thanis
05-15-2010, 01:19 AM
I'm not trying to be funny. When I was younger, I carried a pack with me, but I was never a smoker. Good for minor trades, provides a conversation starter, it can lower (even if the offer is rejected) someones guard a little, plus the hand of a smoker is in sight.
The most I ever smoked was due to this girl I liked. She smoked menthols, so every time I went to work I had a pack with me. She would come back to bum a smoke, and it lead to a few dates. Sure, she smelled like smoke, but those were fun dates, and from that point on, I was often the guy at the party who someone would bum a smoke off of. I was never part of a frat, but almost never paid the cover, because in a small way I was giving.
Then someone noticed I did not smoke much (if at all). I would normally just take a puff of the cigarette I was bumming to if it was a girl. I guess it sounds shady, but even when discovered, people laughted and started arriving at the party with something I liked.
That first step in a social interaction can be hard, and a cigarette is often an in with any smoker. I know it sounds really geeky, but it works.
The most I ever smoked was due to this girl I liked. She smoked menthols, so every time I went to work I had a pack with me. She would come back to bum a smoke, and it lead to a few dates. Sure, she smelled like smoke, but those were fun dates, and from that point on, I was often the guy at the party who someone would bum a smoke off of. I was never part of a frat, but almost never paid the cover, because in a small way I was giving.
Then someone noticed I did not smoke much (if at all). I would normally just take a puff of the cigarette I was bumming to if it was a girl. I guess it sounds shady, but even when discovered, people laughted and started arriving at the party with something I liked.
That first step in a social interaction can be hard, and a cigarette is often an in with any smoker. I know it sounds really geeky, but it works.