Why do I see people buying multiple flats of bottled water?

[Anonymous]

I think they are buying them for delis or to stock a food truck or a store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My white parents but cases of water. For them it’s convenience. They don’t want to wash bottles/glasses and just want to grab icy cold water straight from the fridge.

OP here. I guess my observation is that it's almost exclusively hispanic people, but not exclusively one gender, age group, etc. But maybe that's just my weird sample set.

Weird. I thought it was all street vendors and like restaurant employee doing that when I see them at Costco.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people think the public tap water is dirty yet it's cleaner and more regulated than bottle water is so it doesn't make sense. I think it's sheer ignorance. Even using a brita or pur water filter with tap water is better than buying water it's cheaper and doesn't waste a bunch of plastic.

Tap certainly is not cleaner than bottled water since bottled water is just filtered tap water.

Tap is cleaner. Tap also doesn’t have millions of particles of micro plastics like bottled water. Look it up. You think all that bottled water that’s probably been sitting in the hot sun, breaking down the plastic, is a good thing? Also, read about nylon tea bags. Like Ito En ones from Costco. These plastic particles can break the blood brain barrier as well. I only drink filtered tap now and loose leaf tea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know but it may be water to bring with them somewhere, such as work or an outdoor gathering or sporting event. I wouldn't assume it's for home use.

+1

[Anonymous]

Immigrants from countries where water quality is suspect often continue to buy bottled water even once they are in the U.S.

[Anonymous]

There is no excuse for middle class people to have such disregard for the environment. It makes me sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people think the public tap water is dirty yet it's cleaner and more regulated than bottle water is so it doesn't make sense. I think it's sheer ignorance. Even using a brita or pur water filter with tap water is better than buying water it's cheaper and doesn't waste a bunch of plastic.

Tap certainly is not cleaner than bottled water since bottled water is just filtered tap water.

Tap is cleaner. Tap also doesn’t have millions of particles of micro plastics like bottled water. Look it up. You think all that bottled water that’s probably been sitting in the hot sun, breaking down the plastic, is a good thing? Also, read about nylon tea bags. Like Ito En ones from Costco. These plastic particles can break the blood brain barrier as well. I only drink filtered tap now and loose leaf tea.

I mean… have *you* looked it up? Because it by “clean” you meant “free of micro plastics” tap water has micro plastics too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people think the public tap water is dirty yet it's cleaner and more regulated than bottle water is so it doesn't make sense. I think it's sheer ignorance. Even using a brita or pur water filter with tap water is better than buying water it's cheaper and doesn't waste a bunch of plastic.

Tap certainly is not cleaner than bottled water since bottled water is just filtered tap water.

I wish people would do a simple search before running their mouth or fingers online. Tap water is indeed cleaner than bottled water. LOOK. IT. UP. STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION because of your ignorance.

[Anonymous]

My husband was poisoned by the water where he grew up (developed autoimmune problems etc) and his whole community had downstream affects from that: cancer, fertility issues, etc. He is innately distrustful (traumatized) from tap water.

I’ve tried to convince him to get a water filter. But it’s a hard sell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people think the public tap water is dirty yet it's cleaner and more regulated than bottle water is so it doesn't make sense. I think it's sheer ignorance. Even using a brita or pur water filter with tap water is better than buying water it's cheaper and doesn't waste a bunch of plastic.

Tap certainly is not cleaner than bottled water since bottled water is just filtered tap water.

I wish people would do a simple search before running their mouth or fingers online. Tap water is indeed cleaner than bottled water. LOOK. IT. UP. STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION because of your ignorance.

It really and truly depends on the locale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people think the public tap water is dirty yet it's cleaner and more regulated than bottle water is so it doesn't make sense. I think it's sheer ignorance. Even using a brita or pur water filter with tap water is better than buying water it's cheaper and doesn't waste a bunch of plastic.

Tap certainly is not cleaner than bottled water since bottled water is just filtered tap water.

Tap is cleaner. Tap also doesn’t have millions of particles of micro plastics like bottled water. Look it up. You think all that bottled water that’s probably been sitting in the hot sun, breaking down the plastic, is a good thing? Also, read about nylon tea bags. Like Ito En ones from Costco. These plastic particles can break the blood brain barrier as well. I only drink filtered tap now and loose leaf tea.

I mean… have *you* looked it up? Because it by “clean” you meant “free of micro plastics” tap water has micro plastics too.

Just read the fking studies. Bottled water, you know that sits in plastic for long periods of time in hot and cold weather, that has a plastic top that sheds plastic into the bottle, clearly exposes you to more microplastics than tap water. Jesus Christ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people think the public tap water is dirty yet it's cleaner and more regulated than bottle water is so it doesn't make sense. I think it's sheer ignorance. Even using a brita or pur water filter with tap water is better than buying water it's cheaper and doesn't waste a bunch of plastic.

Tap certainly is not cleaner than bottled water since bottled water is just filtered tap water.

Tap is cleaner. Tap also doesn’t have millions of particles of micro plastics like bottled water. Look it up. You think all that bottled water that’s probably been sitting in the hot sun, breaking down the plastic, is a good thing? Also, read about nylon tea bags. Like Ito En ones from Costco. These plastic particles can break the blood brain barrier as well. I only drink filtered tap now and loose leaf tea.

I mean… have *you* looked it up? Because it by “clean” you meant “free of micro plastics” tap water has micro plastics too.

Just read the fking studies. Bottled water, you know that sits in plastic for long periods of time in hot and cold weather, that has a plastic top that sheds plastic into the bottle, clearly exposes you to more microplastics than tap water. Jesus Christ.

First hit on google. I hate lazy posters.

https://cleanwater.org/2020/07/29/bottled-water-human-health-consequences-drinking-plastic

Let me guess, you also don’t believe in vaccines or that they change your dna and do bad stuff, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people think the public tap water is dirty yet it's cleaner and more regulated than bottle water is so it doesn't make sense. I think it's sheer ignorance. Even using a brita or pur water filter with tap water is better than buying water it's cheaper and doesn't waste a bunch of plastic.

Tap certainly is not cleaner than bottled water since bottled water is just filtered tap water.

I wish people would do a simple search before running their mouth or fingers online. Tap water is indeed cleaner than bottled water. LOOK. IT. UP. STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION because of your ignorance.

I bet you don't get your tap water from a source that's near a former Kodak film processing plant, International Paper plant, etc .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Immigrants from countries where water quality is suspect often continue to buy bottled water even once they are in the U.S.

+1

[Anonymous]

You know they don't get recycled, right? Please reconsider what you are doing to the environment.