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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mostly hispanic people in my neighborhood of North Alexandria.  Are there water quality issues or is this a cultural thing?[/quote]

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.

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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).  [/quote]

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. [/quote][/quote]

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