Originally posted by Bosco_Lever
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South Australian service station bans reusable coffee cups — including its own
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The cup could be a solid piece of crockery. The lid can be a removable one, similar in shape to the takeaway cup lid, but made of silicon.
Both should be able to be cleaned in a dishwasher. (I am pretty sure this product already exists).
The cups could have the cafe brand on it, or be part of a "group".
This idea should bring out lots of warm and fuzzy feel good emotions......
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Andy's story reminded me of my first experience with this in 1982. I was completing a 12 week work placement for a Social Work degree with a local government agency.
This particular morning I couldn't find a cup for my morning coffee. I went searching around the office and file room and found half a dozen cups, all with various colours of a lush 'culture' growing in them.
I was absolutely gobsmacked because (1) I had never seen such colourful 'cultures' and (2) I could not believe that a group of professionals could be such 'grubs'.
Nobody there was particularly surprised/interested in this discovery. I can still 'see' those cups in my mind's eye after 36 years.
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I worked for a firm of survey consultants back in the early 1990s. While nobody deliberately left a dirty coffee cup lying around, when this did happen, the boss would put them in his 'biological experiments box' which contained specimens ranging in age from 1 day to 9 months. Some of our regular clients often asked about the box each time they dropped in. Was pretty odd.
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Lol, do you have trouble with seagulls having a crack at that chip on your shoulder mate?Originally posted by Bosco_Lever View PostAnother point of view to consider.
There are a large number of people in Australia who are completely oblivious to reality and common sense. Voting "green" and acting "green" makes them feel great about themselves and their contribution to the world, and role in saving it. It also elevates their social status. In their minds using a keep cup is good for the environment, and therefore all in their little sphere, should rally to this cause.
They expect the cafe to clean their keep cup. Why? If they sat down in the cafe, the coffee would come in a cup . Once drunk, the crockery is taken away and washed by the cafe. They perceive no difference if they provide their own cup, and the cafe cleans it. After all, in their minds, the cost of the cup of coffee includes the dishwashing factor. The ingredients (milk and coffee) are cheap, so the cleaning of the keep cup should be performed gratis.
This same person would also have an alternate reality when it comes to the definition of cleanliness when it applies to their room, house, car, office space, work environment etc. If others are responsible, then the standards are high. If they are responsible, then the perception is via blurry vision or alternate perception (it was clean when I bought it, first got it, so it still is... - how it actually is does not matter, it will be alright when I {or the cleaner} decide to get round to cleaning it).
Unfortunately society tends to pander to these people, to the point where their actions are considered the norm, and speaking out against them or their behaviour is politically incorrect.
I suppose the next brainstorming idea will be "swap and go" keep cups. Bring in your dirty cup, the cafe will give you a clean one, filled with your beverage of choice. The cafe then cleans the keep cup, and serves it up again....
I wonder how much of a surcharge the "greenies" would be willing to pay for this??
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I read that article that said one persons cup was contaminated with heavy metal.
The service station probably has a laser mass spec that can scan the customers cups before they get put under the PF.Originally posted by cactusjack View PostContaminated with a heavy metal??? Wow that’s one high tech service station. Must have really good lab facilities :/
Cafes in 5 years time:
"Yes Sir, we do accept your reusable cup. It will be an extra 10 cents to scan it with our mass spec before we can accept it. If you get our OHS Clean Cup Loyalty Card you get a free heavy metal scan of your cup every 9th scan."
Mike
Mike
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