[PSA] If it’s not your juice/mod, be careful! - reddit link
by Lizzardis
The title of this post doesn’t exactly express what I truly mean. It’s a long post, so settle in for the long haul.
Let me tell you a little story. Perhaps such a story belongs in TIFU, but realistically, I thought you guys would benefit from it more.
Rewind to the Saturday just gone, the 19th of March.
I was working at my local B&M alongside my co-worker, and friend, lets call him D. Now D has been working since 10am, so the shop is already set up and working like a well oiled machine when I get there at 12pm.
As I sort myself out to work, grab my mod and juice, I hear a regular come into the store. Now this regular is one of those that always has the latest mod, yet always comes in and spends £100+, and has done for the past 3 years, so of course, we welcome his custom.
This regular is almost a friend of mine and D, so we have a certain level of banter and can have more of a laugh than with outer customers.
This is where the **** up happens.
As we’re all chatting together, about 20 minutes into the conversation the regular mentions that he has tried some new juice. As I recall, it was “fruit crush”. He offered myself and D the chance to vape this new liquid from his Kbox 200, with SMOK TFV4 MINI tank.
In hindsight, we really shouldn’t have taken him up on the offer... But myself and D both at least had some sort of trust in this regular. We were both very wrong.
As D took his 2nd vape and passed it to me, he said that the liquid was strong, and asked the regular whether it contained PG. D has reactions to high PG liquid, so it’s “normal” for him to feel a bit funny after a vape of one.
The regular said that it had 20% PG in the juice, to which I replied that perhaps that was why D was feeling funny. As I said that, I’d finished my 2nd vape and was passing the mod back to the regular... When it hit me.
Within 30 seconds, my vision was distorting and seemed to be something like this
. I immediately looked at D and he said that he’s high as a kite.
I knew right then, we were in trouble. Both of us were unable to move properly, and when we did, we had no balance, or ability to maneuver around objects without holding onto/banging into them.
D managed to get this regular out of the store and tried to tell him not to come back. After locking the door, he came into the back and we tried to figure out a plan.
We couldn’t speak properly to one another. Wherever we were trying to talk, it’s like we’d only remember the word we just said, and not the multiple words we’d said before hand. We kept forgetting what we were saying, and for some reason, as the .gif above shows, whilst our vision was very similar to that, it was more tunnel vision-esc.
Our attention span was reduced to nothing and our recollection of time was also disrupted.
We were able to find cover for the both of us, and the owner of the store wasn’t exactly happy. As I was on the phone to the owner, I knew what I wanted to say, but I could only get out words, not sentences.
After myself and D got ourselves a ride home at about 1:30pm, we were still suffering until around 3:30pm, when the comedown eventually kicked in and we started to return to normal.
The point of me telling you this story is to warn others about the dangers/risks.
Even if you trust a customer, regular, or a friend, be weary of what juice they may have inside of their tank.
A general rule of thumb would be, “don’t vape on a customers ECig, no matter what they say”, and I agree.
Myself and D were foolish for trying the vape of a customer, never mind whether he was a regular or a friend. The fact is, what we did was stupid, and it could have been worse.
As far as I’m aware, the vapour that we inhaled contained THC, and a lot of it. I want to think that there was another chemical involved too, as it hit us too fast and too hard for THC alone, then again, I’m not exactly an expert.
Overall, whilst a stupid decision, it was an incredibly unpleasant experience and I think what made it worse was the fact that we didn’t ask to get stoned, not were we expecting it to happen. Luckily we could keep each other steady and grounded, so that we didn’t end up panicking or worse.
I thought I’d just share my experience, and perhaps it’ll just make somebody aware of the types of ELiquids that are out there, and to be careful around somebodies vape/mod that you don’t exactly know.
source: https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic...9ac/psa_if_its_not_youre_juicemod_be_careful/
by Lizzardis
The title of this post doesn’t exactly express what I truly mean. It’s a long post, so settle in for the long haul.
Let me tell you a little story. Perhaps such a story belongs in TIFU, but realistically, I thought you guys would benefit from it more.
Rewind to the Saturday just gone, the 19th of March.
I was working at my local B&M alongside my co-worker, and friend, lets call him D. Now D has been working since 10am, so the shop is already set up and working like a well oiled machine when I get there at 12pm.
As I sort myself out to work, grab my mod and juice, I hear a regular come into the store. Now this regular is one of those that always has the latest mod, yet always comes in and spends £100+, and has done for the past 3 years, so of course, we welcome his custom.
This regular is almost a friend of mine and D, so we have a certain level of banter and can have more of a laugh than with outer customers.
This is where the **** up happens.
As we’re all chatting together, about 20 minutes into the conversation the regular mentions that he has tried some new juice. As I recall, it was “fruit crush”. He offered myself and D the chance to vape this new liquid from his Kbox 200, with SMOK TFV4 MINI tank.
In hindsight, we really shouldn’t have taken him up on the offer... But myself and D both at least had some sort of trust in this regular. We were both very wrong.
As D took his 2nd vape and passed it to me, he said that the liquid was strong, and asked the regular whether it contained PG. D has reactions to high PG liquid, so it’s “normal” for him to feel a bit funny after a vape of one.
The regular said that it had 20% PG in the juice, to which I replied that perhaps that was why D was feeling funny. As I said that, I’d finished my 2nd vape and was passing the mod back to the regular... When it hit me.
Within 30 seconds, my vision was distorting and seemed to be something like this
. I immediately looked at D and he said that he’s high as a kite.
I knew right then, we were in trouble. Both of us were unable to move properly, and when we did, we had no balance, or ability to maneuver around objects without holding onto/banging into them.
D managed to get this regular out of the store and tried to tell him not to come back. After locking the door, he came into the back and we tried to figure out a plan.
We couldn’t speak properly to one another. Wherever we were trying to talk, it’s like we’d only remember the word we just said, and not the multiple words we’d said before hand. We kept forgetting what we were saying, and for some reason, as the .gif above shows, whilst our vision was very similar to that, it was more tunnel vision-esc.
Our attention span was reduced to nothing and our recollection of time was also disrupted.
We were able to find cover for the both of us, and the owner of the store wasn’t exactly happy. As I was on the phone to the owner, I knew what I wanted to say, but I could only get out words, not sentences.
After myself and D got ourselves a ride home at about 1:30pm, we were still suffering until around 3:30pm, when the comedown eventually kicked in and we started to return to normal.
The point of me telling you this story is to warn others about the dangers/risks.
Even if you trust a customer, regular, or a friend, be weary of what juice they may have inside of their tank.
A general rule of thumb would be, “don’t vape on a customers ECig, no matter what they say”, and I agree.
Myself and D were foolish for trying the vape of a customer, never mind whether he was a regular or a friend. The fact is, what we did was stupid, and it could have been worse.
As far as I’m aware, the vapour that we inhaled contained THC, and a lot of it. I want to think that there was another chemical involved too, as it hit us too fast and too hard for THC alone, then again, I’m not exactly an expert.
Overall, whilst a stupid decision, it was an incredibly unpleasant experience and I think what made it worse was the fact that we didn’t ask to get stoned, not were we expecting it to happen. Luckily we could keep each other steady and grounded, so that we didn’t end up panicking or worse.
I thought I’d just share my experience, and perhaps it’ll just make somebody aware of the types of ELiquids that are out there, and to be careful around somebodies vape/mod that you don’t exactly know.
source: https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic...9ac/psa_if_its_not_youre_juicemod_be_careful/
