Vaping in a Retail Store (Plus, input from management!)

[zoiDman]

What difference does it make if I ban myself voluntarily or if someone imposes it on me? So either don't do it or get told to not do it. What's it to ya? You're a winner either way.

Because I have Noticed that when the Bans are done by Law Makers, they tend to go Completely Overboard. And they don't just Limit things to Indoor Businesses.

They also Include things like Beaches and Parks and Outdoor Events and Indoor Common Walled Dwellings and etc...

 

[Just Me]

Respect, just respect. I don't know for a fact, but I don't THINK vaping harms bystanders. However, I don't blatantly go about any of my business like I'm the only person in the world that deserves special treatment. Do I vape in public places? Yes and no.

I don't openly vape when I'm shopping--at the grocery or anywhere else. I vape in restaurants that allow it. The places that don't allow it usually have private restroom stalls that will do for a few quick vapes, exhaled into my shirt instead of upward for everyone to see. Or I can always go outside.

I have seen a couple of people vape at our Wal-Mart. One guy who was with his wife was taking discreet toots (I wouldn't have noticed him at all if I weren't a vaper, too). I didn't see anything in the air, but since I was fairly new to vaping at the time, I recognized that he was using an e-cig. I stopped and talked with them for a minute. He never smoked, but he was trying to ditch oral tobacco (can't remember now if it was snuff or chewing tobacco).

Another young-ish guy ( maybe in his late 20s, early 30s) in a wheelchair, in the produce department, being pushed along by someone else--I noticed a faint wisp going up in front of him, barely noticeable. As I inched closer, I saw that he had a mod and a topper with a glass tank (far ahead of the evods I was using at the time). I wanted to pat him on the back, have some conversation and offer encouragement, but I just let it go.

There are lots of ways to do things in this world and lots of ways around situations. Being pushy about isn't always the best way.

 

[KattMamma]

Because I have Noticed that when the Bans are done by Law Makers, they tend to go Completely Overboard. And they don't just Limit things to Indoor Businesses.

They also Include things like Beaches and Parks and Outdoor Events and Indoor Common Walled Dwellings and etc...

I have noticed that when bans are done by lawmakers, it's not because somebody blew clouds in the cereal aisle. It's "for the children" (aka "for the lost funds/control")

I'm not condoning blowing clouds in walmart, just sayin' that's not the reason for the bans. Lawmakers don't give a rat's behind what you do in walmart.

 

[zoiDman]

I have noticed that when bans are done by lawmakers, it's not because somebody blew clouds in the cereal aisle. It's "for the children" (aka "for the lost funds/control")

I'm not condoning blowing clouds in walmart, just sayin' that's not the reason for the bans. Lawmakers don't give a rat's behind what you do in walmart.

Playing the "Save the Children" Card is a time honored way of getting Anything passed.

Politicians will tell you Anything they think You want to hear. And, Unfortunately, there is a Lot of Voters who want to Hear that their Elected Officials are "Saving the Children".

There're doing it for Taxes. There're doing it so BT gets the Best Shake. And there're doing it for Bans.

Don't Believe Everything a Politian says. Especially when they Say that they have to do Something to "Save the Children".