People who keep the stupid plastic lids on when they drink take-away coffee
That's not what they're there for! They're for transit, and the little hole is just for the stirrer or spoon to poke through - once you are sitting down REMOVE THE PLASTIC LID! It takes much less time to drink and, oh, you don't look like a cretin.

I cannot fathom why people think the done thing is to try and sip their coffee through that tiny little hole. If your fine motor skill isn't developed enough to drink from a cup like a big boy/girl then you probably should have asked your mummy before buying that hot drink.

Whenever I see people doing this I want to ask them whether they ever try to eat bananas with the skin on because 'that's how it gets given to you'.

*EDIT* If you are on a train then yes obviously keep the lid on and drink through the tiny hole, that's what the lid is for (TRANSIT), but the people who then sit at their desks and keep the lid on... I think they're idiots essentially. Thinking about it, I suppose they're trying to say 'I'm so terribly fucking busy that me and my coffee might be on the move again at a moment's notice - so I'd better keep the Tommy Tippee lid on!'
(freakybumblebee, Fri 2 May 2008, 12:31, 4 replies)

I disagree
They are for drinking your drink whilst on the move or on a train. When the cup has been filled to brimming, the slightest bump will cause it to spill, unless of course you keep the lid on and drink through it. If that little hole was meant for a stirrer to stick through, they wouldn't put in that extra pin prick hole to stop a vacuum forming.

But if you are sitting at your desk, yes, take the lid off.
(Big Smurf Brush me daddy-O, Fri 2 May 2008, 12:34, closed)

try walking
with a full cup of coffee. It's not that easy to keep it all in. You have a very irrational anger. The hole really is there to drink out of. It's very difficult to stir it through the hole! Its very convenient to drink it through the hole in the lid. Its funny you kind of missed that.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Fri 2 May 2008, 13:01, closed)

How else can I say it?
TRANSIT - moving/walking/travelling/driving/running/skateboarding - I understand that is what the lid is for and then obviously you need to drink out of the little hole before it gets cold.

People who sit down, in a safe, level environment, and still drink it through the lid - that's my pet peeve.
(freakybumblebee, Fri 2 May 2008, 13:07, closed)

I think you've made a fool of yourself
And tried to recover it with your edit, but didn't.
(Super Jet Shoes, Fri 2 May 2008, 14:10, closed)