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

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Anonymous wrote:Mostly hispanic people in my neighborhood of North Alexandria. Are there water quality issues or is this a cultural thing?

They are probably working jobs where they must provide their own drinks for the whole day and probably doing manual labor jobs where they work up a sweat and thirst. I know the lawn service guys at my apartment complex are all Hispanic and each has their own cooler full of beverages. I'll often see them each with frozen gallon jugs of spring water during the summer months.

I don’t think the lawn guys are paying for bottled water for every drink. They are refilling huge of water from the tap so they don’t burn through their pay buying something that is free. They are almost certainly buying for resale (like the people who sell outside nats stadium or a food truck or restaurant) or they are in charge of purchasing for an employer (eg my office used to have the office support person get Costco water bottles for the kitchen but stopped doing that because the younger workers complained about the environmental impact).

My ex dh had a landscaping company, employed a lot of Central American and they all bought bottled water or sodas every day from the 7-11. They refused To drink from one of those large orange coolers to save money he ended up keeping bottled water for them in a large cooler.

[Anonymous]

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

You know that it’s only the golden billion that cares for the environment right?
Go to any underdeveloped country and you will find copious amounts of trash everywhere
Companies should stop using plastic for packaging - then maybe it will get better

So you’re just going to wait until companies do stuff. When did this country become so pathetic? You live on earth? Maybe give a s$it

Because otherwise it’s like asking us to stay home in times of covid
Unnecessary sacrifice that doesn’t change much

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am white but not American. Bottled water tastes better and is convenient to have in the car and around the house to just grab and drink

Please rethink this.

No thanks

All of this

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mostly hispanic people in my neighborhood of North Alexandria. Are there water quality issues or is this a cultural thing?

They are probably working jobs where they must provide their own drinks for the whole day and probably doing manual labor jobs where they work up a sweat and thirst. I know the lawn service guys at my apartment complex are all Hispanic and each has their own cooler full of beverages. I'll often see them each with frozen gallon jugs of spring water during the summer months.

I don’t think the lawn guys are paying for bottled water for every drink. They are refilling huge of water from the tap so they don’t burn through their pay buying something that is free. They are almost certainly buying for resale (like the people who sell outside nats stadium or a food truck or restaurant) or they are in charge of purchasing for an employer (eg my office used to have the office support person get Costco water bottles for the kitchen but stopped doing that because the younger workers complained about the environmental impact).

I currently have a landscape team working on my house. They’re here for weeks. Let left a cooler outside and last night I peaked in it. 2 big packs of water bottles. Doesn’t bother me at all.
My ex dh had a landscaping company, employed a lot of Central American and they all bought bottled water or sodas every day from the 7-11. They refused To drink from one of those large orange coolers to save money he ended up keeping bottled water for them in a large cooler.

[Anonymous]

Tap water in Maryland is really not safe

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Anonymous wrote:Tap water in Maryland is really not safe

Yes, yes it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Tap water in Maryland is really not safe

A lot of the bottled water sold on store shelves comes from municipal sources, which is what comes out of your tap.

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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.

+1,000,000!

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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.

+1,000,000!

Depends where you live butter ball

[Anonymous]

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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.

+1,000,000!

Depends where you live butter ball

Enough. It’s obvious we are talking “on the whole”. On the whole, and 99% of the time, tap water is fine. We know because of the previous 20 unnecessary poss that Flint Michigan and East Palestine should get their water elsewhere. Stop trying to justify your wasteful purchase of bottled water that I guarantee are not necessary. Your tap water is fine. There are more plastics and bad things in bottled water than tap. It is literally thin plastic holding water for a long time and toxins leach into it. Just drink tap. Stop spreading misinformation because you like bottled water. Get over your fear of tap, its based on unfounded information. It’s like how that blogger food babe spreads nonsense. It’s the same way that a bunch of people thought they had Krohn’s and had to stop eating gluten and they overpaid for all those gluten free products when 99% of population doesn’t have that issue. It’s the same way that sea salt crystal lamps don’t do anything. Or essential oils. Or most alternative medicine like TCM or all the other junk. It’s just nonsense. Tap water is fine.

[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.

+1,000,000!

Depends where you live butter ball

Enough. It’s obvious we are talking “on the whole”. On the whole, and 99% of the time, tap water is fine. We know because of the previous 20 unnecessary poss that Flint Michigan and East Palestine should get their water elsewhere. Stop trying to justify your wasteful purchase of bottled water that I guarantee are not necessary. Your tap water is fine. There are more plastics and bad things in bottled water than tap. It is literally thin plastic holding water for a long time and toxins leach into it. Just drink tap. Stop spreading misinformation because you like bottled water. Get over your fear of tap, its based on unfounded information. It’s like how that blogger food babe spreads nonsense. It’s the same way that a bunch of people thought they had Krohn’s and had to stop eating gluten and they overpaid for all those gluten free products when 99% of population doesn’t have that issue. It’s the same way that sea salt crystal lamps don’t do anything. Or essential oils. Or most alternative medicine like TCM or all the other junk. It’s just nonsense. Tap water is fine.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_contamination_in_Washington,_D.C.,_drinking_water

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Anonymous wrote:I am white but not American. Bottled water tastes better and is convenient to have in the car and around the house to just grab and drink

Your kids' planet is filling up with plastic. Do you think about that every time you grab and drink?

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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.

I can't imagine being this thoughtless and wasteful multiple times a day. So much plastic. It's literally mind boggling.

Buying flats of water is a low-SES thing.

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Microplastics are associated with endocrine-disrupting obesogens. Plastic bottles break down into microplastics, especially when heated.

"Microplastics induce oxidative stress and alter energy and fatty acid metabolism. Accumulation of microplastics in the liver and kidney has also been shown to boost the growth and accumulation of fat cells and disrupt energy balance, which ultimately can affect body weight."

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/geh/geh_newsletter/2022/6/spotlight/microplastics_may_increase_risk_for_obesity.cfm#:~:text=Microplastics%20induce%20oxidative%20stress%20and,ultimately%20can%20affect%20body%20weight.

Ya'll good with exposing kids to that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am white but not American. Bottled water tastes better and is convenient to have in the car and around the house to just grab and drink

Please rethink this.

No thanks

You seem like a lovely person

Np here. Lovely people don’t judge and try to control what other people do. Lovely people also say polite things like “no thanks”, so you’re probably right that the pp is a lovely person.

I don’t drink bottled water very often, but I do get the 5 gallon jugs and have a water cooler. Tap water tastes terrible and I would drink zero ounces of water a day if all I could have is tap water. I don’t care what you do. I will make the decision that works best for my family.