So Expensive.

A Lot Cheaper to spend $175 a Month, EVERY Month, on Analogs.

 

[twohandedcreations]

yea, their just clueless!!!

 

[Scottinboca]

Don't worry about it. If they keep smoking they will die soon!

 

[Scottinboca]

That was a horrible thing I said, but it was funny in my own sick head. I'm sorry if it offends anyone.

 

[Jimi D.]

They'll be vaping soon...

 

[Survivors Mom]

But really... who gets the last laugh here?

Your "expensive" pretty stuff tastes soooooo much better, you smell better, you breathe better, you don't have that irritating cough, you don't spend as much money as they do, and you look cooler.

Sounds to me like you're way ahead in this game!

 

[AzIrish]

I ran into this with a few people at work as well. After them asking me everyday what flavor you. First as a joke, then later it turned to, no kidding does it really like... (kiwi strawberry, cherry pepsi, creme brulee or whatever new flavor I was vaping). I never pushed it on them, I always just stood at our smoking area. (aka The .... Hut) Then after a few weeks they started to see me less and less and when I did go down to vape, the questions were more how long, have you smoked analogs, they must cost a lot and I would tell them nope no analogs, start up costed me less then two weeks of smoking and I don't crave analogs at all. Started off with one other guy asking me what should I get, sent him an email with a good ego starter kit. Then it was me and him at the The .... Hutt, talking new flavors and about getting new gear. We started noticing every one involved in our conversation. Then one after another they started moving to vaping. We now have 8 hard smokers switch, a few still smoke analogs still. I have also been approached by a couple of people who where hiding their smoking habits who have now jumped on board The Vaping Train. I found that curiosity killed the cat or in this case saved it.. We still have 4 or 5 hold outs and we don't treat them any different, we all believe they might eventually make the switch ... if not.. oh well

 

[John Phoenix]

I tell em, no.. you don't understand.. this comes in many yummy flavors, I can get more nicotine than you can and I can use it anywhere. Oh and it's cheaper than smoking and a really cool high tech way to do it. Top That. Then I blow out a cloud that dwarfs theirs.

At this point they get serious and want to know more about it.

Most people think an e-cig must be like a cheesy nicotine inhaler.

 

[Petrodus]

Want to convert a smoker ???
Make a HUGE Vapor Cloud

 

[pixilator]

Haha. definitely. Huge clouds of vape are always impressive (unless you're at work and don't realize you did it. And like me, you work in a pharmacy. Selling cancer meds and antismoking stuff...hrm...maybe I should stealth it a bit more there). But it does give me a good opportunity to talk to people about converting.

And it hurts to get laughed at, but really...they're smokers. They clearly know how to make good decisions.

 

[Taintedhalo]

Maybe this will help you. I think of it every time I get flack when I know I am doing something right for me.


THE STORY OF THE CRAB BUCKET

One time a man was walking along the beach and say another man fishing in the surf with a bait bucket beside him. As he drew closer, he saw that the bait bucket had no lid and had live crabs inside.
"Why don't you cover your bait bucket so the crabs won't escape?", he said.
"You don't understand.", the man replied, "If there is one crab in the bucket it would surely crawl out very quickly. However, when there are many crabs in the bucket, if one tries to crawl up the side, the others grab hold of it and pull it back down so that it will share the same fate as the rest of them."

So it is with people. If one tries to do something different, get better grades, improve herself, escape her environment, or dream big dreams, other people will try to drag her back down to share their fate.

Moral of the story: Ignore the crabs. Charge ahead and do what is right for you. It may not be easy and you may not succeed as much as you like, but you will NEVER share the same fate as those never try.