I work at the Canadian House of Commons, I know the Speaker has a blended scotch. I wonder if he has a snuffbox 
Iâve never had this problem, in the southern US smokeless tobacco is common. When people see me fiddling around with my snuff-tin and I donât feel like explaining what Iâm doing I just say itâs smokeless tobacco and they immediately accept it. Most just assume that Iâm dipping it when they see it out or see me turning around and taking a pinch up to my face haha.
If you want to disassociate yourself from drugs, stop using a bullet! When people can not SEE what you are actually using, they will always speculate. Take out a snuffbox and boldly take a pinch⌠If they have issues under those conditions, you probably wouldnât want to work for them anyway. Of course you donât do this in the middle of an interview. Best to wait until you are between interviews when talking to more than one person at a specific location.
I have been able to explain the bullet. I just open up the other end and, show them. I also bring out my various tins and, my pipe tool. How long are the snuff spoons anyways? I feel like they might jab me in my pocket.
My bullets are CLEAR and I am not associated with drug use. Iâm probably more associated with being healthy around here as I cycle everywhere and was glad to read on another thread that even atheletes make use of snuff. I normally donât have any issues using my bullets in public. Havenât tried in an interview though, yet. I would imagine unless itâs an interview for a job with a snuff co. then even wipping out a fancy snuff box isnât going to help much. I mean even if you chewed nicotine gum in an interview theyâd have a heart attack! Snus is probably the answer but illegal here. If it was a company that didnât allow snuffing in an interview which I imagine is 99.9999999999% of them then yes you are correct I probably donât want to work for them but I have to pretend that I do. Actually I did get my toast tin out during an informalish interview for a placement with the National Trust and they were cool about it.
@i_snuff_therefore___ where are you exactly? im not aware of snus being illegal anywhere, except for sale?
Pardon me. Of course, Illegal for sale in the UK. My point is tobacco/nicotine use in general is seen as evil in whatever form or however taken, especially in certain situations such as employment interviews being an extreme case and as a nicotine enjoyist presents some inconvenience on occasion. Problem with nicotine is a constant regular intake usually becomes a requirement and doesnât sit well with non-users. If they donât use it then why should we I suppose is the thought behind it?
I agree with bob⌠You need to get rid of your âDISCRETELYâ attitude⌠If you do something discretely, then you are giving off major vibes that broadcast to the world that you know there is something wrong in what you are doing.
People almost never act strange when I snuff. I act like it is what it is. Plus do you really think people pay that much attention to you? Or any of us?
And if you canât not feel nervous offer snuff to people including strangers. Theyâll at least know what it is when you do it.
@howdydave and @bob Iâm getting there. My dad doesnât (didnât) know I use snuff and this morning I was turkey hunting with him when I whipped out a 5gm smash box full of SG Hazelnut and took a generous pinch without ever saying a word. I didnât act any different than I would if Iâd gotten a breath mint or a piece of gum. He barely cut a glance my way and neither one of us said anything in reference to, so I guess my âdiscreetlyâ aint so discreet.
I agree with bob⌠You need to get rid of your âDISCRETELYâ attitude⌠If you do something discretely, then you are giving off major vibes that broadcast to the world that you know there is something wrong in what you are doing.
Itâs not so much that I hide it, itâs just I wouldnât stop in the hallway at work with people I didnât know walking by me and take a big boxcar of Black Rappee. âDiscreteâ for me is using a piece of paper to decant two small piles of a white snuff on the back of my hand and then declining my head and lightly sniff it up. Or bending down to my snuff-tin at my desk and taking two normal pinches, either way. Itâs not so much trying to hide that Iâm using snuff, I just like to do it in a quick, easy, clean way without going out of my way to show it to other people.
Snuff without guilt! It seems to me; working as a barber you have a captive audience and have many opportunities to educate the ignorant public of the benefits of using nasal snuff. Stand proudly, we are at the forefront of the transition point; think of yourself as a trendsetter rather than an criminal
and also the comment that it doesnât make smoke or spit so itâs the most compassionate to other people really helps.
I snuff everywhere. On my security post with my colleagues, they think its neat and many have tried a pinch and sneezed other heads off. I work at Parliament with a few âstoggyâ lads, many cigar smokers and scotch drinkers⌠they approve of snuff. Now, Iâm working on a way to form a lobby group, get a few Canadian snuffers together and we can rule the world.
People almost never act strange when I snuff. I act like it is what it is. Plus do you really think people pay that much attention to you? Or any of us?
@bob: âYou would worry much less about what other people think of you if you realized how rarely they didâ?
@JakartaBoy thatâs what I was saying.
@Bob, itâs a (mis)quote from David Foster Wallace, American novelist. It should have been âYouâll worry less about what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.â
People donât know what you are up to when a person takes snuff or chew in public here in Holland. But nice is that in most cases it brakes the ice to a friendly conversation.
I donât think you can necessarily expect people to educate themselves so you can feel more comfortable doing something that isnât commonly done in public⌠Most times I get called out snuffing is in bars, and people are generally just curious and even occasionally try it. And then donât like it because even when I say âDONT SNORT IT LIKE COKEâ they do it anyways.