Smoking In Smoke Shops?

[puffdoggie]

How about when one is surfing your favorite online site (SP, P&C, 4N, etc.). There I said it. :crazy:

 

[natibo]

I always buy something. Even if it's a cup of coffee or a single ounce of tobacco.

 

[mikestanley]

I could not imagine a circumstance that

Involve not buying a cigar or some pipe

Tobacco if I sat in a shop and enjoyed a

Smoke. Seems wrong to me.

Mike S.

 

[fishingandpipes]

Wish it wasn't the case for selfish reasons, but yeah, buy something. I'm not buying a $10 cigar 5 times a week which means once the weather gets truly cold I'm SOL as far as a workday smoke break goes (I'm lucky enough to work near a great B&M). There used to be a cigar bar nearby where one could get a coffee or a beer, but now that they've been banned the only place to sit in warmth is either your apartment or the B&M.

 

[instymp]

Puffy, I feel the same way as you.

 

[johnscs]

I'm pretty sure we'd all agree that common courtesy and respect for promoting the shop's business should guide how we behave when dropping in. When I visit a shop I don't know, I make a point to buy a couple of ounces of a new blend before I even think of lighting a bowl. Sometimes I ask if I can fill a bowl and light it after it's weighed out (so that I can pay before smoking it). I can't remember a time when I wasn't invited to sample a bowl on the house. When I drop in at a local shop, where I'm a regular customer, I usually need to buy tobacco. When I have the time to hang out and smoke, no need to ask if it's okay. One of the shop owners tells me he's glad to have his regulars drop in to smoke because he likes it when the sales floor looks populated - he says it makes the place look friendly and attracts passers-by. He usually doesn't need to remind regulars to look after themselves when he and his staff need to help other customers. When the place is busy, I get out of the way of the sales action - and I don't overstay my welcome.

 

[johnscs]

I'm pretty sure we'd all agree that common courtesy and respect for promoting the shop's business should guide how we behave when dropping in. When I visit a shop I don't know, I make a point to buy a couple of ounces of a new blend before I even think of lighting a bowl. Sometimes I ask if I can fill a bowl and light it after it's weighed out (so that I can pay before smoking it). I can't remember a time when I wasn't invited to sample a bowl on the house. When I drop in at a local shop, where I'm a regular customer, I usually need to buy tobacco. When I have the time to hang out and smoke, no need to ask if it's okay. One of the shop owners tells me he's glad to have his regulars drop in to smoke because he likes it when the sales floor looks populated - he says it makes the place look friendly and attracts passers-by. He usually doesn't need to remind regulars to look after themselves when he and his staff need to help other customers. When the place is busy, I get out of the way of the sales action - and I don't overstay my welcome.

 

[sallow]

I rarely smoke my pipe at the cigar shop because I can't smell it through all the cigar smoke.
I usually buy a tin or two of pipe tobacco and a few cigars and have one at the shop.

 

[thesmokingtexan]

Yes don't be a cheap a$$. If you are going to go into a smoke shop and sit down on there furniture taking up space were paying customers sit and use there facilities then buy something. Even if it is a 2dollar cigar. They don't make money when Just your there taking up space. It is common courtesy and not being a free loader.