On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:06:32 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
wrote:
>Paul Dwerryhouse:
>> Erick T. Barkhuis writes:
>>
>> >Mabe there's something I'm missing here. Why would you ever order tap
>> >water in a restaurant?
>>
>> Because bottled water is so damned expensive. It's beyond me how, here in
>> Melbourne, a bottle of water can cost most than a bottle of soft-drink - and
>> more than a litre of petrol!
>
>So, it's a money thing?
>But what if restaurants would charge the same for tap water as they would
>for bottled water? (I think that would be fair, otherwise people could
>sit down and keep the seats occupied for an hour drinking tap water)
>
That's silly. What law requires someone to let someone stay in their
establishment without any intention of buying something? |