Walking down the street with a cigarette in my mouth or hand I am constantly asked ‘ if I had an extra smoke ‘. Last January a guy pulled over to the side of a busy street in Belmont to ask if I had a cigarette.
Going out for a beer? Oh, brother...all night long people ask for cigarettes if I am outside smoking.
No one wants to spend their own money for smokes but they don’t mind bumming them. You should see the reactions I get when I say I’m ‘ running low - sorry. ‘ People really get pissed off.
I get asked for cigarettes by people behind me in line at Store 24 just after I buy them!
I talked to a construction worker today who was from NJ. He said in New York a pack runs 8.25.
Looks like I’ll be buying one of those hand crank cigarette machines. 6.50 a pack is murder.
And yes, it pissed people off then as well.