Reciprocity
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You're absolutely correct. I was one of those inconsiderate smokers trapped so deeply in my addiction that I felt I just had to get me fix and of course I minimized the inconvenience I was imposing upon others - in my case it was my wife who had quit years before I did. I would justify my urges to smoke in her car by cracking the passenger window open a bit, thinking all the smell would be sucked out of the car. I completely understand the imposition I was making now that I'm a non-smoker but back then, my addiction was calling the shots; not me as a person! It's actually quite shocking how there are two completely different perspectives between a smoker and a non-smoker and you simply can't realize that until you've lived in both camps!
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OO Yes! That's a Lobster spanking a chick! No idea who the guy in the 70's suit is though 😆
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I don't often spin the head-banging rock but when I do, I go mach1 with the volume
Nope! Cigs will kill you more ways than 1!
NOPE!I can understand your angst at this idiot who was clearly baiting you for his own amusement with no regard to your feelings so, I think your actions were not only appropriate but perhaps 'restrained (no punching him in the face?) In general though, as most smokers aren't complete A-holes like your acquaintance was so although I loath smoking as much as anyone, I don't harass smokers in any way. I just tend to try and avoid them where ever possible. I was just like them once and truly didn't realize many offensive issues I was exposing non-smokers to. I was completely shocked and embarrassed the first time I got a whiff from someone walking past me after just finishing a smoke - YUK 🤢 I almost fainted when I realized "THAT WAS ME BACK THE DAY 😱" I was mortified that I had exposed God knows how many people to that stench over all the years I smoked so, that's part of the reason I never engage smokers with any sort of criticism. They don't know any better in many cases. Of course, this is NOTHING like your situation @Cbdave. What happened to you amounted to an unprovoked attack and I would have reacted as you did, or worse, had I been in that situation.17 (Errr .... Umm; they've apparently disappeared?)
Nope! (Beautiful tree @Cbdave!)Throwing on my 60,784 not smoked! R.I.P to those who didn't quit soon enough 😞
