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You ever try eating your fast food on the train/subway/bus. The same situation exists there too.

The problem isn't the cars. The problem is that we don't all live in some fantasy where people have time to sit down and eat their food and drink not on the go. If it wasn't the straws people would be complaining about the plastic coffee cup lids.

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I haven't, my local public transit bans food and drink.

So how did people manage to eat on the go prior to the invention of straws and plastic lids?

The first hot dog man provided nice white gloves for his customers to hold the wieners and toppings with. They were supposed to be returned after use, but evidently they were too fancy and many customers would hang onto them. His wife suggested serving the wieners in a bun instead.

A lot of cultures have food wrapped in leaves (e.g. lotus or banana or corn). Like zongzi or tamales.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zongzi

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