If so how do you ask? Are you polite about it? How do you answer when someone asks if you mind if they smoke?
I don't like smoking or chewing at the blackjack table and almost always I will make some comment to express my disapproval.
If so how do you ask? Are you polite about it? How do you answer when someone asks if you mind if they smoke?
I don't like smoking or chewing at the blackjack table and almost always I will make some comment to express my disapproval.
Most casinos have smoking and non-smoking tables. If you're at a smoking table, it would be inappropriate to ask someone not to smoke. If the casino does not have any smoking restrictions, I would still not ask someone to refrain. It's not appropriate. I realize how awful that can be, but you need to move not them. Just my view....
I first ask if they can make the table non smoking. If that doesn't work, and some guy lights up, I'll cough a bit, wave my hand to get rid if smoke, and ask the guy to put his ashtray on the other side, furthest away from me, further asking him to blow in the opposite direction. If the guy is an asshole, and lights up again really quickly, I'll usually say something rude such as - that shit will ruin your sex life- and then bugger off. It's times like this that I regret not eating baked spice beans about an hour or so prior to the encounter.
Subtleties such as the above work well, should you run into the douche bag again.
No, but if someone puts a ciggy next to me, I'll ask them to move it to their other side. If it bothers me, I'll move elsewhere (unless my seat is especially important). Better to remain unobtrusive.
If they ask, sometimes, depending on my mood, I'll use George Carlin's line: "Mind if I fart? That's one of my bad habits."
Where smoking is allowed, I always ask for non smoking. When making the request, I make reference to the permeating stench of foul smelling tobacco, accompanied by the usually toothless grins of the occasional table occupant. I also like to refer to the smokers wearing leather jackets, further noting the obnoxious permeating odiferous outrage that such individuals carry with them.
I make this considerate comment to espouse my preference to those critters, that I prefer not to puke on my table mates, thus prompting the request. Subtlety is key.
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