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Originally Posted by Midnight Cowgirl
Bring my own straw? I think not!
A lot of using a straw is just habit. I NEVER recall being served iced tea in a restaurant and NOT getting a straw. The same actually goes for just about anything that's served cold.
Also, one would have to admit it's pretty difficult to drink from a take-out paper glass with a lid, without a straw  .
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Er - I've never had any problem taking the lid off, or asking to have it put in a coffee cup with a sippy-lid. Or - if it's a take-out, bringing my own washable container and transferring the paper to the washable, and tossing the paper in the recycling bin.
It's just habit, as you say. And I agree, using a straw, NOT recycling, not even thinking about it - are all habits. They're bad habits. Are you opposed to acquiring some new, good habits? I'm already working on mine. It took me around a year to stop using straws (except for slushie-type items where you can't really tip the liquid into your mouth, since it's not actually liquid, it's slush).
It sounds like all the things you say makes it difficult, is just excuses. It's not difficult at all to not use a straw. It's not difficult at all to take the lid off a cup. It's not difficult at all to sip from the rim of a glass, or cup. You've just done it some other way all your life, and having to do it differently is stressful.
Until you actually get used to doing it differently. And then - it's no longer stressful, because it's just how you're used to doing things.