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Coffee Cup Lids on a Table

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There are two coffee cup lids on the table before you. You have a cup of coffee and need to put a lid on it so that you can leave the cafe.

Which one do you put on your coffee? The one on the right? The one on the left?

People seem to be more interested in this than I expected…

5 Comments

  1. Erin wrote:

    Probably the one on the right…

    Monday, March 10, 2008 at 7:53 am | Permalink
  2. Pete wrote:

    Assuming, for the sake of argument, that one of them was mine to start with, and that I have forgotten which one that was?

    In that case, if I really thought about it, the one on the left, as the part that will be touching my mouth hasn’t been in direct contact with the cafe table top.

    Honestly, though, I’d be pretty unlikely to take the top off my coffee and put it down on the table.

    Monday, March 10, 2008 at 9:09 am | Permalink
  3. matt wrote:

    You can assume that you are the only person who has touched the lids and that you need a lid because the cup was delivered without so you got up to get one.

    And when the coffee is blazing hot, you don’t take off the lid to let it cool?

    Monday, March 10, 2008 at 9:25 am | Permalink
  4. Sandra wrote:

    I would take the lid on the left. There is just something to be said about placing things in ones mouth that have been exposed to unapproved germs. Which is weird since everything has been at some point. Think of all the germs that passed over the lids before they made it to the table that is teaming with even more germs…

    GAH! No more coffee for me.

    Monday, March 10, 2008 at 12:50 pm | Permalink
  5. sarah wrote:

    um… i’ll have a cold drink -
    hot drinks make me thirsty.

    Monday, March 10, 2008 at 9:10 pm | Permalink

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