Bottled water ban big time in a rural Australian town

[Task Force]

we dont have to pay for water in most restaruants, but in some... you do... (usualy the fancy ones.)

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Task Force

we dont have to pay for water in most restaruants, but in some... you do... (usualy the fancy ones.)

Maybe that is why it is not popular for German restaurants. Bottled water of course always has to be payed.

Originally Posted by Skybird

You never experienced "Transitverkehr" between West Germany and West Berlin, with VoPos (Volks-Polizisten, "people's policemen")having dogs and machine guns on the ready, holding 500 m long lines of cars in 6-12 parallel lines for 1-2 hours and the controler in his box often treating you like sh!t and talking like the mean Germans in Hollywood movies do.

To be fair, some of these guys just did their job correctly and within the limits of neutrality tried to be kind. They probably violated orders when behaving like that. But some others really used the opportunity and showed who was in control - these dwarfs fulfilled every clichée about the pedantic evil little German there is.

All that sounds very foriegn to me. But coming from a country where armed soldiers were not common place among the civilian population, much less as greeters, you can imagine my suprise, as a 23 y.o.

Looking back now I'm sure they were just doing their job, and were probably being watched closely by people who were not overtly dangerous to us, but were to the guys in the jetway.

Originally Posted by Skybird

Maybe that is why it is not popular for German restaurants. Bottled water of course always has to be payed.

Using your best English you should try ordering regular water, from the tap. let me know how it goes.

Cheers
CB

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Over here tap water is said to be the best controlled food stuff of all. Quality varies regarding lime and chlorine, the latter making it taste bad. A simple water filter - not even a solid installation - cures both.

I always wondered why so many people here spend time, energy and money to buy bottled water. It is an artifical "need" that was artifically raised by the industry from the 80s on with a lot of advertising. A factual need for that has never been existent over here. Much of doing so is fashion only. But I heared that in some other Wetsern countries the taste of tap water is terrible, although the health quality is okay. A former colleague of my father was american, from Las Vegas. He said that there tap water had so much chlorine that it could be used to disinfect tooth brushes.

Agree 100%.
Italians are some of the worst "bottle water" consumers in the entire world. Even when scientific studies have demonstrated that tap water is not in any way inferior to bottled water from a quality and health point of view.
Sometimes people look me wrong if a offer them a glass of water, with water taken from the tap instead of "bottled" water.
The parliament some years ago even passed a law that banned bars from giving customers simple glass of water (0 cost if someone simply asked for a glass of water). Now they are required to give "bottled water" which of course costs much more. Can you guess which lobby pushed for this absurd law ?

[TarJak]

Right so water in platic bottles bad, soft drink in plastic bottles good?

What a bunch of nambie pambies.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Right so water in platic bottles bad, soft drink in plastic bottles good?

What a bunch of nambie pambies.

Don't be so harsh on yourselves