So, I have recently started a pipe club in town. We meet at the local cigar shop. First let me say that it is a very nice shop, with a nice smoking room, but it tailors more to cigar smokers. They are very nice to let us meet there, but we don't just use their space we are paying customers and at the very least buy a tin of something each time e meet. This week was Peterson's Irish Whiskey, which on a side note is pretty good. I titled this salesmanship because though the shop is tailored more towards cigars they do sell pipes and pipe tobaccos, but they really don't have a clue about their pipe oriented products or that has been my experience so far. I was actually in there the other day and a guy (who I don't know) is asking about a can of roll cake. The guy behind the counter says, you really ought to ask him, pointing at me, he is the pipe guy. They have lots of nice pretty tins but probably don't know much about what is in them, but here is the kicker. We are meeting for the club, have just spent about 25 bucks on tobacco and drinks and are all enjoying some nice Irish Whiskey and the owner and a cigar sales rep are sitting at the next table over talking about his product. I had just finished having a pipe tobacco conversation with the rep before the owner came in. The rep says, "man I sure like the smell of what they are smoking." The owner says, "yeah it smells good for about 5 minutes then it gets old." The rep says, "well you can't really complain about the smell though its nice." Owner says, "like I said it gets old which he says with a scowl." It made me feel unwelcome or even unwelcome as a customer. The guy who manages the place is a nice man who is helpful, I'm not saying that the whole experience is bad, but I felt like pipe smoking just isn't as elite as cigars or something. And that isn't the first time that he has said something like that about pipe smoke. I just don't get it, in a world that is trying to crack down on smokers of every walk shouldn't we stick together, or at least understand the concept of good salesmanship, for though cigars are big business, the pipe smokers of America are growing in numbers and we deserve the same respect as the next customer. Just my thoughts, I didn't let it ruin my pipe club experience but it really irked me. And you know what else, I buy cigars there too and have in the past recommended them to others who like cigars, but I think I may start looking for somewhere else to meet. This is a shout out to all of the B&M's out there, pipe clubs are a win win, we buy from you, we bring in other people to buy from you, we advertise free for you, and we tell people about you. All we want in return is a little common courtesy.