[p1mrx]

Perhaps it would be more useful to unban plastic straws, and then ban unsolicited straws.

It's rather tedious to take a straw out of a drink, dry it off, and find somewhere to put it.

[Wowfunhappy]

This is, in fact, how I think we should have handled plastic bags. The plastic bags themselves are fine. But the customer should have to actually request one.

I can't tell you how many times I bought one small item I intended to carry out of the store with me, and the cashier just automatically put it in a plastic bag. "Oh, I don't need a bag," I'd say. The cashier would then proceed to take the item out of the bag, and throw the bag away.

(No animosity intended towards the cashiers, who have difficult jobs. But we should have a better process.)

[latentcall]

I can agree with this. Straws upon request makes more sense.