[Midnight Cowgirl]

Originally Posted by Jazuela

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.

Errrr . . . . I've never had a problem taking the lid off either, except when I'm driving that isn't a great idea.
It's not even a good idea to use my own thermal container because when I'm driving if I tilt my head up to drink, I can't see the road and would tend to swerve (did that once-- tooo dangerous!).
Coffee cups are too small for sodas or iced tea or iced coffee.

It isn't stressful to drink out of any type of glass and you saying that is laughable.
The situations I've cited are not excuses just real facts when you absolutely cannot drink from a glass.

There isn't always a solution for every single situation, you know.
Pass the straw, please!