OMG.
I was in town this morning just for a few things. There was a woman who worked there who was fanning things on the shelves with a clipboard. I wanted to ask her what the fuck she was doing because it made no sense to me, but I kept my mouth shut.
As she approached me, I was overcome by the sickening gawd-awful stench of cigarettes! I wondered, didn’t she give a shit how she smelled? Did she even know she had the stinks? Holy crap. I mean, I used to smoke. Just a couple a day; a very light smoker. I used to work with smokers who smoked a lot more than I did. They never smelled that bad. Trust me, my nose (even when I was a smoker) could pick up on that stink yards away. I don’t think I’ve EVER run across anyone who smelled this bad! Holy crap, this woman smelled as though she smoked 3 packs or more a day!
Without even thinking, I raised my hand to my nose and covered it. She looked at me. I think she knew…or at least had a little clue that she must stink. I hope so! I wanted to tell her…
NO! I wanted to YELL at her:
Being Aunt Debbie 
Oh man, I totally know what that smells like, eww. Cigarette smoke permeates clothes, hair and skin. You can tell a smoker by their yellow nails where they hold the cigarette. My mom had a friend who was a hard core smoker, she use to smoke Camels. I say use to, she died of lung cancer four years ago, even in the hospital she wanted a smoke. She’d tell my mom “what you think I should stop now?”
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She’s got a point though! If she’s dying why stop? Nothing she could have done about it by then. I’m glad I quit. I have never smelled anyone that smelled as bad as that woman though. Never! And I’ve known a lot of smokers.
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Yuck, can you imagine a smoker that drinks? That was my uncle, or just coffee and cigarettes. I’m glad I was never a smoker, or a drinker….just a brawler, lol.
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😂 😂 You, a brawler? Lol.
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Noooo, not little old me….lmao
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Luckily, I don’t encounter that very often.
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Lucky you!
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Aw, cigarettes, the smell of my childhood. My mother was a hardcore smoker; an emphasis on the word was. COPD won. Mona
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Oh, no. I’m so sorry for your loss. My mom was a heavy smoker but not wearing a seat belt killed her before anything else could.
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Stale cigarettes smell is the worst and unfortunately even a quite popular around🤢but the worst is when they try to hide it with parfume😬🤢
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Oh my gawd! Yes. Lol.
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