Over the years, we have learned a few tricks that have made life more pleasant for all of us.
Sitting at a table that practically comes up to their chin, they must manipulate a wet slippery cup, which is usually so large as to require both hands, off the top of the table, and down between them and the table almost to their lap. Then they must get the straw, which is long enough to fit a Super-Jumbo size cup and sticking up through the middle of the lid, into their mouth. When satisfied, they must reverse the procedure to put the cup back on the table.
All that, with little experience, distractions all around, and no spilling, please.
Our solution was to, with their permission,
cut the straw so that only about ¾ of an inch was
above the lid of the cup. They usually agreed, but once in a while
wanted to see if they could get by without it.
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