Do you have a spare cig please?

victory

They are expensive yes they are, duty free cheaper, I never smoke a packet a day it lasts me 2 or 3 days if people do not ask for one it does anyway:D

Buttonmoons

I never ever do that now, if someone even asks me for a light I lie and say I got it off someone else, as I was mugged going into my handbag to give someone a cig.

victory

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newcook

victory wrote: »

If it is ok with you I am going to use the empty bo x, like it:D this happens to me all the time, even if it is my sis or family they smoke theirs and I smoke mine as we don't like each others, do you know once I gave one to this stranger and he put it behind his ear presumably for later:rotfl::rotfl:

hahahaha! I'll swap it for a cig

victory

Buttonmoons wrote: »

I never ever do that now, if someone even asks me for a light I lie and say I got it off someone else, as I was mugged going into my handbag to give someone a cig.

I know I have heard that it is a classic, I got mugged many years ago, it was for money and I went into my trouser pocket and had only 20p (was not going to go into my handbag) the three men surrounding me and my little one about 4/5 at the time got angry, very angry that I was doing that and so insisted I went into my bag and got money, while I was doing that, they took my purse and tried to drag my handbag off my arm but had to run for it when some other people came down the path, I never ever went down that path alone again, even though it was th edirect route to my house.

victory

newcook wrote: »

hahahaha! I'll swap it for a cig

No:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:..........................................

gratefulforhelp_2

How about saying "Yes, if you've got the 40 pence"?

euronorris

victory wrote: »

Everytime, every single time I go into town this happens, a random stranger sees me go to the cig packet, open it up, take one out and come over and ask me 'do you have a spare cig please?:mad:

So, I smoke, so they are very expensive, I shouldn't and I know that but I always count how many I have to see how they will last me and never have I looked inside the packet and thought to myself ' do you know what? I am not going to smoke that one, that one is a spare one, I am going to give it to a random stranger that has never bothered to go out to work and earn the money to buy theirs.

Spineless as I am and a scardy cat I always give them one, why because they do not look too nice and if I say no they may react to me:eek:

It makes me so angry. I WISH I was able to give them a witty one liner and walk away, rant over:D

You could always respond in the way I used to: 'No, I don't have a spare cigarette. I didn't go into the shop and ask for a pack of 19, with one spare for the cheeky so and so outside!' now did I!'.

Do be careful who you say that to though. There are some cases where a simple no and walking off will save a lot of hassle!

Ha! Just remembered some kid asking me once and I responded with 'NO! How old are you anyway? 11??'. He looked mortified and scurried off!

victory

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

How about saying "Yes, if you've got the 40 pence"?

Excellent but I end up going 'yes sure' and hand them one over, it is rarely a woman, a tattoed man, piercings or 2/3 men in a little gang yes, kids occasionally but kids just say NO to, see how some courage somewhere but adults 'here you go' :rotfl:

victory

euronorris wrote: »

You could always respond in the way I used to: 'No, I don't have a spare cigarette. I didn't go into the shop and ask for a pack of 19, with one spare for the cheeky so and so outside!' now did I!'.

Do be careful who you say that to though. There are some cases where a simple no and walking off will save a lot of hassle!

See, I think that in my head, I have all these witty one liners that seem to get stuck in my throat through fear and I just pathetically, no one else to blame but me hand one over, I have even had one guy say ' oh come on seen as you have nearly a full packet, how about a few for me' Now then I did look at him in the eye and say NO absolutely not no, where those words came from I don't know but he realised he was not going to get more than one from me:D