OP, this rant is NOT aimed at you... I just wanted to get something off my chest that is in the same line as your post. Please dont think Im going after you here...
I vape, but that doesn't mean I wanna walk through someones clouds and inhale them. A guy where I work had a hexohm box with a twisted messes RDA outside this morning and was fogging up the area near the doors. Some form of a ry4 that he mixed himself. He was so impressed with himself. now I have been vaping at this building for over a month, but I normally head to the smoking area, or just shut the door to the security Office where I work to vape. People have never had an issue with me. But when one of the VP's came in he was ...... because he had to walk through that fog. I had to go out and tell him he couldn't do it near the entrance. He tried to argue with me that he wasn't smoking and therefore was perfectly fine, and that his RY4 smelled better than a cig did. I had him walk away from the building so we could talk, got out by the smoking area and I casually pulled out my IPV4 with my TFV4 mounted and hook a nice long hit... and then explained that I had been vaping with no problems for a while here with no issues because I'm respectful of others. That he had managed to piss off the VP of the facility, and that the VP was thinking about banning vaping on the premises because of having to walk through the fog near the main doors. I don't think this guy understood at all. He was still indignant that he was doing nothing wrong, that he was vaping not smoking and therefore could do it wherever he wanted to. And how his DIY smelled so good to everyone. Personally I thought it stunk and was NOTHING i would ever want to try. I tried to explain that to him, that not everyone likes the smell of vape, and he got mad at me and said I was just jealous of him mixing his own juice.
When i got back to my office the VP was waiting for me. He has now set a new policy that no one can Vape unless they are in a designated smoking area. I dont have a leg to stand on, as this is private property owned and controlled by the Company i work for. He isnt banning it, but he will not tolerate what he saw this morning. and since I am the Security Supervisor it is partly up to me and my officers to enforce this new regulation.
Some people just dont get it. we sit on this forum and rant and rave about the FDA trying to crack down on vaping... we get all up in arms about the public perception when some jack-wagon does something stupid and blows up his mod and how that gives the media something else to try to hammer us collectively for. and then we have this percentage of vapers that simply have no respect for others. Just because you think something smells good does not mean it is the same for everyone. I loved my Cigars and my pipes. I thought they smelled freaking GREAT. but other didn't. Now to me I think my vape smells great, but I know some don't. I simply keep my clouds for when Im alone, or in an area where I know it is ok. If I am in public I have a small tootle puffer rig that I use, but even then I use it sparingly when around other people. If im in a store that does not allow smoking, why would I think i could vape there either? People that are admittedly uninformed will see vaping in places like that and automatically public perception swings against us. we have enough hurdles to overcome without creating even more.