Out of Place Coffee Cups Revisited

What are people thinking when they leave their empty (or almost empty) paper coffee cup on the shelf of a store? Do you ever walk around shopping and notice the cup sitting there right between the books at the bookstore, or in betweenthe glassware at the thrift shop?

I have had that experience many times and it was not until recently I decided to take pictures; sort of as a game to see how many I could find. If I had the picture of everyone I had seen it would be wll over a dozen. Below are just a few of them and my sister has also joined in the fun and has pictures of her own.

I have also started a Flickr Group so feel free to add your own pictures and hopefully you will have some interesting stories to go along with them.

Antique Store in Soquel, CA

Goodwill

Kohl's at Christmas

Bonus - Two for One

Kohls' Part Deux

NobHill

Last but not least the basic styrofoam cup at Salvation Army

Coffee Cup Candids

Why is that everytime I go into a store, mostly thrift stores and there is someone's used paper coffe cup left on the shelf. The first couple of times I thought how odd, then it became sort of game to find them. I wish I had my camera each time then I would have take a picture. Well I did find one at the Salvation Army in Napa and snapped this shot (see above). Now I am on the lookout for more kind of a treasure hunt of sorts.

Have you seen any rougue coffee cups? If I get more I might start of group on Flickr just to see what people find.