The return of the weeping cup.

[temporus]

Yes, it's back.

I thought I'd noticed it the other day.  But dismissed it, as possibly just a dribble down the side of the cup.  But no, today again, it was clear as anything.  My coffee, slowly seeping through the wall of my cup.   That's just freaking weird, you know?  I mean, is the coffee too strong?  Is the cup too weak?  I figure it must be that the cups are cheap, though I can't figure out why they are so cheap when they cost me 20 cents.  (If I use my own mug coffee is only 50 cents, as opposed to 70 cents using the disposable.  Yes, I should really not be going for the disposable cups, it's bad for the environment, etc.  I'm aware that in some instances, I'm a git, and no there isn't an excuse.)  I mean, if the cups were some kind of special biodegradable cup, I'd understand that they aren't perfectly impermeable.  But my instincts say that a cup is meant to contain a liquid, and that if said cup cannot contain said liquid, your options are: cup is defective or liquid is dangerous.  Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if this were a little of both.  

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[dqg-neal.livejournal.com]

Or they used wax somewhere in the design of seams and the heat where they were stored got beyond the melting point.