Plastic Beakers

It doesn't matter which one of the brightly coloured beakers you pick, they all smell funny. Once we had one lone clean clear pint glass, that everyone would gravitate towards to drink from. But that went on a journey when 12A disbanded, never chased or replaced. Now all we are left with are child friendly safe plastic cups long past their best. I know these are completely appropriate on a children's ward for the children, but surely the staff can be trusted with breakables?

Apparently not, these beakers which manage somehow to take any joy or pleasure out of the beverage poured into them. I fill them to the rim with ice but it improves little. They're horrid, from the slight give when you grip, to the unpleasant juddering that occurs when it accidentally brush against your teeth and that musky odour that remains irrespective of washing, soaking & bleaching.

And there's a taste, yes they taste plasticey ... as a plastic beaker of course would. At four in the morning these sort of things appear to bother me more than they perhaps should?