The first time I saw this, I giggled.
Coffee cup carrying case
Seriously? You have added a plastic piece to turn my beverage into a carrying case? They do this almost everywhere in Singapore. You order a juice, a coffee, from just about everywhere unless it’s an American chain and you get this flimsy appendage as a bonus.
Because it’s too difficult to carry a cup?
“Hey don’t knock it until you’ve tried it,” my inner voice tells me.
I tried to order my coffee without it once, but I’m not sure what it’s called and the lady behind the counter didn’t understand me and just thought I was weird.
I’ve progressed. I now ignore it instead of immediately ripping it off, but it still just seems like extra trash destined for a landfill to me.
To be honest I’ve never given them a second thought all this time, except that they’re too flimsy for comfort and I’ve always carried the cup itself.
I don’t know what it’s called either. I would tell them: “Oh, I don’t want the plastic carrier thing” or something like that LOL; hopefully they would save it for the next customer. When I tell supermarket cashiers I have my own bags they do seem appreciative or okay generally.
They must have an unofficial name. Or maybe THEY ARE just called “that plastic carrier thing” lol