Water-drinking culture is out of control

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids aren’t allowed breaks to go to the water fountain, do I make sure mine bring water bottles. One also plays a sport. Back in the day, we used to bring juice boxes to school for lunch. No one does that anymore, so the water is a necessity.

I don’t bring one to work, but I typically bring one on a long walk in the summertime or on long drives. I actually tend to get a bit dehydrated, because I prefer to drink coffee or tea vs water.

We aren't discussing school kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am very prone to headaches and constipation and staying fully hydrated helps both. Sorry if it offends you?

This is OP. I drink a LOT of water - probably 2L a day. Somehow I do this without lugging around a huge water bottle: this is my qualm.

Ok cool. I don’t care about your opinions of how I drink water.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I bring a water bottle to work. I don't trust the drinking water at my federal office building.

Do you carry it to every meeting? Every where you go?

If she does, you will just have to get over it. It’s hard, I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It always amuses me when I'm in a meeting and grown people are constantly sipping from the nozzles of their adult sippy cups. I can promise you - you will NEVER see the CEO or a top industry Palmer Lucky wont do it. You dont see them on the senate floor or in any board meeting.

What a weird example. I could see him slamming shots at a board meeting!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can remember in the 80s having high school sports practice in the hot sun after school. Nobody had a water bottle. Coach would bring a cooler filled with water and at break we’d lift it and take turns drinking from the spout. You’d get about five seconds to drink when it was your turn. And most of us had barely drunk all day, maybe a milk at lunch and a few gulps at a water fountain during school. Were we measurably less healthy or more dehydrated? We all felt fine.

I was just telling someone about this! The giant communal cooler! I can’t remember a single player having a personal water bottle. practices, games we all just used the giant jug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My company encourages zero waste/limited plastics so disposable cups are not available. Everyone carries water bottles.

I work in a school. We don’t have cups, or vending machines or a stocked fridge or kitchen or any of that. We have a water cooler and an industrial Keurig and that’s it. BYO drink holder.

[Anonymous]

I’m confused, so do some of you just have an empty drinking glass on your desk at work for when you do have a drink? I mean if so that’s fine but I’m not sure what is being proposed here.

[Anonymous]

You have too much time on your hands if you care that much about other people’s water intake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused, so do some of you just have an empty drinking glass on your desk at work for when you do have a drink? I mean if so that’s fine but I’m not sure what is being proposed here.

I do. I use coffee mugs, because they're sturdier, though. For a while I use an mug that was cracked and no longer good for coffee, now I use one that's a little bigger than I like for coffee for water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have too much time on your hands if you care that much about other people’s water intake.

+1.

My FIL had kidney disease and took a water bottle everywhere. Of all the weird things to obsess over.

[Anonymous]

I think the "forming an intense/reactionary opinion on everything" culture has gone too far.

[Anonymous]

Imagine being such a loser that people drinking water bothers you this much. Also, you’ve posted about this before. Seek mental help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use water as a distraction during meetings. When my colleague says something stupid I take a drink so I don't roll my eyes.

+1 this is me, too. Take a big sip of water before blurting out what I actually want to say....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It always amuses me when I'm in a meeting and grown people are constantly sipping from the nozzles of their adult sippy cups. I can promise you - you will NEVER see the CEO or a top industry Palmer Lucky wont do it. You dont see them on the senate floor or in any board meeting.

What a weird example. I could see him slamming shots at a board meeting!

Also, members of Congress very visibly have large water pitchers and cups at their seats on the dais. Remember RFK's shaky hands with his water cup?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use water as a distraction during meetings. When my colleague says something stupid I take a drink so I don't roll my eyes.

+1 this is me, too. Take a big sip of water before blurting out what I actually want to say....

OMG so true. Meetings are mostly pointless, staff meetings in particular. They have devolved into performative posing for the CEO, like a Trump cabinet meeting. Thanks to your amazing leadership we have accomplished X, Y, and Z.