luckyinpa Posted March 10, 2022 #1 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Unsolicited I got a bendy plastic one at osheehans on getaway. Is this the last one and they gave it to me or are they out of sustainable ones ? The world n the 🐢 will never know 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising Lynne Posted March 10, 2022 #2 Share Posted March 10, 2022 LOL I thought you were going to tell us how you were "done" with NCL. 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geegee1 Posted March 10, 2022 #3 Share Posted March 10, 2022 1 hour ago, weltek said: ...I'm a metal-or-nothing person. For restaurants that already wash glasses and utensils, I wish they'd get on the metal straw wagon and only have compostables as a back-up. Restaurants won't do this for the same reason places stopped using copper cups during the initial Moscow Mule craze, people will steal them. A total cost loser for restaurants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClevelandCruisin Posted March 10, 2022 #4 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I thought you could ask for these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GeezerCouple Posted March 10, 2022 #5 Share Posted March 10, 2022 5 hours ago, luckyinpa said: Unsolicited I got a bendy plastic one at osheehans on getaway. Is this the last one and they gave it to me or are they out of sustainable ones ? The world n the 🐢 will never know You were really lucky! You were able to have a chance to use the one "communal straw" per cruise that is shared, so it gets a *lot* of use before needing to go into the trash. 😱 GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_sobe Posted March 10, 2022 #6 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Great thread title. You had me and probably everyone else. Was expecting a fuel or covid complaint 😉 But it truly was the last straw 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyinpa Posted March 11, 2022 Author #7 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Gf got paper today in Haven with her drink. 🐢 Is safe!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT Trips Posted March 12, 2022 #8 Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 1:50 PM, geegee1 said: Restaurants won't do this for the same reason places stopped using copper cups during the initial Kyiv Mule craze, people will steal them. A total cost loser for restaurants Fixed it for you . . . 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PTC DAWG Posted March 16, 2022 #9 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Not a straw fan, period..no issues drinking a frozen drink without one.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare eileeshb Posted March 16, 2022 #10 Share Posted March 16, 2022 They stole my bamboo straw on epic… I brought a bunch of bamboo and steel straws with me, and the one evening I used one of the bamboo straws the staff in Manhattan took it when clearing my empty glass. I didn’t realise it was gone until I stood up to leave the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don't-use-real-name Posted March 17, 2022 #11 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Gee I don't like my martinis shaken stirred or whatever but take away my quest to drink by straw paper plastic bamboo metal and there will be action taken - I don't know just what - maybe some kind of rebellion of sorts. LOL ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailbroad Posted March 18, 2022 #12 Share Posted March 18, 2022 On 3/16/2022 at 8:56 AM, PTC DAWG said: Not a straw fan, period..no issues drinking a frozen drink without one.. Same. I am happy to drink without a straw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Greenpea2 Posted March 18, 2022 #13 Share Posted March 18, 2022 All I can say is that on all the many many cruises I have taken, and all the windy outside places I have been in my life while using a straw ... nope. Never had a straw blow away. Something just tells me I am not unique in that way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeebean Posted March 19, 2022 #14 Share Posted March 19, 2022 17 hours ago, mailbroad said: Same. I am happy to drink without a straw. Even frozen drinks like a Pina Colada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartfast Posted March 19, 2022 #15 Share Posted March 19, 2022 I get straws are a hot topic and trash in the ocean is part of that. I have to say that I never use straws, even for Pina Coladas, so I am good. Out of curiosity, I have tried a paper straw once or twice before, and from that limited experience, those seem to change the taste of the liquid and they get soggy quickly. I also tried a metal straw once, again curiosity, but it didn't feel right ... not sure what I mean. Just drinking out of the glass seems to work for me, but I s'pose I am relying on the glass to be clean or the alcohol in the drink will take care of things for me. 😉 Anyway, can't we all just get along? 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptBoatface Posted March 20, 2022 #16 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Hmm, I wonder where the sources of plastic in the ocean really are? Bet there's a study that shows where most of it comes from and it isn't cruise ship straws. In fact I bet one could find it. No dog in this fight, I drink coffee and water or tea only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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