I recently had two positive experiences in two separate restaurants. At the first, my husband and I were sitting in the bar area with our vaping gear. The manager walked by and stopped at our table to tell us that vaping was fine but he would appreciate "no huge clouds". Nice!
A couple of days later I was meeting friends for lunch and walked up to the front (by the bar and hostess stand) to wait on one of them who was having GPS issues finding the place. I decided to walk outside to watch for my friend and pulled out my gear (iTaste VV v3 and Mini PT 2) figuring I'd vape while I waited. The second I did, the hostess flipped out, berating me about "the children" and such - note that I had not vaped at this point. The manager walks up and asks if there is a problem and she starts repeating her rant and pointing at me like I was holding a bloody knife over the carcass of an infant. He stopped her and turned to me (I was readying my "I'm going outside" speech) and said, "If you would like, you can vape at the bar while you wait." Sweet!
So far I'm 100% on bars and restaurants proactively telling me it was OK to vape (though I admit I patronize small local eateries and craft brew pubs and not chain restaurants - still, pretty cool).
A couple of days later I was meeting friends for lunch and walked up to the front (by the bar and hostess stand) to wait on one of them who was having GPS issues finding the place. I decided to walk outside to watch for my friend and pulled out my gear (iTaste VV v3 and Mini PT 2) figuring I'd vape while I waited. The second I did, the hostess flipped out, berating me about "the children" and such - note that I had not vaped at this point. The manager walks up and asks if there is a problem and she starts repeating her rant and pointing at me like I was holding a bloody knife over the carcass of an infant. He stopped her and turned to me (I was readying my "I'm going outside" speech) and said, "If you would like, you can vape at the bar while you wait." Sweet!
So far I'm 100% on bars and restaurants proactively telling me it was OK to vape (though I admit I patronize small local eateries and craft brew pubs and not chain restaurants - still, pretty cool).
