Why Not Glass Jars?

Yesterday, I went over to a coworker's cube to chat.  Upon seeing my coffee "cup," she tells me, "you know, I've started saving my glass jars too."  This is the first positive remark I've heard since I started taking my reused glass jars to work.  I get the strangest look walking in to meetings.  Some guy usually smirks, "What is thaaaaat?" pointing at my coffee in a reused spaghetti jar.  If the jar is filled with water, I get, "is that moonshine?"  I'm not sure how to respond, but I silently judge them with their dented plastic/disposable water bottles with the label slightly peeling and the coffee stained styrofoam cups.  My coworker continues, "Since I've seen you carry that jar around, I realized I've been wasting my money buying cups.  My household can't keep drinking glasses, we seem to always break them.  These jars are so sturdy, I'm more worried it'll chip the tile floor."  YESS!!!  That was my problem when first deciding to keep glass jars.  Not to sound like an infomercial, but not only is it hard to break, you can also use them to save your leftovers if you keep the lid.  Wait, there's more!  Dinner guests will immediately be taken back to their childhood when you hand them a drink in a glass jar.


I realized I'm not the only one to rediscover the benefits when I noticed a peanut butter jar in my sister's cupboards. I've even started sending people home with water or coffee in glass jars.  Sort of a way to campaign the trend (and to get rid of ours).   And now, my other sister tells me she and her roommate fight over the one glass jar in her house.  Look, I know some of you are already saving your chinese takeout containers, and others are proudly reusing  their canvas bags for grocery shopping.  I'm just suggesting another alternative.


Cheers!