Don't mind this glaring bastion of land use mismanagement
this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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Yep, right now that seems like the best option to me. But the problem is that most to-go cups at restaurants require lids for structural integrity. It's also not the greatest solution for particularly clumsy people (like me) who tend to spill drinks down their shirt.
There is a demand for change that falls on the consumer that is different than the way that gets pushed by corporations trying to guilt trip us into changing our ways than shaming us for accepting what they’ve offered while trying to greenwash something they’ve figured out is cheaper for them while changing nothing about their own habits. Sometimes, we are going to indulge the convenience of to-go cups, it’s the world we live in. But how many times do we default to that for convenience rather than either eating there and drinking from a glass, metal, or clay cup? How many times could we have eaten at home on our own cups/plates but just wanted it faster and simpler? The fault is not entirely on the consumer, but it can be affected by actively resisting the allure of convenience.
I agree that we could all stand to be a lot less convenience-driven. But there's also a level at which, until the companies providing that convenience are forced (by public demand or by regulation) to provide a product that people will accept, most people won't give up that convenience. Which makes my complaint less of a personal feeling of grumpiness and more of a call for something that could actually work for more people.
That's what I tell myself, at least.