Why I don’t put hot glass on a wet cloth

The dish is still hot from the oven — the hand reaches to set it on the wet cloth by the sink “so it won’t scorch the table”. Easy: the glass clicks from the shock, sometimes it cracks. I set hot glass on a dry board, a wooden trivet, or a folded dry towel — no puddle under the base.

Why I don’t put hot glass on a wet cloth. A cloth that should smell of soap is about the smell by the tap; hanging the tea towel is about drying on a hook; the kitchen towel in sight is about the heap by the sink. Here it is only hot glass: a dry stand, not wet cold under the base — not a speech about a new set of dishes from the aisle.

If I already set it on wet — I don’t move it sharply, I let it cool where it is, I don’t hide a crack “for one more use”. I’m not choosing a new “unbreakable” dish in this note — only the one already at ours.

I don’t need to save the table at the cost of a cracked dish. I need a dry stand under hot glass. In your kitchen is hot glass set on something dry — or already on a wet cloth “to be quicker”?