This makes you no better than him.

OMG! Thanks!:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Chatbrat,

I think you did the right thing in telling the waitress to intercede. I don't think she was wise in identifying you as the complainant. She could have said that unnamed "other patrons" had objected to the stench.

Wow!
 

sucker punch someone..yup...brave...then doing it for something they said...that's just a bit reactionary...there's also the fact that you'd go to jail for assault(no, they won't arrest him for a smelly cigar)and then have to pay his medical bills as well as being sued...yup...that's the correct response...

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What a worthless, ridiculous reason to start a confrontation. As said by another poster, if he had reeked of body oder or was passing gas, nothing would have said. My guess is there was some degree of satisfaction needed in seeing him remove the cigar. You carry a gun and initiated this, confrontation, interesting.

As far as carrying a concealed gun, I'm not buying that you review your daily itinerary each morning before leaving the house and based on your planned activities and venues then decide to carry or not.....PLEASE.......

I know the rules for ccw, you can carry a firearm into the area of a restaurant where alcohol is served. When I'm in that situation my firearm is locked in my vehicle. I carry it whenever I'm out of my residence.

Rules aren't for me!!
 

I believe there is no smoking inside any restaurant, even at the bar. If the bartender saw that this person had a cigar, she should have either nipped it in the bud herself right then and there or called for a manager to handle the situation. Patrons should not be put to in a situation like this where they have to feel uncomfortable. The rules are the rules with smoking, especially cigars, and someone with authority should have addressed this immediately without a patron asking them to do so.

I would ask for another place to sit. Waste of time to confront people today.

I don't think your approach was so off base. I find it amazing that when possibly being offensive people take the defensive. Did he really need to approach you semi agressively? I find smokers and some are friends can be touchy about being approached for smoking in public areas. I'm a former smoker and today I wish not to breathe the smell or smoke. Please smoke where it's not a shared experience and I'll keep my dog poop off your lawn. :icon_wink:

We only eat @ the bar, & there were no more seats available.

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I find it amazing how defensive dog owners get when taken to task on their dogs pooping in places other than their own yard or the dog parks. I find it offensive to see it and smell it in common public areas EVERY night at the town squares, the mail box areas and....yes my yard. According to dog owners these are the "few". But what are the odds that those few are at my mail area, my front yard and the town squares every time I'm there. Apparently we are all have the same schedules. When I stop sharing your dog poop in public areas, you can talk about not sharing someone's smoke.

The guy wasn't smoking.

I don't smoke or chew.

Yikes! Can you not see the humor in this post? It was a JOKE!!!! For crying out loud, LIGHTEN UP, people!!!! I laughed my butt off when I read it! What a great sense of humor...too bad for anyone who didn't enjoy it the way it was intended.

I wouldn't sucker punch someone for what they said. I would only sucker punch someone that was getting ready to hit me. That's just street self defense, not assault.