The courageous story of one coffee mug trying to get by in a house of people he hates. (Writing from the perspective of the mug in the first person, present tense.)

A Time to Tip was produced for the 2007 TCF ShortDocs Challenge: Dollar Storeys.

The Dollar Storeys project invited any/everyone to produce a short audio work inspired by one of three items purchased at a dollar store:
- ceramic mug sporting feisty feminist banter
- 4-pack of wooden mousetraps
- an old-school bicycle bell

A Time to Tip was inspired by the feisty mug.
Read more about and listen to all 82 Dollar Storeys.