[quote name='ih303' date='26 March 2010 - 01:35 PM' timestamp='1269624902' post='459876']
Bare with me, I need to vent for a second.
Last Saturday I was making bowls at the lounge and starting hookahs at the same time. At one point, one of my partners came up to me and told me I really should be using a hose-condom to start hookahs as, "people are watching." This really irritated me. In fact, those stupid shits irritate me in general.
I understand if you're sick and you don't want to spread whatever you've got. Ask for a tip. Please. But if you're just afraid to catch cooties, grow up!
Look, I'm not trying to step on any toes here, but we spend a lot of money getting quality hookahs, hoses, and bowls, and put a lot of effort ensuring the hookahs we serve smoke great with the easiest pull possible. And our customers pay more money to get a better pull (prices based on bowl/hose/hookah). When they put one of those effing things on, they might as well be smoking a pumpkin hookah through a straw!
Now, I understand there's a chance I'm completely off on this one. If I'm in the wrong, I will admit it and mend my ways. But that couldn't have come from the Middle East. The whole thing stinks of the typical American "strain at the gnat, swallow the camel" mentality. It's like asking a hooker to brush her teeth first. Anyway, </rant>
Answer me these questions three.
[list=1][*]Do you use hose tips? Why or why not?[*]When you go smoke at a lounge, does the person starting your hookah use a tip? If not, would you like them to?[*]In your opinion, should we hand out tips automatically or upon request only?[/list]
Thanks guys. I'm crossing my fingers here that I'm right. Being wrong makes... me... ANGRY! HULK SMASH!
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When I am using my own hookah no, even if I'm sharing with my friends. If I'm sick, I usually don't smoke! No need to spread about my illness. Sanitation is always in fashion for me at the hookah lounge, I expect my hookah to have a fresh sanitized hose when it arrives at my table. Tips are always optional, but generally a good idea in my opinion.