I have to explain something. I spill a lot of coffee. Sometimes it is carelessness. Most of the time it is because the lid is not leak proof. On most cups, especially the ones from that ubiquitous green logoed place, there is a seam on the cup. Lids do not seal in the coffee at the seam, so if it is a full cup it leaks all over the place. You must have experienced it.

I bring this up because of all the looks I get as I go through what some call my coffee ritual. You see the green logoed ones waste a lot of paper. You get the cup the coffee was poured into. You get that cup in another cup. And you get a coffee sleeve. Each has a seam. So after adding my 1/2 and 1/2 and packet of yellow-thing, I line up the lid so that the drinking hole is opposite from the seam. This seems to be the best angle to minimize leaks. Then I line up the seams on the two cups and the sleeve. Mainly so that I can line up the drinking hole without looking. I feel the seam and know exactly where to sip from. Anyway, in case you forgot, it is rude to stare.