We don’t get glasses in the US, we get barely laminated paper cups, or plastic cups in the rare occasion the restaurant doesn’t have a disposable plastic mandate. The mouths of said cups are far too wide to reasonably drink out of without straws, and without the lid the cups are far too structurally unstable to drink out of without at least some spillage or awkward handling.
They’re designed for straw based drinking, and changing that would require an entirely different vessel.
Why use straws at all?
Straws are useful for babies, the elderly or disabled who are unable to drink from a glass without making a mess.
Hopefully you’re able to drink from a glass, and don’t need a straw.
What country are you from?
We don’t get glasses in the US, we get barely laminated paper cups, or plastic cups in the rare occasion the restaurant doesn’t have a disposable plastic mandate. The mouths of said cups are far too wide to reasonably drink out of without straws, and without the lid the cups are far too structurally unstable to drink out of without at least some spillage or awkward handling.
They’re designed for straw based drinking, and changing that would require an entirely different vessel.