For many years, Ive owned and ran my own business. This gave me the luxury of working from home and of course enjoying a pipe most anytime I wanted. :D Recently, I decided to make a change (for the better... i.e, more money) and joined back up with a long time friend in the same industry to help him expand a new line he is doing with his business and closed my shop.
My new job takes me out of my house and into a huge warehouse which we are moving into.....or I should say airplane hanger...it's that big. Since we are just moving in, Ive mostly been the only one from my business in the warehouse setting up my equipment for my job while everyone else is still located at our old location. Im often the only one around and of course, Im free to open up the huge bay doors, light up my pipe, and enjoy my day.
Right now we share the place with another business, so there are occasionally other people around working on their own projects. Ive really never smoked yet around others who I dont know and only with a few friends. Since I smoke outside, I typically get the odd looks from people driving by or walking their dogs. So the other day, I had some downtime at work and packed up a bowl and decided to walk over to say hi and see what these guys were working on.
After the initial "hello", one of the guys immediately mentioned that he looked over and saw me lighting up and almost fell off the ladder thinking I was doing what everything thinks youre doing when lighting up a pipe. I laughed and said nope, not into that and it was just regular tobacco. By then I guess both the guys working got a whiff and started in on how good it smelled and the memories it brought back of their grandfathers. I was enjoying some Molto Dolce which I gotta say is delicious. We actually got to talking about pipes and tobaccos for a bit which I thought was pretty cool.
So, overall I had a good experience with my first time being around total strangers with a pipe hanging out my jaw. Figured Id share my experience with you guys! :
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My new job takes me out of my house and into a huge warehouse which we are moving into.....or I should say airplane hanger...it's that big. Since we are just moving in, Ive mostly been the only one from my business in the warehouse setting up my equipment for my job while everyone else is still located at our old location. Im often the only one around and of course, Im free to open up the huge bay doors, light up my pipe, and enjoy my day.
Right now we share the place with another business, so there are occasionally other people around working on their own projects. Ive really never smoked yet around others who I dont know and only with a few friends. Since I smoke outside, I typically get the odd looks from people driving by or walking their dogs. So the other day, I had some downtime at work and packed up a bowl and decided to walk over to say hi and see what these guys were working on.
After the initial "hello", one of the guys immediately mentioned that he looked over and saw me lighting up and almost fell off the ladder thinking I was doing what everything thinks youre doing when lighting up a pipe. I laughed and said nope, not into that and it was just regular tobacco. By then I guess both the guys working got a whiff and started in on how good it smelled and the memories it brought back of their grandfathers. I was enjoying some Molto Dolce which I gotta say is delicious. We actually got to talking about pipes and tobaccos for a bit which I thought was pretty cool.
So, overall I had a good experience with my first time being around total strangers with a pipe hanging out my jaw. Figured Id share my experience with you guys! :
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