Vaping and small minds

[stitch]

I just got asked if I was smoking crack .... To heavys ready to throw me out ... Showed the bottle ... Didn't help they saw the chemical symbale and engorged all else .. Have a fredom vape card and vape escape card... Next thing I know it's all fine , talk about get out of jail free lol

[Anne (fuzzy)]

What e cig were you using stitch?

[pada]

Where was this?

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

#grouphug# Your not the first to get asked that, thank god you had the cards on you, hopefully, you have just educated them and made more peeps aware of ecigs.

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

Stich, where were you when this happened? I am an ex-Pembrokeshire boy myself, and if there was ever a place that encouraged small minded people to go to it was there lol.

BD

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May 5, 2012 4:56:23 GMT Batdragon (AKA Batty) said:

Stich, where were you when this happened? I am an ex-Pembrokeshire boy myself, and if there was ever a place that encouraged small minded people to go to it was there lol.

BD

small mindedness is not just a pembrokeshire thing its an everywhere thing! swindon springs to mind, and its big enuff that it has no excuse, just a very aggressive and successful inbreeding program

[CAM-VIP]

It is all about increasing awareness. That is why organisations such as ECCA and CAM-VIP have been set up - to Educate people about the alternative to smoking. Unfortunately, both of the organisations are run by people who are just enthusiastic volunteers without any money to make a major impact atm.

Vendor cards or even our membership card are a 'must carry' when venturing out into the ill informed world - at least they show that it is a legal activity and many also show that vaping is not covered by the smoking ban as well.

Here at CAM-VIP, we are getting 6 of the best UK vendors involved in 'spreading the word' to our pubs and getting their products into our pubs. These vendors have the passion (and the products/money) to hopefully make a significant difference in the next 12 months.

We will be making a number of announcements later this month, but you can see by my signature that we have some great people on board

Russell

[stitch]

This was in eddies night club in haverfordwest , me and a friend were both using standard ego/echo battery's and stardusts I must admit tho the stardusts have always reminded me of a syringe or something dodgy from day one so that's probably had somthing to do with it

[Queenie Bee]

My mum always refers to mine as a crack pipe !!! no hope for some but I find coppers don't bat an eyelid that's good enough for me

[njk2125]

I too have been asked if I'm doing drugs while vaping around a car boot sale, which I might add is outside.

[njk2125]

Actually I have been wondering about the best way to approach the subjects at venues. I don't go out to pubs very often probably only 2-3 times a year but I have a wedding next month where I will be at a large country house/ park all day.

I'm wondering if e-mailing them before hand would be a good idea with perhaps a link explaining e-cigs?
I'd rather not be stood outside the majority of the day & night but would be embarrassed if I was confronted about it by staff.

[CAM-VIP]

It is better to try and speak to the venue over the phone as it is easier to explain thinks and allay fears in a 2 way conversation. If you need any back-up, you can always refer them to the CAM-VIP leaflet found on our site in 'spread the word'.

Russell

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

Staff, I am actually from H'west (the old man still lives there) and know what people are like down there. It is a small town with not a lot around it, where everyone knows everyone elses business. New things are like voodoo to a lot of people, so if it aint the norm then it is wrong. But I agree that it is not the only place where small minds exist, it is a world wide thing.

Stitch, I remember that place being a market hall, with a tin roof. I would say next time your going to go in there, have a joke with the bouncers, saying something like, your not going to try to throw me out for vaping again are you (with a smile and showing them) it should put it in their mind that you are fine and word will get about so you are left in peace.

njk2125, I would call them as writen words on an email can be taken in so many different ways. A friendly happy tone can make people more acceptable to ideas and suggestions that just reading the same thing.

BD

[Karma]

May 5, 2012 9:52:37 GMT njk2125 said:

Actually I have been wondering about the best way to approach the subjects at venues. I don't go out to pubs very often probably only 2-3 times a year but I have a wedding next month where I will be at a large country house/ park all day.

I'm wondering if e-mailing them before hand would be a good idea with perhaps a link explaining e-cigs?
I'd rather not be stood outside the majority of the day & night but would be embarrassed if I was confronted about it by staff.

I went outside most of the time yesterday at my daughter's wedding. By the evening do it was very hot and noisy inside so I welcomed the break!

Once it got later on I just blatently vaped at the table, not on a cig-a-like tho, although the best man was doing that, lol!

I did have some vendor cards on me explaining everything if asked, but I wasn't asked

[judgey]

were can i get a card?