So here is my experience last night at a baseball game in Cincinnati (a smoke free stadium). Enjoy!
So, Last night, I went to a baseball game at Great American Ball Park here in Cincinnati. If you don't know, this is a smoke free facility. I've been harassed many times there for try to smoke an analog. So, I was kind of excited to be able to go to a game and enjoy the whole thing since I wasn't trying to find a place to smoke half the time.
I decided that vaping at my seat would not be a good idea, since it was a good chance that I would get a bad reaction from somebody near by, causing the whole idea to go up in smoke, so to speak. So I went over to the back of mezzanine to a place where I know many people try and smoke.
The first time I went up there, I was going to ask a security guard first to be polite and possible avoid an awkward confrontation. But I could not find one. I did however find a fireman. He was in uniform and looked official. He told me as long as it wasn't a lit cigarette there should be no problem. That was enough of an okay for me. Got a few weird looks, but no one said anything.
The next time I went for a puff, I went to the same area. This time I just started puffing away. Then a lady comes by and asks me if this was the designated smoking area. I promptly pointed to the "No-Smoking" sign over head and told her there was no smoking anywhere. She then looked at me all curious like as I took another puff from my 510. And walked away all huffy. I don't think she realized that I didn't have a cigarette and thought I was being a smart ....
Then at the 8th inning, the Reds are down by 3 runs, everyone's been drinking and they don't care if they get kicked out anymore. So this time there was a crowd of about 25-30 people huddled near my spot smoking cigarettes. They were all off hiding in the corner in the dark. I went and stood back where I was before, in the light, plain as day. Sure enough like clock work, a security guy comes strolling on over to the smokers. He seemed like the was a nice guy and was having fun with everyone. I'm not sure what he said, but I saw everyone raise their hands like they were being arrested and they were laughing. But he still asked everyone to put out their cigarettes.
Since he was nice about it, I see no reason why anyone needed to be a ..... They should have just put out their cigarettes and been done with it. I know in the past, when some one came over as a ..... I'd continue to smoke out of spite that he was a ....., but when asked nicely, I always complied. (At least til they were out of view again). But half the people just kept on smoking. This made the nice security guard kind of aggervated I could tell. So he started yelling. Finally, the other threw down their butts and he began to walk away. Then he walked passed me. He looked at me and started yelling that I had to put out my cigarette. I kindly said, but it's not a cigarette. He must not have understood, so he yelled again. I again told him that it's not a real cigarette, and flashed the LED a couple of times to show him it wasn't burning. Then he stopped, looked at my 510 closely with a kind of stunned look. And simply said, "Oh, Okay".
As soon as he was out of view, all the smokers lit up again. But several of them came over to talk to me about my PV. This is why I need to start keeping a stock of 510's on my person. I could have sold a bunch of them last night.
Also a minute or two later, another security person came by telling everyone to put out there smokes. This guy just looked at me, and kept on walking, didn't say a word.
So, Last night, I went to a baseball game at Great American Ball Park here in Cincinnati. If you don't know, this is a smoke free facility. I've been harassed many times there for try to smoke an analog. So, I was kind of excited to be able to go to a game and enjoy the whole thing since I wasn't trying to find a place to smoke half the time.
I decided that vaping at my seat would not be a good idea, since it was a good chance that I would get a bad reaction from somebody near by, causing the whole idea to go up in smoke, so to speak. So I went over to the back of mezzanine to a place where I know many people try and smoke.
The first time I went up there, I was going to ask a security guard first to be polite and possible avoid an awkward confrontation. But I could not find one. I did however find a fireman. He was in uniform and looked official. He told me as long as it wasn't a lit cigarette there should be no problem. That was enough of an okay for me. Got a few weird looks, but no one said anything.
The next time I went for a puff, I went to the same area. This time I just started puffing away. Then a lady comes by and asks me if this was the designated smoking area. I promptly pointed to the "No-Smoking" sign over head and told her there was no smoking anywhere. She then looked at me all curious like as I took another puff from my 510. And walked away all huffy. I don't think she realized that I didn't have a cigarette and thought I was being a smart ....
Then at the 8th inning, the Reds are down by 3 runs, everyone's been drinking and they don't care if they get kicked out anymore. So this time there was a crowd of about 25-30 people huddled near my spot smoking cigarettes. They were all off hiding in the corner in the dark. I went and stood back where I was before, in the light, plain as day. Sure enough like clock work, a security guy comes strolling on over to the smokers. He seemed like the was a nice guy and was having fun with everyone. I'm not sure what he said, but I saw everyone raise their hands like they were being arrested and they were laughing. But he still asked everyone to put out their cigarettes.
Since he was nice about it, I see no reason why anyone needed to be a ..... They should have just put out their cigarettes and been done with it. I know in the past, when some one came over as a ..... I'd continue to smoke out of spite that he was a ....., but when asked nicely, I always complied. (At least til they were out of view again). But half the people just kept on smoking. This made the nice security guard kind of aggervated I could tell. So he started yelling. Finally, the other threw down their butts and he began to walk away. Then he walked passed me. He looked at me and started yelling that I had to put out my cigarette. I kindly said, but it's not a cigarette. He must not have understood, so he yelled again. I again told him that it's not a real cigarette, and flashed the LED a couple of times to show him it wasn't burning. Then he stopped, looked at my 510 closely with a kind of stunned look. And simply said, "Oh, Okay".
As soon as he was out of view, all the smokers lit up again. But several of them came over to talk to me about my PV. This is why I need to start keeping a stock of 510's on my person. I could have sold a bunch of them last night.
Also a minute or two later, another security person came by telling everyone to put out there smokes. This guy just looked at me, and kept on walking, didn't say a word.
