Tobacco Is Wack... Gross Funny Story

The other day I was at a Bi Lo grocery store, picking up some odds and ends. My road manager, Ken, had taken his wife over to a nearby Old Navy and was going to come back by and pick me up.

While I was waiting outside of Bi Lo, I was just leaning against the wall, enjoying the warm air, and watching the fine people of Chattanooga pass by. A gentleman walked by and asked me if I had a cigarette and I told him that I did not. He said thank you and moved on.

Now this man was not dirty and was fairly clean cut. He was wearing a flannel shirt, untorn jeans, and work boots. Once he said thank you, he started to walk over to a public ash tray that was sitting on one of the outside Rubbermaid trash cans. I thought to myself, "He's not going to really do that is he?"

He then says to himself, "Man I need a cigarette," and then reached down into the ash tray and pulled out a small stubby cigarette butt, stuck it in his mouth and lit up what was left of it. He walked away with a look of great content.

I feel like this could be really used in one of those anti-tobacco commercials that we see on TV all the time.

It was pretty gross.