The OP reminds me of those people who used to cover up the adult books with more family fare, in the days before they were put on the top shelf.
My husband’s parents, no joke, thought it was hilarious to give him smokes when he was a toddler.
:eek: :eek: :eek:
Does he smoke as an adult? And dear Og, is that not so completely wrong!
He smoked as an addict from age 8-9 until one month after we met in person. So for nearly 30 years. Something like 4 packs a day at his highest.
His family is like something from a horrifying movie.
I see this all the time. For some reason it’s usually the bargain brand cigs that are being sold, but sometimes it’s little cigars. In clearance baskets, right at the end of the candy or snack food aisle.
Curious thing about the practice of doing this. Know what it is?
The fucking world hasn’t ended because of it! Get a grip!
Have you never heard of The Butterfly Effect, pkbites. 
So basically, we’re related. 
Equally astoundingly, the practice hasn’t resulted in a sudden outbreak of world peace, either.
In other words, it hasn’t affected the world in any way whatsoever?
I agree. Therefore, it’s nothing to get upset about.
:eek: Damn! That’s pricey!
Well, no. That’s not what I’m saying at all. I’m only pointing out that your statement is absurd because something doesn’t have to result in world-shattering destruction to be undesirable. Tripler obviously feels that his corner of the world would benefit from having cigarettes less readily available to minors. You don’t. There’s nothing wrong with either opinion, but castigating the man for having it and doing something which, in his opinion, improves the situation is silly.
Now, if you want to argue that he went a little overboard about it, you’ll get no real argument from me.
Aw, that ain’t no fun!
Okay, we can argue about pie.
No point in arguing about pie when the obvious answer is Key Lime.
You’re the one who acted like a 1930s film star, fainting onto your couch at the sight of cigarettes so close to candy, and then raising hell by talking to three different employees about the oh-so-dreadful situation, and THEN going and peering into the bargain bins on the pretense of getting a newspaper the next day because you simply couldn’t drop it. Those of us in the real world wonder what you’re so upset about. If you actually saw an eight year old smoking up after being lured to the location by the candy, I would almost understand, but as it is…
You may want to have a word with the manager of this store as well :eek: 
So are they discontinuing Virginia Slims? They are in a bargain basket at my local Harris Teeter, though this one is kept on the customer service counter and therefore presumably there will not be outbreaks of smoking in Alexandria primary schools.
Man, if that tree had miniatures hanging off of it, it would be be perfect!
More importantly, where the hell is a carton of smokes $20?
Depends, is it Key Lime pie, or the Perfect Key Lime pie?
Damn right I disagree, especially when you talk about my mom that way!
I went through a shoplifting phase - lots of kids do. It wasn’t because of blah-blah-blah-social-contract-bad-parenting-blah-blah. No, it was because my friends were doing it, and it was a bit of a rush. The last thing I stole was in the 10th grade and I’m 30 now, so I think I turned out okay.