h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I can't for the life of me understand why some cafés serve some of their flaming hot coffee-concoctions in tall glasses. Both the cup and the mug have been invented a long time ago, fools. And so has their handles. So why should I burn my precious and sensitive fingertips on a glass?

If they don't seem to care much about you, chances are they haven't got much respect for customers in general. That, or some style leader says to do it that way, and hundreds of thousands of affluent twits will obediently follow suit. They can't be argued with, because they would need working brains in order to think about it.

If anyone ever asked the question "What are these children, who sit and watch tv all day and eat junk snacks home alone or watched over some insipid teenager who grew up doing the same thing while their parents are away working and doing other things, what are they going to turn out like?" I think Paulh just answered that question

please insert the word "by" in the appropriate place

They have insulating paper sleeves that go over the outside of the drinking vessel to protect one's fingers at the place where I most often get coffee when I'm out.

Next they'll reinvent the handle

Sleeves with fold out paperhandlesused to be common.

I don't often see them any more.

They were unstable, and pretty useless if they got wet. I disliked them the same way I dislike the cheap paper cones that come with some water coolers.