Socialite Etiquette 101: bumming a Cigarette


By Kathrina at The Campus Socialite.

I don’t know about the rest of the country, but here in New York, Cigarettes are fucking $10.50 a pack. There’s countries where I could get an 8-Ball and a Half and Half for that much. Needless to say, when you average a pack a day, that’s a nice chunk of your paycheck going straight to slow, smoldering suicide. And let’s be honest here, we’re in college, nobodies rolling in $80 a week on cigarettes style dough. We know they’re expensive, and nobody likes being a charity case, but the fact of the matter is that from time to time, you’re gonna have to be a bum, and there’s nothing wrong with that. You just have to know the right way to do it. Keep in mind, I’m a smoker smoker, who actually pays for cigarettes, and I do not support those mooches who refuse to buy their own packs. Unacceptable. But for all you real chimneys out there, here’s some tips on cigarette bumming etiquette. You might just save yourself in a tight spot, with as little hate as possible.

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