Places that don’t give you free water

[Anonymous]

Water isn’t free? The business pays a water bill just like you do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can see why you would be annoyed, but the restaurant needs to pay rent, water, electricity, buy the cups, clean the cups, etc. Its easy to think of it as free but its simply not.

As someone who is trying to watch what I consume, I order fewer and fewer sodas, juices, cocktails etc - maybe more people are doing the same and the margins are getting even tighter. I personally prefer when restaurants have a communal jug with those teeny tiny cups. It gives me water if I need it but signals to me "hey buddy, if you are that thirsty, buy the bottle."

If the restaurant wants to lose $10-$30 worth of business over the cost of a few pennies for tap water then more power to them.

If a Karen wants to have a tantrum over buying a bottle of water and not return, bye.

Yes, bye. Restaurants and coffee shops are numerous. Just don’t whine when business is down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Restaurants charge for water in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has something to do with a complicated sewer system.

Oooh, you've been to Denmark? That has f-all to do with this post.

If you bothered to read earlier posts, someone wrote that there is a charge for water in places in Europe. Denmark is in Europe. I guess that is not taught at your Trump U

[Anonymous]

Perhaps someone with more knowledge can comment - if a restaurant stays under a cap of 15 people, do they have to provide tap water to customers even if they don’t need a drinking fountain on premises.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Water isn’t free? The business pays a water bill just like you do.

That’s like arguing that they’ll charge you for hot sauce or ketchup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you're still stewing about this? Saw your question in Tom Sietsema's restaurant chat today.

Lol. DH's friend saw it on Nextdoor too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP you're still stewing about this? Saw your question in Tom Sietsema's restaurant chat today.

Lol. DH's friend saw it on Nextdoor too.

OP here: not me but I am curious, this is happening in multiple restaurants now?

[Anonymous]

Someone must’ve seen the post on DCUM and written Sietsema.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone must’ve seen the post on DCUM and written Sietsema.

What did Sietsema say?

And who cares what Denmark does? That’s irrelevant to our area. In the DMV it’s customary to provide free water. If they wanted to charge $.10 for the cup, whatever that’s their business choice but they still shouldn’t deny tapwater.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone must’ve seen the post on DCUM and written Sietsema.

What did Sietsema say?

And who cares what Denmark does? That’s irrelevant to our area. In the DMV it’s customary to provide free water. If they wanted to charge $.10 for the cup, whatever that’s their business choice but they still shouldn’t deny tapwater.

People care because it's useful to look past the ends of our noses to see what other groups/cultures/countries do, and potentially improve our own practices. I'm not saying that in this case denying water is an improvement, but the idea that we shouldn't care about what other places do bespeaks a smug, insular attitude that is antithetical to modernity and cosmopolitanism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone must’ve seen the post on DCUM and written Sietsema.

What did Sietsema say?

And who cares what Denmark does? That’s irrelevant to our area. In the DMV it’s customary to provide free water. If they wanted to charge $.10 for the cup, whatever that’s their business choice but they still shouldn’t deny tapwater.

Sietsema was surprised that an establishment would make a fuss about giving tap water to a paying customer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone must’ve seen the post on DCUM and written Sietsema.

What did Sietsema say?

And who cares what Denmark does? That’s irrelevant to our area. In the DMV it’s customary to provide free water. If they wanted to charge $.10 for the cup, whatever that’s their business choice but they still shouldn’t deny tapwater.

People care because it's useful to look past the ends of our noses to see what other groups/cultures/countries do, and potentially improve our own practices. I'm not saying that in this case denying water is an improvement, but the idea that we shouldn't care about what other places do bespeaks a smug, insular attitude that is antithetical to modernity and cosmopolitanism.

LOL indeed!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone must’ve seen the post on DCUM and written Sietsema.

What did Sietsema say?

And who cares what Denmark does? That’s irrelevant to our area. In the DMV it’s customary to provide free water. If they wanted to charge $.10 for the cup, whatever that’s their business choice but they still shouldn’t deny tapwater.

Sietsema was surprised that an establishment would make a fuss about giving tap water to a paying customer.

OP here, He calls the practice ‘ridiculous’. Another commentator seems to think it is not legal to refuse water (source not provided, so not sure if it is true)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it Caffe Amouri? They seem a little full of themselves there.

HA! This is what I was going to ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone must’ve seen the post on DCUM and written Sietsema.

What did Sietsema say?

And who cares what Denmark does? That’s irrelevant to our area. In the DMV it’s customary to provide free water. If they wanted to charge $.10 for the cup, whatever that’s their business choice but they still shouldn’t deny tapwater.

Sietsema was surprised that an establishment would make a fuss about giving tap water to a paying customer.

OP here, He calls the practice ‘ridiculous’. Another commentator seems to think it is not legal to refuse water (source not provided, so not sure if it is true)

OP I write this from experience and I hope with kindness. I'm not sure how old you are, but please 🙏 get a health check up. Sometimes not letting things go or being angry for a long time about something that in the big picture is a small matter means they're something else going on with you. Could be dementia, (peri)menopause, or in my case a brain tumor. 🧠 just a suggestionn not a directive but maybe your body is telling you something