Why are people so inconsiderate with their vapes?

[MrCollinsandhisboiledpotatoes]

What is it with people and their vapes? They produce these massive clouds of stinky, sweet, gross vapour and they are either blissfully unaware or they don't GAF, I don't know which.

School sports day today so a lot of the parents went to the cafe next to the school between dropping kids off and waiting for sports day to start.

I sat indoors and a few parents were outdoors, door propped open as it was a hot day.

I'm sat there, eating my breakfast and suddenly, a huge cloud of stinky strawberry vapour that's been inside someone's manky lungs descends over me and my food. I could taste it in my mouth 🤮

I looked over and it's a dad sat just outside with his back to the door, his vape clouds going behind him and straight inside the cafe.

I moved seats and no more clouds descended on me but I had made a mental note to either say something or passively-aggressively close the door, not sure which I would have done.

Then later I am standing by the track on the school field ready to cheer my daughter on and right in front of me, a vape cloud desends again, this time from another dad in front of me.
On the school field.
At sports day. In a three-person deep crowd of parents, some with toddlers.
This time I am pissed off so I went and told the headteacher who was stood at the side and he announced over the tannoy that vaping is not allowed on school premises. I mean, who does that??!?

As it may be apparent, this is more of a rant than a AIBU, but I am curious why people this this behaviour is OK?

Unreasonable - They are just gormless and don't realise what they are doing
Not unreasonable - They must know, because it's obvious, but they are so addicted to their stinky plastic puff pens that they don't care.

My DD did great, thank you :) she didn't drop the egg once.

Sports day was 9:30am-11:30am.

I am completely with you on this - vaping is revolting and people who vape in public are completely selfish, disgusting individuals.

Because they believe it isn’t harmful. Or don’t care if it is.

I cannot. My every thought is consumed by the vaping incidents unfortunately.

Yes, but which one?

Yes, OP, sit there revelling in you DD's egg and spoon race glory. Do not engage in any other activities or have any other thoughts.
Get revelling, you neglectful mother.

Can I eat revels while I revel or is only revelling aloud?

Only revelling. Your DD won the egg and spoon race FFS. How could any loving parent ever think about anything else after that?
I hope you have someone else to think about what's for dinner tonight because you have some revelling to be getting on with.

You can never be sure!

Massive deal for me.

They are worse than cigarette smoke.

Bloody love hearts vapes in my mouth from sitting in traffic.

Personally I agree as a vaper, and yes I’m addicted to mine but I don’t use the fruity flavours. I don’t vape inside public places and I certainly wouldn’t vape at my child’s sports day. I can’t abide the smell of some of them and I do think it’s rude. Plus I do think it looks quite chavvy.

How does one achieve this when walking along the high street and clouds of vape come at you from different directions?

Thanks for starting this post OP. I absolutely loathe them.

Also those electric air fresheners.

I'm asthmatic and hate anything that feels like it's taking my oxygen away.

MN is real people. And you’ll always find more people willing to give their honest complaints anonymously online. I’d never walk up to someone and tell them their vape smells horrible.

YES.
I don't understand when people say "mumsnetters hate/love xyz".
We're people. There are people are around you that hate/love the same things. We just don't voice it IRL.

I mean, I prefer it to fag smoke

Really ? You think a synthetic sweet smell is worse than cigarette smoke?! Why are they worse ?

Allowed**

I absolutely do. They get into your mouth in a different way. The clouds from vapes spread so much further.

I would 100% rather a mouthful of cigarette smoke than fecking strawberry shortcake sugar bleuuuughhhh

I did grow up pre smoking ban and worked in bars too, so I am happy that we aren't surrounded by it all the time. But as previous PP said, people are far more considerate with cigarettes than vapes.

it’s vile.
i feel that they should all be unscented. the scent could be whats making kids try them. they smell like sweeties.

I vape. I’m not remotely gormless. Probably wouldn’t do it on the school field to be fair but smoking was banned and vapes were meant to be the way forward. Live and let live