People expect to keep their coffee table looking nice when they spend hundreds of dollars on it. Their plans are often short-lived because inevitably a friend will come over or one of their own retarded children will stab them in the back and sit an icy beverage directly on the shiny, pristine surface.

We all know what happens then. That beautiful piece of furniture is now marred by a perfectly circular ring of wood graffiti. Sure, you can fix this problem with some sanding, staining, more staining and a couple of coats of polyurethane. You could even hide the stain with that 1997 issue of Travel and Leisure Magazine. Or, you can just expect people to use a coaster.

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