Stunned by Generosity

[BlackIrish]

Originally Posted by Subvet642

I didn't know if this was the right place for this, so if one of the Team of Eleven sees fit to move/remove this, cool.

While running erands with the wife and chief enabler, we stopped at the local B&M so I could look at some Xikar lighters (and probably pick up a couple of sticks, wife willing ). Well, I decided on a twin flame model, to be purchased later. The owner is also a Freemason, and former Marine, so we were busting each others chops about him being a "Grunt" and me being a "Squid". I managed to talk the wife out of some scratch for a Brick House and an Antonius that he recomended. As I was paying for this, he started to put a Nub Maddie and an Olivia Serie G Box Pressed Corona into my bag, so I said to him: "I don't think those are mine". So then he says: "Yes they are, I take care of my Brothers". I turned to talk to another patron as he was running my card and when he gave me my bag, I saw that he'd put a Nub Torpedo in there as well. So I said: "You don't mean to give me all this, do you?" "Well", he said: "Don't worry about it, I'm sure you'll help me out someday." I gotta tell ya, I am absolutely stunned by the generosity of the cigar community. Between the pasting I took from dunng's bombing, Zulu's help with my cigar education and now this; I don't know where you people come from, but it must be a damn nice place!

Hey, Darren, and welcome. Glad to hear you had such a good experience. I'm up in Boston, and I'd love to know which B&M it was so I can be sure to send some business his way.