I thought I'd start sharing my experiences as I smoke outside at Starbucks often, up to 5-6 times per week.

I never intend to irritate people, I always try to be considerate. I try to sit downwind, and I try to occupy a table on the outside patio that is far from anyone else. But sometimes there are lots of non smokers sitting outside and I have no choice but to sit close to them or to sit upwind.

So this morning, I have no choices. Lots of nonsmokers sitting downwind. Oh well. So I light up. There are three people sitting downwind from me two tables down. As soon as I light up, before the first swirl of smoke has left the vicinity of my head, with no possibility of it invading their space, one of these SKWMFSM (skinny ass white MF soccer moms that sit around and make a bunch of noise and chatter endlessly about inane things) coughs up a lung and pulls her sweater over her face.

She then shoots me an evil, god-I-hate-your-guts glare, and after a few minutes of theatrics, they move inside.

It makes me wonder - these are probably of the Tolerance crowd - if you don't like something, your an intolerant hater. But I guess Tolerance is only for things you like. If you don't like it, then it's not intolerance. Makes me really intolerant of the word intolerant as it is totally subjective and used to death and used very selfishly nowadays.

I wonder if these people ever figure out whey there are so many smokers of all stripes gathering at Starbucks. They offer outside patios at most locations, and this one has an excellent patio that is well covered so you are protected from the rain and sun. Pipes, cigars and cigs are being smoked there often. As we have been forced outside by most places going nonsmoking, by legislative fiat or the choice of business owners (the former being discriminatory, the latter being totally legitimate in my book), these SKWMFSM should be able to figure out they have made their own bed, now they need to lie in it.

I figured I'd start sharing these experiences, as they happen often. Feel free to share your own.