Whether you're near anyone or not, it's just kinda tacky. It smacks of 'trying to get away with it'.
So, again the goal post changed. Now vaping, regardless of distance is tacky because regardless of how it is being done, it looks like 'trying to get away with it.' Well, that then holds true for vaping outdoors and vaping in one's own premises. In fact, if only willing to vape on own premises, when it is shunned in public, you are clearly seeking a place to do it where you think it is acceptable, when perhaps others in society just assume this 'tacky' habit be banned everywhere. I'm thinking you'd agree with them as vaping anywhere for you is just kinda tacky.
How many supermarkets have you been in that have accepted people vaping?
One, but I only go to 2 grocery stores. The one that doesn't allow it, based on ignorance in conversation I had with manager, is one I now go to rarely. Was there yesterday and will probably go there again. Also will likely vape in the one that said no, cause store is large enough that when I'm in canned / packaged food section and no one is around, I see it as non-issue. Fairly certain I'll never be caught should I choose to vape there. Openly.
It seems pretty self-evident that the reason people don't ask is because they know what the answer is already. You're going to annoy the other customers if they see / smell you, and the staff with the sheer presumptuousness of it.
No, I don't ask at times for a variety of reasons. Depends on my mood, or if I think I'll be dealing with low level manager. Like in the store that said okay, I dealt with low level floor person that said, 'sure why not?' I would call that another form of ignorance that worked in my favor. But knowing how the store operates in overall manner, I'm not prone to vape there because they are usually super busy and I'd rather not do it in close proximity to others, even while I'm thinking clientel of that store wouldn't be all that concerned, or even understand what I did. Fact is, I will still vape in that store, but just not feeling entirely comfortable that there policy is in fact 'definitely yes' even while I got an affirmative answer the one time I asked.
Also, I won't ask if it's a large store, like Wal-mart or Home Depot, though I did ask at Home Depot and they said yes. But in large store where I could be at any given point a good 25 feet or more from nearest human, I think of vaping as a non-issue. If these stores suddenly changed policy and were explicit about no vaping, I'd still vape there under same idea I just noted. Perhaps if we enter into world where drone like cameras are on you every public place you enter into, then I may not. Until that day, I'm likely to openly vape in these sort of public places.
Not really any need to force them to ask you to stop, any more than there would be for skateboarding, or drinking booze, or singing loudly. Just wait till you get outside.
I'm considering not doing it outside cause I heard vaping is kinda tacky. Plus who knows where the wind will deliver my exhale? Plus I heard vaping is dangerous (battery could explode at any moment). Plus I heard vaping, and secondhand nicotine is addictive. Besides, we don't know for sure what vaping does to the environment around us, and may not know for another 30 years. Oh and don't forget, vaping leaves a residue wherever you do it. There are people amongst us who could be highly sensitive to whatever is in exhaled vapor, so out of respect for these people and all future generations, I think we might want to examine whether vaping outside or on our own premises is a wise choice.
Seriously, I'm on your guys side, but I just don't think we should vape anywhere, out of respect for people. To disagree with this means you are likely rude, disrespectful and don't understand basic common courtesy.
Nowhere in the Declaration of Independence does it mention vaping, therefore our forefathers obviously didn't want us to vape at all.
