# Glassware in the Cupboard: Upright or Upside Down? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 15, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196 "2010-12-15T03:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/41 "2010-12-16T00:39:29Z")
I don’t have enough room in my cupboard to have one cup to a stack. So I stack them all together, usually leave them upright because that’s how I hold them. But it doesn’t bother me either way. My roomie leaves hers upside down and I respect that when I use one of hers, wash it, and put it away. I much prefer plastic to glass anyway. Stacks better with no risk of breakage. As long as they’re properly dried out before going in the cabinet, stacking is fine. ---
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/42 "2010-12-16T00:51:09Z")
Willy-nilly, mostly up, sometimes down. I mostly just don’t think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/43 "2010-12-16T01:31:24Z")
It depends on the glass. Tumblers and some mugs- upside side down goblets, wineglasses, other mugs - right side up The mugs depend on where they are stored. I didn’t vote since there isn’t an option for both. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/44 "2010-12-16T02:02:41Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I have never even paid attention and it shows. They are randomly turned because I just don’t care. The cabinet stays closed and I’ve not noticed anything funky either way. > [@Kalypso](#): > > Willy-nilly, mostly up, sometimes down. I mostly just don’t think about it. Is there a name for the mental condition that’s the opposite of OCD? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/45 "2010-12-16T02:15:15Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Is there a name for the mental condition that’s the opposite of OCD? 😃 healthy indifference. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/46 "2010-12-16T08:22:18Z")
Leave-well-enough-alone order? Don’t-fix-what-ain’t-broke syndrome? (Don’t worry, I’m a chronic sufferer, as well.) ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/47 "2010-12-16T08:52:46Z")
Dry them on the dish drainer upside down, store them right side up. Never questioned it, never had an issue with it. My husband is the opposite. He’s another OCD-er when it comes to dishware. I blame it on the crappy apartments he lived in after college. ---
**Author:** ![Euphoria2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a87d85/32.png) [@Euphoria2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphoria2010)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/48 "2010-12-16T17:36:42Z")
If people put their glasses standing up then dirt and other stuff can get into the cups. Would you rather just wipe the rim off the glass or have to re-wash the whole thing??? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/49 "2010-12-16T17:59:59Z")
Down, lest you find a dead bug, or a live one, floating in your early-morning coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/50 "2010-12-16T20:54:00Z")
Depends. Cabinet with glass doors: right-side-up. Cabinet without glass doors: cups go right-side-up (stability, at least with both Mom’s and Grandma’s models), glasses and mugs go upside-down. Mugs tree: ehr, kind of diagonal. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/51 "2010-12-16T21:05:31Z")
> [@Euphoria2010](#): > > If people put their glasses standing up then dirt and other stuff can get into the cups. Would you rather just wipe the rim off the glass or have to re-wash the whole thing??? Or, just don’t worry about the “dirt and other stuff.” I’ve never given it a thought. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196/52 "2010-12-17T01:46:45Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Mugs tree: ehr, kind of diagonal. But diagonal up or diagonal down? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glassware-in-the-cupboard-upright-or-upside-down/564196.md?page=2)