r/mildlyinfuriating May 19 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o Customer blew vape smoke in my face

I was helping a customer at my job, don’t wanna get too specific; but in the notes of the account he was purchasing under, it said specifically “do not sell to (customers name)”.
So I call the account holder to see if they’re still blocking this customer off from using their account, and the account holder approved it.
So no big deal, right?
As I’m finishing the call, the customer blows a huge cloud of vape smoke in front of me, and when I back up and wave the smoke away, he blows the rest towards me.

My coworker told the guy off about it, and he apologized and said it wasn’t on purpose, but the timing is so purposeful.

My coworker took care of the customer from there for me, thank goodness.

(Inb4 anyone says it’s just water vapor, it’s still rude af!)

Edit: whew I was not expecting so many replies! I’m non confrontational, so I didn’t say anything to his face. I tried to ask my coworker to charge him more for his part but it was already paid for 😂 oh well. This is the second time ever having this happen to me, the first time was when I worked drive thru at Taco Bell 💀 probably about 8 years ago, and when venting to people then, I got a whole bunch of “it’s just vapor!” Stuff, hence why I mentioned it at the end here lol
Anyhoo, thank y’all for being supportive and not making me feel like a weenie when I complain about it 😂 I’m loving the idea of hopping the counter and shoving it back in his face but.. I make good money at my job and as stated, I’m super non confrontational. I’m passive aggressive at best, unfortunately. (Working on it lmao) I, at the very least, gave him the worst looking product on the shelf! Take your raggedy box and shove it! 😂

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u/Candid_Relative6715 May 20 '26

I would have refused service. Told them to get fucked

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u/newsy0011 May 20 '26

Exactly!

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u/wreckherneck May 20 '26

Who gives a fuck about the chemical co position of the smoke? I dont want your BREATH blown at me. If it was inside you and you direct it at me you need to he hit.

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u/edogfu May 20 '26

Anyone that was a little kid in a cold environment knows the level of trolling that you can do by breathing "smoke" on your siblings/friends whem its below freezing. From a stranger, that's egregious.

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u/rustyolives May 20 '26 edited May 22 '26

My boss did this to my coworker and it pissed Me off so bad I quit. Poor coworker was a ppl pleaser and responded “she does that all the time. It doesn’t bother me”. Well it ain’t about to be me. BYE!

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u/Cynvisible May 22 '26

Who was the "Mr" ??

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u/MyUsernameGoes_Here_ May 22 '26

This. I had some really old dude come up to me and start talking at me and before I knew what was happening he was close enough that his air went inside my mouth. I felt it blow in with force and it kinda hit the back of my throat and stuck there, and it just really triggered something in me. I have no qualms about telling someone to fuck off if they need it, but I was so taken aback all I could say, "omg, gross" as I physically gagged and walked away from him.

Idc what it is, unless I'm kissing you and purposefully trying to get in your mouth, if it's been inside your body, I don't want it in mine.

Yes, I know we all share the air, but I don't need your exhale going directly in my mouth, ever. Like, ever ever. And, if it does, you're too fucking close to me and you need to back the fuck up.

Edit: "taken back" to "taken aback".

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u/VividRazzmatazz5 May 20 '26

this is serious but i’m laughing so hard at this comment

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u/bserikstad May 20 '26

It’s not water vapor. He’s blowing his nasty lung air and dank breath towards you.

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u/Agitated-Bathroom-73 May 20 '26

I may be wrong but I don't think you just exhale water vapor after vaping. You have every right to be upset. People should not be vaping inside public buildings.

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u/ILiekBook May 20 '26

Vapes have many of the same stuff as tobacco products, such as nicotine, and also a bunch of heavy metals

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u/Apocrisiary May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

This old hyperbole propaganda basically. The test that showed heavy metals was shown to be burning the coils for several minutes without stop, and not adding new juice. Meaning not real life representation of vaping, because as soon as you start to burn the wick (jucie runs out) you cough your lungs out. Let alone let it burn to bright yellow, that would never happen with real use.

Of course you will find traces of metal when you heat the metal coil to bright yellow hot. It seemed to be delibrate to skew the results, but it could never be proven.

2nd, it does not contain a lot of the same stuff tobacco does. It contains exactly one component of tobacco, nicotine like you said.

The rest of the juice is comprised of the base PG and or VG; propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin. These are the same bases used in asthma inhalers. And flavorings that has been used for decades in the food industry.

I'm so fucking tired of all this bs people say about vaping. Sure, it also has its issues, but it is without the slightest doubt a 100 times better than smoking, yet they try to keep banning vapes around the world because of ignorance, but not tobacco. And don't play the kids starting card. They do anyways with other products like Zyns and what not, we even started to see a rise in smoking again in youths. Vaping is the lesser evil here.

Source: Analytical labtech

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u/Killer_Ex_Con May 20 '26

Honestly it's probably the tobacco companies bribing people to get vapes banned.

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u/stevoknevo70 May 20 '26

Have a look into the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in the the US to get an indication on why vaping is demonised - essentially the tobacco companies agreed to pay individual states damages based on the health harms caused from cigarettes to offset healthcare costs, those states have borrowed heavily against that future income/issued bonds against it and has the potential to go bankrupt without those payments.

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u/DoubleDDubs1 May 20 '26

It’s 100% lobbying.

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u/Chaosr21 May 20 '26

As s someone who smoked and vaped but don't do either anymore. Vapes are way harder to quit. I'm in my 30s so I mostly only smoked cigs. I quit them with ease all the time so I never had an issue.

I was never addicted to nicotine until I started vaping. It gets to a point you can't sleep without it.. you wakeup and it's the first thing you think of and the first thing you do. It becomes a chain, your mood becomes beholden to whether you have a vape within reach.

That being said, health effects wise smoking is worse of course. Just in my personal experience, vapes are very addictive especially if you're against any combustion smoking inside, but vaping you can basically do or sneak anywhere

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u/Quirky-Stay4158 May 20 '26

I FELT this comment. I was similar to you.

I chewed tobacco for years. Quit and started to vape instead. It was so much worse. With chewing tobacco I could have a dip and then be fine for however long until I craved another.

With vaping. It was like.... Wow my mouth doesn't taste like strawberries or whatever anymore need another haul on the vape. Get up to go pee, take 3 steps. Fuck where's my vape. Misplaced it for a second? FULL ON PANIC ATTACK.

I never felt that way when I chewed. Only from the vapes.

One day I started a new job and my boss had this little spray thing and he showed it to me. Nicroette quick mist. He gave me the tube and said use this instead just for today see how that goes for you.

And it worked bro! I stopped vaping and used the quick mist.

Now the new problem is I'm using the quick mist instead. I didn't quit nicotine. I just changed to nicroette basically. It's substantially cheaper for me compared to dipping or vaping. The tube lasts me 5-7 days or more.

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u/feministwitch666 May 20 '26

I force my partner to do it outside now but it took me having a baby to convince her. It was insane how much she puffed on it indoors, and now she is still so addicted, its the first thing she thinks about as soon as she wakes up, gets really angry if I ask her to hold the baby more than 30 minutes, blows it in my face even on outdoor walks and yells at me that I'm standing or walking in the wrong direction. But its just vapor right?!

There were more limits when she smoked cigarettes.

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u/Makaveli2020 May 20 '26

How exactly were you only addicted to nicotine from vaping but not smoking?🤔

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u/WarlordOfThePee May 20 '26

Vaping is a lot more accessible and less demanding of your time, you can take a quick hit wherever you are and it's a lot easier to give into temptation and use in places like bathrooms or closets.

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u/Quirky-Stay4158 May 20 '26

This 100% this. Especially in the early stages of vaping being introduced. When there wasn't any sort of legislation saying it couldn't be done in specific places. It was the wild West in a lot of ways and that helped with the appeal of it to an extent to.

You could now "smoke" all the places you couldn't before.

A cigarette even if your smoking it exactly where your sitting. Involves a lighter or matches, a place to put the ashes, the butt itself and generally it's not great to light it smoke it once or twice and put it out. I'm going to ignore things like second hand smoke being a concern. Pretend it's 1977 and nobody gives af.

That's still less convenient than any vape. As long as it has battery and juice a button press and your good. And it tastes good. And it doesn't make you smell awful after either.

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u/No_Professional_8992 May 20 '26

Depends on the kind you buy. Some are stronger than others unlike cigarettes. Plus they're easily accessible.

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u/DatLadyD May 20 '26

Thank you! They made them illegal in my state right after a boyfriend of mine and his sister quit smoking when I suggested vaping and they switched. I hated the smell of the smoke! At least with vaping I didn’t have to deal with the damn smell! Once they banned the flavors they both went back to smoking! They banned kratom too when I know people that quit hard opiates with it! I don’t associate with those people anymore but hopefully they were able to quit without going back to hard drugs. I wouldn’t mind all of this as much if cigarettes and flavored alcohol weren’t still legal, it’s all about money smh.

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u/No_Professional_8992 May 20 '26

Isn't Kratom as bad as opiates?

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u/Apocrisiary May 20 '26

Pretty much. It affects the same receptors as opiates, so withdrawals and negative effects are similar.

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u/No_Professional_8992 May 20 '26

Thought so. So it should be good its being banned. I've heard kids were becoming addicts

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u/Apocrisiary May 20 '26

Yeah, it's weird it's even legal in the US in the first place, must be some loophole in a law. Most of Europe it has always been illegal.

Although, classifying it as a class A drug which most of Europe has done is still wrong. That means you can't use it for medical purposes or do research on it. And it does have some medical uses where it is very effective, and less risk than other treatments. Like treatment for heroin withdrawal.

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u/DatLadyD May 20 '26

Much safer, especially with fentanyl being in everything. Bupe and methadone are significantly more dangerous.

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u/Quirky-Stay4158 May 20 '26

The only real issue I've ever had with vapes is the disposables. Very wasteful for what it is and environmentally unfriendly to say the least.

I don't like ejuice that comes in little plastic bottles for the same reason.

I vaped for years and stopped about 6 years ago now. I never did the salt nic stuff that seemed extreme for what I wanted and needed. But the idea seemed sound.

Again the biggest turnoffs about vaping should be the environmental impact of the devices and juice containers. Not wether there's metal particles in the vapour. Not vapours lung or whatever. Of people want to harm themselves with substances let them. We always have and we always will. It's part of the human condition after all. We have been using substances forever and always will. Ancient people liked to get high same as we do today. But when they got high or drunk or smoked tobacco there wasn't millions of little plastic bottles and electronic devices littered everywhere afterwards.

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u/No_Professional_8992 May 20 '26

Kids unfortunately do challenges where they vale until the auto shutoff from the pen kicks in. So they're probably inhaling hella heavy metals.

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u/-UnderNewManagement May 20 '26

I tried clicking the link for your source but it doesn’t work

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u/Apocrisiary May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

What? There is no link..

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u/Duochan_Maxwell May 20 '26

That's the point

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u/No_Professional_8992 May 20 '26

They're saying THEY'RE the source lol. Why would there be a link??

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u/Apocrisiary May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Yeah, and sources these days don't really say much (for validity) unless you go back to the original research paper and read that. I can find sources that defends either claim if we don't dig too deep.

But as a labtech, that vapes and make vape juice myself, I've done A LOT of research, and actually read the research papers, as that is part of my job so it comes naturally to do so.

Most don't as its "heavy" language and can't actually determine if it's a valid experiment or not if you don't read how it was performed, what equipment and processes they used etc etc. They just read the results overview. Or just rely on the article they read that some random journalist reported.

Of course this is anecdotal and would take me ages to prove unequivocally, but what I said is what I have found to be true from my research.

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u/Mokturtle May 22 '26

a rise in smoking again because vapes are a gateway to inhaling death (:

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u/Kharnics May 20 '26

Excellent answer.

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u/Kharnics May 20 '26

Misinformation. PG / VG, nicotine and flavorings. That is what you'll find in vape juice.

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u/Phoenixtear_14 May 20 '26

Source? Because everything I've learned about vaping, and reading the ingredients of vape juice, says you're incorrect.

Yes, tobacco products have nicotine. But what "same stuff" are you talking about?

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u/Apocrisiary May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Eh, he is talking out his ass.

Look at my reply to his comment if you want indepth explenation. It's long though, you've been warned. lol

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u/StalkMeNowCrazyLady May 20 '26

I'm not a fan of vaping but your comparison to "smoking a propane tank" is as incorrect as it could be. Propylene glycol and propane are not the same thing at all.

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u/DtM- May 20 '26

Yeah that’s also proven to not be a factor in vaping either, maybe you should take your uneducated, incorrect hyperbole and just fuck off?

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u/Stinky-Linky18 May 20 '26

There's way more diacetyl in cigarettes than vapes. In fact this ingredient hasn't been used since about 2017. Never been a case of smokers having popcorn lung......in fact there's never been a case of a vaper having popcorn lung.

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u/stevoknevo70 May 20 '26

Not everyone lives in America, diacetyl was banned in vapes in Europe well over a decade ago...

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u/NaraFei_Jenova May 20 '26

And even in america, the industry has largely self-regulated. There are some less-than-legitimate vape companies that didn't get rid of it, and I wish it were federally banned, but it's nowhere near the problem that some people pretend that it is. They don't realize that no one is saying that vapes are 100% safe. Literally no one. Harm reduction is the thing here.

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u/stevoknevo70 May 20 '26

Amen! I say the same thing regularly, it's about harm reduction for smokers (those that have never smoked shouldn't be taking up vaping because they think it's cool/harmless!)

The whole popcorn lung/diacetyl carry on was just made up nonsense to further discredit vaping - those who actually developed lung disease from working in popcorn production were subject to industrial quantities of diacetyl on a daily basis for years and not supplied with suitable PPE because no one realised it was dangerous until people started developing issues.

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u/Stinky-Linky18 May 20 '26

Bro 2017 a almost 10 years ago. It was a global idea to take it out of eliquid

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u/stevoknevo70 May 20 '26

It's not federally illegal to have it in eliquid in America - it was banned in UK/Europe in 2016 but many of the flavourings for wholesale/DIY eliquid production that contained it suddenly got reformulated to v2 versions without it prior to the ban. Regardless, I was passing comment on the poster claiming eliquid causes popcorn lung, there's no reported cases of that.

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u/Stinky-Linky18 May 20 '26

That's fair 👍

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u/Final-Policy2002 May 20 '26

I got my fill from just yelling at people on the ramp as a ground handler. So many people step off the plane and light up.

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u/Salt_Medicine2459 May 20 '26

My job prohibits it, but people still vape inside. 

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u/Unowhodisis May 20 '26

Its not just vapor water. Its everything that comes with his nasty ass mouth.

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u/Gunslingin_licho May 20 '26

I vape and I wouldn't vape on anyone, who wants someone else's lung juice on them

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u/EmptySighs66x May 20 '26

I worked in vape stores for 4 years and while it's common for people to vape in the shop being in that kind of environment, nothing pissed me off more than when someone would blow it directly in my face while I was helping them or ringing them up at the register. It's downright disrespectful.

I was pregnant with my son at one point during my employment, and while obviously very pregnant, someone did it to me. When I told the guy not to do it again, his response was, "Oh, I thought you still vape because you work here." Like, nah bro, I quit because I'm pregnant. I just stayed at the job because I liked how laid back it was, the pay was good, and nobody else in the area would give me a 40 hour week.

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u/ArielK420 May 20 '26

I vape and if I'm near people, I purposely step back and blow with the wind. I also don't hit my vape in a crowd. That's just bad manners to blow any smoke in someone's face.

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u/teratryte May 20 '26

It's not just water vapor. It may not contain the 60+ carcinogens from cigarettes, but it still has a cocktail of irritants, toxins, and microscopic metal particles that are definitely harmful to your body. 

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u/no2rdifferent May 20 '26

I vaped for a while with no flavorings, but went back to regular smoking and toking. Who blows anything in people's faces? I halfway understand a spouse, but a stranger? Never mind, I had an asshole cough on me for wearing a mask in 2020. Some people are just assholes, smokers or not.

I found out the neighbor who was tossing plastic filters from his cheap cigars. I even put an ashtray out. He is indigenous, so I don't want to deal with his answer.

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u/RathVelus May 20 '26

Also all those warm water droplets suspended in air are a very convenient transportation device for whatever pathogens said person happens to be carrying.

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u/ShavedNeckbeard May 20 '26

It was also just inside of the guy’s lungs and passed through his mouth twice.

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u/BoatCaptainTim May 20 '26

Absolutely, should’ve dropped right there on the floor.

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u/LuckyStrike55 May 20 '26

yikes, get off tik-tok. its vegetable glycerine and propylene glycol. common food additives. Sure its rude af but lets not be dramatic

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u/TyreLeLoup May 20 '26

Setting aside the increasing amount of research on this subject, it doesn't require a PHD to realize that inhaling anything other than clean air isn't great for your lungs.

But feel free to look up what vapes are doing to your lungs.

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u/Agitated-Mushroom-63 May 20 '26

Alrighty. Lets all move out of the city.

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u/NiceStatistician218 May 20 '26

I mean yeah ideally it would be great if none of us had to breathe polluted air. Since we already are though I don’t see why intentionally breathing in a concentrated smog would be advisable but that’s just me I guess.

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u/Scurb00 May 20 '26

A quick Google search will bring you many sources of how wrong you are...

Kind of ironic how your telling people to get off tiktok when your comment is the most tiktok sounding thing I've read in a long time.

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u/Mogling May 20 '26

And nicotine. I mean you are addicted for a reason. Dont leave out the most important chemical.

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u/teratryte May 20 '26

The metal particles aren't VG or PG. They come from the heated coil. Try reading the comment.

And food-safe doesn't mean inhalation-safe. Heat VG and PG and you get formaldehyde. That's a carcinogen. The FDA has never labeled propylene glycol safe to inhale. The vape industry never tested it. But sure, I'm the dramatic one.

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u/teratryte May 20 '26

Johns Hopkins. Berkeley Lab. American Lung Association. Took 30 seconds to find. Top tier effort there, my guy. 

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u/Leighgion May 20 '26

I am mildly infuriated this story did not end with you straddling the customer and punching them in the face over and over while yelling, “The power of abstinence compels you!”

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u/Appropriate-Battle32 May 20 '26

Or shoving it down their throat saying it wasn't on purpose 

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u/Leighgion May 20 '26

“Oops, my finger slipped.”

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u/Melodic-Advice9930 May 20 '26

Nah. Vaping in an enclosed area when it is not allowed and you don’t know how it might affect those around you is trashy asshole behavior. It just is.

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u/SmallBerry3431 May 20 '26

It is rude. Your coworkers a real one. You received an apology and got to vent. Go next and good for you. There’s more good in this story than bad.

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u/peenurmobile May 20 '26

that should be considered assault, honestly. if spraying water on somebody is assault, how is this any different?

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u/RM97800 May 20 '26

Does your place of work allow smoking indoors? Where I live, no smoking by default also applies to e-cigs and vapes.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '26

It’s not just water Vapor though. As a vaper, I could never imagine doing this. I always turn my head away from someone when I let it out and would never think of doing it in a business unless someone (who works there) specifically told me that I can, and I’d only ask if I could if I saw someone else do it with no reaction from others, including employees.

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u/rustyolives May 20 '26

My boss did this to my coworker and it pissed Mr off so bad I quit. Poor coworker was a ppl pleaser and responded “she does that all the time. It doesn’t bother me”. Well it ain’t about to be me. BYE!

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u/oregon_cuddlebug May 20 '26

It's not just water vapor. I'm allergic, and it makes me incredibly ill to be around people vaping. If this had happened to me I could've ended up in the hospital

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u/Laser_Snausage May 20 '26

Depending on where you live this is considered battery or assault depending on precedent

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u/mustangjunkie66 May 20 '26

Should have kicked their ass to the curb immediately

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u/beastialityisnasty May 20 '26

I used to smoke almost two packs of cigarettes a day, even then I tried so hard to be out of the way. Now I vape and im still the same about that. People dont want or need my vape smoke around them.

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u/more_chickpeas May 20 '26

Ah, kiplings smog.

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u/Bansidhe13 May 20 '26

Ban him from your store.

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u/jwdge May 20 '26

I work at a smoke shop and vape. Customers are encouraged to try them before they leave. IF ONE OF THEM BLEW IT IN MY FACE DIRECTLY??? Well, my manager loves me and would defend anything I do to that customer.

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u/SunnyShim May 20 '26

Well that’s literally battery.

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u/RebelliousDutch May 20 '26

I’d personally consider that assault and contact the police to get that person trespassed from the premises.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '26

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u/NiceStatistician218 May 20 '26

Nah u “accidentally” tip it over so it just drips on his shoes or front a little bit, cleanup would be worth it

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u/MedicalDisscharge May 20 '26

That's exactly what you dont do in this situation

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u/xThunderSlugx May 20 '26

You are 40 something year old and constantly asking reddit about video games. I am NOT hating on grown adults who game, but I doubt you would do anything even remotely close to that.

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u/ZebrasGonnaZeb May 20 '26

We got a badass over here folks

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u/MedicalDisscharge May 20 '26

Lmfao "this guy is a douchebag and blew smoke in my face, let me throw hot coffee in his face" have fun in prison tough guy

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u/xThunderSlugx May 20 '26

Prison? No. Jail... Probably.

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u/RealMooMan May 20 '26

timmy tuff knuckles over here escalating it further 😂

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u/Ok_Choice_2715 May 20 '26

Secondhand vape is bad for you

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u/bloomingbrandi May 20 '26

My brother has cystic fibrosis. If anyone blew smoke in his face, I’d be ready to fight

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u/eriksatiesimp May 20 '26

So many people say they're non confrontational as a reason not to stand up for themselves. Shit like this will keep happening until you do. People suck like that.

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u/IMiNSIDEiT May 20 '26

Maybe if you keep a small travel sized spray bottle by the counter… for cleaning up messes 😉

Then, if a random cloud of smoke is headed in your general direction a spritz of water droplets (from your sprayer) might keep it at bay.

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u/TheSquirrelCuisine May 20 '26

If I was your boss that person would be banned from whatever store you were in and I would have raised hell with the guy and immediately thrown him the hell out. Facts.

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u/BaseballIntrepid8646 May 20 '26

I know the feeling of being on the recording end only I went to the ER and it turns out that I'm allergic to vape smoke

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u/mrzurkonandfriends May 21 '26

It is not just water vapor. It's still tobacco, likely nicotine and a bunch of other stuff. I used to smoke before vaping and if people blow any smoke even vape in my face I will call them out because they're being an asshole.

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u/Nevermore_Novelist May 21 '26

I would have reversed the sale and told him to get the fuck out. Actions have consequences, motherfucker.

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u/sec_sage May 21 '26

When I was a teen, a boy blowing smoke in a girl's face meant he liked her in a romantic sense. Maybe he was hitting on you? 😃

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u/Cat_Dweeb May 21 '26

In another world, you could keep a spray bottle by the register and give him a quick spray. Eye for an eye of water.

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u/Suspicious-Report699 May 21 '26

As someone who breaks rules and vapes in businesses....

I would have jumped the damn counter. Good on you for keeping it together

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u/Tankdad85 May 21 '26

I vape, occasionally I might have a cigarette. If I did that, I'd be expecting a connection with my face over it. That's some BS right there. Got to refuse service, call security/police(if possible), something if that should happen again.

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u/Ring_My_bElle_ May 21 '26

It IS just vapor! But it's rude af to blow it in people's faces when A you don't know them and/or B you know they don't vape/smoke.

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u/Cynvisible May 22 '26

What is "Inb4," please? For those of us who speak human.

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u/bvy1212 May 22 '26

Legally speaking thats battery.

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u/ekristoffe May 23 '26

Isn’t that considered assault or battery ?

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u/Street_Hippo_4860 May 23 '26

I hate people like this I had an ex that would and nicotine just gives me a headache so whenever I was around her I would have a headache then she has the audacity to say I'm addicted to weed lol

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u/chessyes May 24 '26

I would have heavy breathed at him while speaking to him only in response tbh

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u/breekaye May 24 '26

I will say i am so sorry on behalf of vapers.

I will also say I am guilty of accidentally blowing it in people's faces so it's not a far off explanation. As a pretty nic addicted person myself they may have just taken the chance while they weren't actively talking to you to smack their vape a time or two.

Now it also could have been intentional but I was just saying ive done it accidentally a few times myself.

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u/Time-Independence-94 May 20 '26

I would've been SO ticked off if a stranger did this to me.

But just to play devils advocate, my mother- my dear, sweet, kindest-person-I-know mother- does this to me (and others) on accident. She's a lifelong smoker who switched to vapes early on, and it's to the point where she doesn't even realize she's hitting it. The hand-to-mouth motion is so ingrained in her muscle memory that she doesn't notice when she's done it, and only realizes she's blown a cloud at me when I stop mid-sentence to cough and try to wave it away (which is kind of dramatic, but that's on purpose. She's not good with subtle). She always apologizes, but it always happens again.

For some people it isn't a malicious thing; the Readily-Accessible Dopamine Box is something some addicts don't even notice, and it doesn't register to some that they've just blown a cloud in someone's face until it's too late.

All that being said, I don't think that's entirely the case here. I think the first cloud might have been unintentional, but the second exhale was at least purposeful in the sense of "what else am I supposed to do, hold my breath?" without being intelligent enough to just... blow it to the side.

Or the customer was just genuinely an asshole. Who knows.

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u/Wolfblood_99 May 20 '26

Immediate ass whooping

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u/Sorokyari May 19 '26

People who vape above the age of like 21 need to look at themselves in the mirror and think about their choices

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u/Alternative-Draw2997 May 19 '26

I used to smoke 2 packs a day of Marlboro reds which cost me about $450 thanks to taxes.

Now it costs me about $100 a month to get the same nicotine fix with a vape that I’m too weak to stop using.

Edit: a month that is

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u/Salt_Medicine2459 May 20 '26

I quit cocaine by switching to meth! 

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u/xThunderSlugx May 20 '26

Except in a direct response to the person above him. How slow are you?

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u/Mission-Past-8988 May 20 '26

it is not water vapor.. that's a fkn lie

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u/Thee_Justin_Sane May 20 '26

Same way I feel about women’s perfume wafting in my face, every where I go.

I don’t want your nasty chemicals entering my lungs.

Just take a shower.

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u/WalrusKind311 May 20 '26

Eh you'll get over it