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re: How many people expect to be charged for a glass of water
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:13 am to Catman88
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:13 am to Catman88
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But of course they DID NOT tell your this until after you took a piss.
isn't it a law that restrooms must be provided to the public in a restaurant? thought it was a DHH issue.
Did anyone find out if water must be provided to customers, by law?
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Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:14 am to slam627
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No, no...we don't agree at all.
The scary thing is, the guy actually thinks he's coming across as looking clever here.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:14 am to Y.A. Tittle
I know. It is terrifying.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:17 am to tavolatim
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It's called business and it's about a turn key job...I don't want to know all the details.
I think that is what bothers me about the opposing attitudes. They expect water (a drink) to be provided free, but no other drink items should be. They justify it by saying that it doesn't cost much to provide the water.
I am not for hiding the price of water then charging it, I think that is wrong for any item. I am just trying to figure out how water transcends other drinks.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:19 am to fightin tigers
One thing that I have noticed a lot in the last year is that you have to ask for tap water an awful lot - it's kind of a subtle way to ensure a soft drink being ordered at the minimum.
The very high end places will automatically bring tap water to you, but other than that, the landscape seems to have changed a bit.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:21 am to Y.A. Tittle
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The scary thing is, the guy actually thinks he's coming across as looking clever here.
I thought it was clever. really scary thing is that we have half a dozen people with and opposing view on cost of water for a problem that no one can ensure is happening.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:22 am to fightin tigers
So is this a business expense or isnt it?
1.6 gallons used for free in bathroom Versus 16oz used to drink? What is the difference?
1.6 gallons used for free in bathroom Versus 16oz used to drink? What is the difference?
This post was edited on 3/8/10 at 10:24 am
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:23 am to Catman88
quote:Check and mate.
So is this a buisness expense or isnt it?
1.6 gallons used for free in bathroom Versus 16oz used to drink? What is the difference?
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:24 am to Catman88
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What is the difference?
until I am alerted otherwise, the law. as I stated before, I believe they are required to provide a restroom for customers but they are not required to provide free water.
This post was edited on 3/8/10 at 10:27 am
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:26 am to fightin tigers
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I believe they are required to provide a restroom for customers but they are not required to proved free water.
You just reminded me of something - Rocky & Carlo's in Chalmette does not serve tap water at all.
You're forced to buy a bottle.
Their food wasn't all that great anyway.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:26 am to fightin tigers
YOU are the one that keeps making the point that its not fair to everyone in the restaurant that orders soft drinks to subsidize the person that orders water instead.
Yet Im paying for you to take a piss and use 25x more water.
Yet Im paying for you to take a piss and use 25x more water.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:28 am to fightin tigers
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They justify it by saying that it doesn't cost much to provide the water.
no we justify it by saying it is common practice to not charge for water
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:29 am to fightin tigers
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until I am alerted otherwise, the law. as I stated before
As I stated before it varies by location.. NYC does have a law as does Arizona. You should try google. You can just call your local health board and ask.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:31 am to Catman88
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YOU are the one that keeps making the point that its not fair to everyone in the restaurant that orders soft drinks to subsidize the person that orders water instead.
Yet Im paying for you to take a piss and use 25x more water.
so, you are just going to keep asking the same question in different ways?
I would assume they bank on everyone using the bathroom at least once while at their establishment, unless they serve water they don't assume everyone will have a glass.
the bathroom is a service that must be provided
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:32 am to Catman88
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NYC does have a law as does Arizona. You should try google.
that is how I found the info about France, illegal to charge for water unless it comes in a clean glass or with ice.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:33 am to BrockLanders
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You just reminded me of something - Rocky & Carlo's in Chalmette does not serve tap water at all.
You're forced to buy a bottle.
unholy bastards. boycott them.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:34 am to fightin tigers
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I would assume they bank on everyone using the bathroom at least once while at their establishment, unless they serve water they don't assume everyone will have a glass.
So you are saying that its ok for me to use 25 cups of water (assuming I flush once) but its perfectly ok to charge me two dollars (without telling me) for 1 extra cup of water (because thats an unaccounted for business expense)
thats rich...
This post was edited on 3/8/10 at 10:36 am
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:36 am to Catman88
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for 1 extra cup of water.
it is wrong for them to charge you since you are drinking from the toilet. you got me.
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its perfectly ok to charge me two dollars (without telling me)
I have never said this was ok, actually I said that is wasn't ok.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:37 am to fightin tigers
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I am just trying to figure out how water transcends other drinks.
Because of the current pricing. If a single Mexican restaurant stopped giving out the "free" chips and salsa people would complain. If most Mexican restaurants stopped giving it away, people would adjust. We keep focusing on free but it's really about an item being overpriced. The freeness just makes us hypersensitive to the price point. If it was standard practice to charge $.50 for water most people wouldn't complain much when it went to $.75, but going from $0 to $.25 is psychologically a much bigger price hike even though it's the same amount.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:39 am to TigerinATL
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If it was standard practice to charge $.50 for water most people wouldn't complain much when it went to $.75, but going from $0 to $.25 is psychologically a much bigger price hike even though it's the same amount.
I think that has a lot to do with it. There is no doubt that the glass of water has always been passed on to the customer in some way, people just have the problem when they see it show up on the bill.
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