Cigarette bummers! Buy your own! RANT

[maveric]

I am constantly hit by those who smoke but choose not to buy their own.

At work there are those who are CONSTANTLY bumming cigs from me. One guy tries to hit me up 5-6 times a night. He tells me that they are too expensive for him. Soooo...he smokes everyone elses.

The other day I was crossing a street in Ocean Beach when this fool in a monster tuck stops at the crosswalk, noticing I was smoking, and asked for a smoke, wanting me to cross the street again to give him one. I said no and he gave me a big country FUCK YOU!
There's a guy that lives in my complex who, every time he sees me, hits me up for a gig. This guy makes more than I do and he mooches from me?

Damn! If you cant afford to smoke then dont!

If a homeless person asks me for one I may give him/her one but everyone else, who works and drives a $40,000.00 vehicle, Go buy your own!

[candy]

1. Charge them 50 cents per cig and they'll stop ----I would never

give them out----too expensive.

[Rising Phoenix]

2. I once had a friend who bummed so many from Sniffa

that Sniffa quit for a good while just so he wouldn't have any to give him and to piss him off

[parasim]

3. I'm in total agreement

and it's getting worse! I smoke menthol now and again and it used to be when somebody was hitting me up for a cig, I'd say "Sure, but they're menthols..." (whether they were or not) and 7 times out of ten they'd say, "Oh, ok, no, but thanks anyway." Not anymore, now, with rare exception, they take the menthol.

Lately, though, I've started rolling my own and so if someone asks for a smoke, I offer them my pouch, and say, "sure, but you have to roll it yourself."

I'm saving a lot on tobacco these days.

[maveric]

5. I get that too. One asshole told me to buy Marlboro reds cause thats

his brand. WTF!
Then there are the ones that never have matches or lighters. One co-worker would borrow my lighter and leave it someplace or give it away. One day he asked me and I handed him a book of matches and siad "keep it". He refused and asked for my lighter, stating "I just dont like using matches". I laughed at him and walked away.

[WeRQ4U]

4. Tell them that they must sign an indemnity and waiver form first...

Tell them that you are afraid of the possible legal ramifications of aiding them in a theoretically dangerous habit. Require them to have legal representation present.

Hell, if I smoked that would deter me.

This is not to preach. I could give two shits whether you smoke. Just to note.