06/13/2026
Look, as a former smoker, I get it. You need to go into a store and you’ll get this on the way out. BUT you didn’t. Instead it was left in my poor, sad planter that’s trying so hard to come back from two big storms. So you made him look worse. Big whoop. I can get past that. BUT you know who’s hanging out on Main Street most of the time? Kids. My kids, and their friends, and my kid customers, and sure, we can tell ourselves, “They wouldn’t smoke a half used cigarette.” BUT have you met kids? No, seriously, have you met kids? They make some very odd choices. I once told my kid he could draw with a dry erase marker on a mirror and came back to him drawing on the carpet because I “didn’t say NOT to draw on the carpet.” It’s exhausting. Which brings me to my last plea to you to not leave half smoked cigs laying about. I’m an ADHD mama of two, who hasn’t smoked a cigarette in over nine years. I’m a month into summer, with these children coming in and out and demanding snacks and fun activities and very specific instructions on how to act during every moment of every day. DO NOT TEMPT ME. I WILL smoke that stupid thing if the weather hits just right and the tantrum is just loud enough and the bank account is low. I will do it and I WILL hate myself for it. DON’T BE THAT PERSON. Please?
