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But if you bring your own water then you wouldn't have the privilege of spending $4 for a single bottled water[0] at an airport vendor. Sounds like the common
by nickjj 8y ago
But if you bring your own water then you wouldn't have the privilege of spending $4 for a single bottled water[0] at an airport vendor.
Sounds like the common ground there is profits come before anything else.
[0]: You could also bring your own empty water bottle and ask one of the bartenders to fill it up which is what I usually do and then drop them a $1 tip.
- bluedino 8y agoWhy not just use one of the many water bottle filling stations?
- nickjj 8y agoNot all airports have these. Also if you're an inexperienced flyer and have a tight connection, you may not have the time to find one in an unfamiliar airport but a bar or restaurant is almost always in sight.
- kawfey 8y agoNot all airports have sinks? It's not like they filter what's coming out of water fountains anyway.
- nickjj 8y ago> Not all airports have sinks? I haven't seen any, unless you're talking about using the bathroom sinks? In which case, no thanks. Even with a touch less sensor people can still (and do) touch the area where the water comes out. Flying is stressful enough as it is. I don't want to have to think about potentially drinking tainted water (pun intended).
- freehunter 8y agoIf you think no one has ever touched the nozzle of the drinking fountain with their dirty hands, boy are you in for a surprise.
- nickjj 8y agoI don't doubt it, but I also don't use those stations. I've never even seen one in the few airports I visited.
- aembleton 8y agoI've never seen many water bottle filling stations at airports. In some of them, such as Hamburg you have to ask at the bar as there are no water fountains.
- EForEndeavour 8y agoThat's consistent with my first-hand understanding that Germans are culturally opposed to drinking plain water. You'll never be offered tap water at any restaurant or café, and if you ask for Leitungswasser (tap water, literally "plumbing water"), you'll get an eye-roll or disgusted look, partly because that saves you the cost of a bottle of water.
- ardy42 8y ago> But if you bring your own water then you wouldn't have the privilege of spending $4 for a single bottled water[0] at an airport vendor. That's just good capitalists exploiting the situation for maximum selfish gain, like they were taught in school.
- dang 8y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19376397 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19376397 and marked it off-topic.