The straws cold rock used to have for their loaded mega shake things were the best. They were very large, large enough to be able to drink the chunks of kit kat or crunchie or whatever you put in them. The paper straws are too thin and get jammed

I went to donut king to get a shake thing a couple of months ago and even though I only got a medium, the straw disintegrated half way through. I went to the lady and asked for a new one, and she said “we still have plastic straws. I’m not allowed to offer you one, but if you ask, I am allowed to give you one”. Makes sense, and made me wonder if I should try my luck elsewhere. Iirc some places still stock them for people with disabilities, but they’re not obligated to check people’s disabilities (and if someone had an invisible disability that genuinely prevented them from using a paper straw, the store had them, and the person just looked at them and said “you don’t look disabled, so I’m not going to give you a plastic straw”, that’s probably a discrimination lawsuit. But in any case, since it’s an exemption targeted to people with disabilities, I’d feel too guilty about using it when I don’t need to, to really use it, so I guess it’s irrelevant