I just purchased tobacco from a shop I have patronized in the past but will never visit again. The owner maintains a smoking room in the back of his establishment for cigar smokers who pay him a healthy monthly fee to store their cigars and for the use of the room as a smoking lounge. I filled my bowl with one his blends I was unfamiliar with to sample(witch earned me a side-eye from the owner)and headed for the smoking room to try out this unfamiliar blend. Now let me add that the room was empty at the time. I was confronted by the owner and told that the room was for his cigar(paying) customers only and I would have to light up outside. I tried to explain to him I was only planning to use the room long enough to sample my bowl of his tobacco and would be making a purchase shortly. I was told that rules(his) are rules and the room was for (paying) cigar patrons only. Well, due to the distance I traveled to get this store I made a modest purchase and left but not before informing the owner that while I respect his rule I have a rule too. NEVER PATRONIZE A BUSINESS THAT DOESN'T APPRECIATE MY BUSINESS. I will never ever return to this place of business again. Later after I returned home, fired up a bowl, and calmed down I wondered; was I being a little thin-skinned in this situation? What say ye brothers of the briar?