Except when you grab one with wet hands in a hurry, drop it, and end up with shards of glass and the contents of the jar all over the kitchen.
Acrylic-type hard plastic jars are, IMO, better.
Each to their own and I can’t say it’s ever happened to me but you could get dimpled or otherwise patterned storage jars if you’re prone to being wet or sweaty.
Dry your hands first!
Or don’t use glass jars.
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This.
Plastic containers are lighter and can be less stiff, making them much less likely to cause damage.
And they seem better suited for rectangular shapes (presents a larger share of the inside potentially with its threads), as opposed to glass’ squares.
As for moths in a professional kitchen:
They will call the exterminator, that’s precisely the opposite of OP’s situation.
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I don’t need to explain anything. This is what I said:
If you like your plastic, stick with it. I’m not going to chuck out perfectly good storage jars which do the job nicely. It was a personal preference in response to greenmount’s post. HTH.
And:
If a glass container slips out of your hands and lands on a granite kitchen work top, you’ll get shards of glass in any food you are preparing, any food you are cooking, on the floor, on the work surface and so on.
The food and ingredients will need to be thrown away.
If you drop an acrylic plastic container on the work surface, it will crack and you won’t even lose whatever was in it, no food will need to be thrown away and you can carry on.
Another tread in the toilet.
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I don’t get why you’re arguing. Glass jars and plastic containers are all perfectly fine. I have a combination of these.
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This is not how it works, your balanced take on kitchen accessories is unacceptable. You must take a side. So, are you team glass or team plastic? 
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Team glass 
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Where was I needlessly attacking them?
But more to the point - look at @BelgianMum and @ShirleyNot 's posts and read them and you can see they inflame every situation.
Perhaps you mods need a break and stop shit stirring?
A bit of self-reflection?
Another mod post diffusing the situation. Well done!
Are you going to leave liquids on containers (whether glass or plastic) and everything you touch in the kitchen? If not, then it is easier to dry your hands first than dry everything after you make them wet.
Oh, so we now also no longer can post here. You really need to go outside and play. Or maybe set up your own forum?
I’ll throw another thing into this debate: is it just me or there’s anyone else here who likes those old fashioned porcelain kitchen canisters? I don’t have any (for the reasons Tom1234 has mentioned here and also because they are not airtight ) but always thought they’re cute. 
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You’re missing the point again.
You can’t be bothered to read the posts between that one and all the rest explaining the dangers of glass in the kitchen but seem quite happy to reply with an irrelevant comment.
I have 2 for oat flakes (Kölln Haferflocken). Looks really nice.
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Which do you mean? I’ve got a porcelain set of tea cups and saucers but they’re more for display. Never seen porcelain for storage, but maybe I’m thinking of the fancy stuff rather than practical kitchenware.
I’m not that wealthy. I settle for proletarian glass jars for sugar, coffee, rice, oatmeal…
Proud team glass member.
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