YearsAlongTheSea Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 So, due to the nature of the area in which I live, I can barely make it 10 steps out my front door before someone either offers me crack or requests a cigarette. Many of these are simply kick-down requests, but, occassionally, someone will offer to buy one. What gives? Are they serious? Is there a going rate for single smokes? Am I supposed to, on the spot, do math and come up with a pro-rated offer, or is this an assinine icebreaker? Do I look like a mobile, a la carte, Phillip-Morris representative or something? Really.Your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 "Hey can I buy a smoke" is a polite way of saying "Can I have a smoke." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarinGarage Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 i think that maybe they think you'll be more likely to give them a cigarette if they offer to pay for it, but i doubt they actually expect to have to pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted May 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 I know, but really, just ask, I'm nice, I give 'em a way for free anyways. I think I'll start taking the money from those who offer. I'm calling all bluffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 ask for like $5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 "Can I buy a smoke" is something I think I've been hearing since the drastic price increase a few years ago...one day a pack was four and a quarter, next day it was eight and a quarter. The cigarette bummers must have been met with heavy backlash when asking, so it became customary to offer money. I never take the money either; my response is usually "I can GIVE you a smoke if that's what you want". There are days I've felt like taking the dough, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted May 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 1 4 3, 2 4 5, that's the best I can do.I'll throw in a heady veggie burrito and some nitrous to confuse people.Who's got my heady cigarrette now ya'll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 I always thought the going rate for a single cigarette was twenty-five cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Going rate was 0.25 back when cigarettes were ~6.50 a pack, and dropped to a dime when cigarettes went down to the $3-$4 range (but it was rare for people to offer money when a pack was so cheap). I have no idea what it is now that smokes are about $9-$10 a pack, but sometimes people have a quarter in their hand when they ask ... sometimes two ...(also a crack neighbourhood here. Where are you at, YATS?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deranger Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 tell them you'll trade a smoke for the rest of their crack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 holeee fack...you telling me a pack of smokes costs nearly 10 bucks? Jebus, I'm saving a truckload of money! think I'll spend my savings on a bottle of hooch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 think I'll spend my savings on a bottle of hooch!Hey, can I buy a shot of hooch off you?Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 I definately go for a looney. I'm actually considering getting a pack of smokes just so I can sell smokes for a buck! That's a great little side business eh Ricky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 (edited) D- he lives directly across from crack house central....a block away from you....while you get the trickle...he gets the flood. :crazy: I sat in my car one day waiting for Moosey to return a book...eating poutine and people watching.....man alive was I ever making the dude on the corner nervous....what a dumbass....yeah the pregnant girl in the the rusty, scraped up 1990 beater, pigging out on poutine, curiously half watching you is a narc....guess it'd be a great cover if I was. oh and I used to offer .50 to a buck....a)it made me feel less guilty about bugging someone and b)if I made myself give more it made me smoke less. Edited May 24, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenenbaum Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 i'm so glad I quit smoking 4 years ago!Ahh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 I'm glad I quit too, but I still miss it now and then, and now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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