Mouthing Off About Cigarettes
(I am a librarian. One day when I’m working at the information desk, I see a woman with a cigarette in her mouth and a lighter in her hand, getting ready to light up.)
Me: “Ma’am? I’m sorry, but smoking isn’t allowed inside the library.”
Patron: *points to the cigarette* “It’s not lit, is it? Do you see smoke coming out?”
Me: “Ma’am, if you have it in your mouth, I have to assume you intend to smoke it by default.”
Patron: “Oh! Uh… sorry, my mistake.”
Me: “That’s fine. But no smoking in the library, okay?”
(At least she apologized. But yeah, I totally stick cigarettes in my mouth with no intention to smoke them all the time.)
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