John Kulp wrote:
> 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?
And it's not the argument here anyway... I don't recall someone saying
you should be able to sit down in a restaurant and only order tap water
for free, and nothing else...
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