I gave up bottled water when I moved into my new apartment a few weeks ago and I’m really glad I did.
In my old apartment, we had a Poland Spring water cooler. Now I realize that its function was simply a cooling device. The water that I now get from my tap and put into a carafe in my fridge serves the same function and tastes just as good.
I was laughing today with a friend about imported water and how silly it is to transport water across the ocean. Transporting water across water! It’s as if we’re all starring in a Christoper Guest movie, but because everybody’s so accustomed to the behavior, nobody notices.
Imagine a meeting of people in 1989 whose goal it was to cause as much additional waste, pollution, and unecessary spending as possible. I could think of no better mechanism for that goal than to convince the public that they need to purchase something in a disposable container that they get out of the faucet for free.
I’m not going to add drinking bottled water to my “You’re an asshole if…” list (which now contains having your phone go off in a theatre, driving a hybrid car while also flying in a private jet, etc) just yet — there should be a grace period of a year or two for people to realize it’s retarded. But unless I’m in a situation where no tap water is available (an outdoor carnival or such), I won’t be drinking it anymore.
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