Would YOU say something??

[Shelby07]

I don't know how I would have handled it, but I think I would have tried to find a way to let him know.

[spiffykyle]

Was it an older gentleman?? In my (limited) experience, most of these guys won't take offense if you point something like this out, and usually they'll laugh about it. They've been smoking cigars since before I was born and lately there are a bunch of newfangled smokes out there. When they light up its more of muscle memory than anything else.

If it were me I would've said something to him. If you don't act snobbish you won't come off as a snob...

...unless of course the guy you're talking to is a snob, then I wouldn't really care what he thought of me.

spiffy

[Sporadic Metonomy]

The guy was older than me...definitely. I would say he was in his early to mid 50's. I'm in my mid 20's. He was also by himself.


After reading your comments, I'm glad I didn't say anything to him. In the future, though, I'm going to find a tactful way to approach the subject because I would hope someone would do the same to me if I were smoking a $15 cigar without an idea how to smoke it.


I'll bet he was wondering to himself how people could stand the taste of these things...he probably thought Tony Soprano was out of his mind.

[bigwhiteash]

I suppose if I were ruining a $15+ cigar, I would want someone to set me straight, in a tactful way of course.

[pub spears]

Makes me think how drunk fuggers I've seen light the wrong end of a cigarette. That filter tastes a little funny, huh?

[JFellows]

I would definitely say something. Odds are he'd be embarrassed but appreciative. If he gave me a hard time for being a younger and perhaps less-experienced smoker (although how much experience can you have if you do something like that), I would kindly suggest that he spend his money on diapers and Ensure, instead of a cigar-band-burning effort in senility.

[derelict73]

Hmmmmm, do believe I would simply say "Hey bro, dude, sir, senior, mon ami" whichever applies "Your supposed to take that off before you smoke the cigar". If he is normal he will thank me and smoke his fine cigar without the wrapper left on. If hes an ass he will ignore or chastise me. Sad thing is that the dude at the end of the bar is me ;-(