Soul Soup, the good and the bad and the dissappointing

I love good food. I ran into my friend Andrea Huncar from the CBC who was on her way to Soul Soup a little place on Rice Howard Way in Edmonton.I had a great bowl of soup, some cornbread and a glass of water.
The soup I had was really good, some kind of zingy meaty stew thing.I decided to go back the following week.I ordered a 16 oz soup to stay and a glass of water.The semi friendly counter girl said "we don't have glasses." but invited me to buy a bottle of water. I have never been refused water in a restaurant and if there is the option of tap water, which is just as good or better than bottled water, not to mention the plastic.
So I said I would just have the soup, received my change and the smug look from the counter person and took my seat. When I looked around I realized two of the four people in the place had take out paper bags, paper bowls, lids, plastic spoons etc. I don't know if people prefer eating out of plastic, aren't aware of the 'little things' we can do for the environment or maybe the policy of Soul Soup or maybe just the counter girl is to avoid uaing anything that might have to be washed at all costs.
Its my pet peeve when restaurants only offer to go packaging and its also my pet peeve when people eat in on take out containers.
I am no saint, I use paper cups sometimes, I eat in food courts once in a while but this kind of stuff bugs me when there is a choice, and the place is called Soul Soup.
I posted a note about this on my facebook page and a bunch of people have already decided to stop going there, I don't think this is the answer, I think finding a constructive way to get them to change their policy and/or mindset about take out materials would be more useful.
I am starting to think that restaurants should have to pay outrageously high prices for take out containers, but I would prefer it, if they just made an effort.

The thing that really pisses me off though, is the counter girl looking at me with such disdain because I don't want to buy a bottle of water and the fact that I am the odd man out in the place not eating off of take out containers.

what I am doing currently

My brain is all over the map, I can hear the marbles bouncing off the walls in my head.I am trying to find work so I can make money so I can put out another album.Don't really have the gig situation strng enough that it will pay for stuff so work work work.Currently aside from my main agenda of perpetuating my career as a singer songwriter who lives and breathes for singing and songwriting I am also trying to finish illustrating and writing a children's book, finding guitar gigs with other people, some blues bands, Kevin Cook, Maura Shaftoe, Rusty Reed, Harpdog Brown, some gigs I like some, meh. I am also part of The Irrelevant Show a nationally broadcast Sketch Comedy Show on CBC Radio heard every saturday morning at 11:30 am, so I have to had to really get serious about writing comedy songs ha ha very funny. I am also a sometime artist in residence with The Works Festival in Edmonton doing crazy garbage art which I call Junkture, this past summer I was an artist liaison for the Street Performer's Festival in Edmonton. Currently I am also pitching radio show ideas to CBC and trying to find a job, last week I did anecdotal content for a Tea Company's website and I might have another job this week for an Industrial engraver also doing content. My head is spinning.