Perforated

Today I am going to speak to a very small segment of the population who touches you more than you'd probably like to admit. I have an idea for them that will make their lives easier, and though you won't see immediate benefits, it might make them happier.

I am speaking of wait staff. A friend on the inside tells me that every straw that comes in your drink with 80% of the paper covering removed has to be crafted that way by hand. They don't come all set up to be inserted into your diet cherry vanilla coke, or what have you. Now, they can't come with so much of the usable straw uncovered. I'm told this is for sanitary reasons. But a simple, universal perforation 80% of the way up said straw wrapper so that each member of the wait staff could simply pinch just above that line and pull down on the rest might save them some time. It is a small gesture. It may not make a difference. But imagine this scenario:

There is a homely waitress in the midwest, flinching that her customer has just ordered a sprite, because she knows she has to tear that damn straw wrapper off. And the last time she did that she swore if she had to do it one more time she would kill someone.

You don't want her to kill someone, do you?