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?
Not exactly. People usually pay above the odds for wine and drinks in a
restaurant- just that water seems silly, when they drink tap water at
home.
> But what if restaurants would charge the same for tap water as they would
> for bottled water?
People would think they were nuts?
> (I think that would be fair, otherwise people could
> sit down and keep the seats occupied for an hour drinking tap water)
Funny world you live in. I thought we were talking about restaurants
here- people spend money on other things- and I don't recall seeing
anyone in the US (where water in restaurants is ubiquitous) occupying
seats for that long just drinking water...
What do you drink when you occupy a seat in a Dutch restaurant for an
hour waiting for service?
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