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re: Smoking Vapor/E-Cigs in a Restaurant

Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:16 am to
Posted by SaDaTayMoses
Member since Oct 2005
4541 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:16 am to
Put him on some Keith Whitley and fill his belly. He'll PTFO.
Posted by htownjeep
Republic of Texas
Member since Jun 2005
7771 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:20 am to
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Lots of them still put out a smell and I don't want that stuff around my food or me when I sit down to dinner.

What is your stance on a customer with too much cologne? What about old ladies that have that god awful smell? Those smells are offensive and linger the entire time they are there. The ecig person is very sporadic and temporary. Honest question.
This post was edited on 5/16/14 at 9:38 am
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
36279 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:35 am to
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Trashy


:kige:
Posted by EMILIO
The Best Bank
Member since Apr 2007
3655 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:45 am to
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Mind your own damn business


Ignorant. It's my job to make sure people like you are happy in my restaurant. I have no desire to make a scene if its not necessary but we are getting an increase in guest complaints whether they know its not real smoke or not.
Posted by EMILIO
The Best Bank
Member since Apr 2007
3655 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:47 am to
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What is your stance on a customer with too much cologne? What about old ladies that have that god awful smell?


I understand that we are talking about potentially offensive smells, but I'm not sure this is comparing apples to apples. Even if its odorless, it seems that the general public is put off by the sight of people blowing "smoke" in the area of their food.
Posted by Boomshockalocka
Member since Feb 2004
59874 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:49 am to
It would only bother me if I was at a nice place. If I was eating a pizza or burger somewhere it wouldn't bother me at all, I probably wouldn't even notice it.
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:49 am to
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Ignorant. It's my job to make sure people like you are happy in my restaurant.
It's not ignorant. You're approaching the subject as a manager trying to appease your customers concerns. I'm viewing it as an informed patron and IMO it doesn't matter at all to me as long as there is no smell.
Posted by htownjeep
Republic of Texas
Member since Jun 2005
7771 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:50 am to
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Even if its odorless, it seems that the general public is put off by the sight of people blowing "smoke" in the area of their food.

Many things we see in every day life are offensive. How would you react if I called you over and asked that the lady at the table next to me was moved because she smells offensive?

I'm just curious as to why we cave in to these people who are so "offended" nowadays. They wouldn't have made it through the 70's or previous years.
Posted by Degas
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Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:54 am to
Picking your nose and eating it emits no scent, so that would be ok in a restaurant, right?
Posted by TigerWise
Front Seat of an Uber
Member since Sep 2010
35131 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:56 am to
Trashy
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:56 am to
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Picking your nose and eating it emits no scent, so that would be ok in a restaurant, right?
If doing it discretely, sure. .
Posted by htownjeep
Republic of Texas
Member since Jun 2005
7771 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:59 am to
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Picking your nose and eating it emits no scent, so that would be ok in a restaurant, right?

Good (bug gross ) example.
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 9:59 am to
To me it's along the same lines as a real cigarette smoker in a restaurant that allows it. Not blowing the vapors or smoke in anybody's direction is common courtesy.

Somebody could discretely smoke one of those things 2 feet from you, and you would never know.
Posted by AmosMosesAndTwins
Lake Charles
Member since Apr 2010
19013 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 10:12 am to
Incredibly trashy. Surely you can refrain from nicotine for an hour.
Posted by TIGERFANZZ
THE Death Valley
Member since Nov 2007
4060 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 10:24 am to
Unacceptable. Those things put out a smell & you shouldn't be imposing your habit on other people. Poor taste & if you're so addicted to something that you can't even sit through a meal without having it, then stay home because no one else enjoys your addiction. In a bar, that's a different setting with different expectations.
Posted by reb13
Member since May 2010
10905 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 10:28 am to
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In my experience, if you ask a guest to refrain from smoking them, they get all pissy and explain that its not real smoke.


This is the exact reason they do it, attention whores.
Posted by SW2SCLA
We all float down here
Member since Feb 2009
23001 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 10:30 am to
I'd rather have someone vaping at the table next to me than talking on their cell phone. Would you restaurant owners ask someone to hang up if another patron complained?

As I said I don't vape in restaurants but people who get all pissy about it need thicker skin IMO.
This post was edited on 5/16/14 at 10:36 am
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49594 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 10:33 am to
I just let a nice one cheek sneak out and tell them that e cig smells like shite.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
288084 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 10:37 am to
my mom was smoking one on mothers day in a nice restaurant we were at. She asked what i thought and i bluntly told her i thought it looked tacky.

The chef and owner(who is a prominent nola chef) came out a little while longer to shoot the shite, being an old friend, and my mom asked his thoughts. He said he didn't care. Even thought about selling them in his bar area.
This post was edited on 5/16/14 at 10:38 am
Posted by TigerWise
Front Seat of an Uber
Member since Sep 2010
35131 posts
Posted on 5/16/14 at 10:39 am to
Andrea's ?
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