re: Water snobs on tOT: why do people hate Dasani?

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can't taste any difference in 99% of bottled water brands. Only time I've tasted anything odd from bottled water was the Winn Dixie store brand

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some seem a touch better than others. I drink Dasani if it’s around or great value

Hose pipe water

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It tastes like water.

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It tastes like tainted polluted water.

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Hose pipe water

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Some hose tastes better than others………

All pretty much tastes the same to me after putting a little flavor enhancer in it. My gripe is how thin the Dasani bottle is. Used to not be this way. They say did it to conserve. I say did it to save money. Sometimes it won’t stand up. And you damn sure can’t take it in the woods with you, too noisy!

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Gatorade water is water. No sugar.

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I gotcha.

I have a ligit reason for hating Dasani. One of the times I covered an NCAA basketball regional at the AAC in Dallas, I had a run-in with security over having a bottle of water, the wasn't Dasani, at the press table.I had planned to eat lunch at the media lounge they had set up, but it hadn't opened 15 minutes before the 1st game tipped off. I went to the concession stand and bought a Pizza Hut individual pizza and a couple of bottles of water, and took them to my seat. As I'm eating pizza and washing down a bite with some other water they sell a Pizza Hut, the the same owner of Pepsi, two big security guys come up and tell me I can't have that bottle of water at the table. I probably said , "What?"

They then explained that Coke was one of the NCCA tournament's sponsors, and they own Dasani, so I couldn't have the water I bought at the press table.behind one of the team's benches. I asked if I could just finish eating and throw the bottle away. They went a got a couple of Coke cups and asked me to pour my water into them. It ended up not really being a big deal, but I was already pissed about having to buy lunch when they had a media lounge where I'd expected to get a free meal.

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I'll never understand people who waste money on bottled water.

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This. But we have really good water. The only time I've ever bought bottled water is a couple years back when they dumped a few hundred gallons of diesel into our water supply underground tank after a power outage due to a severe storm. That was a for a few weeks. And we got just whatever water they were giving everyone... don't remember the brand. Until Collierville came through and let us fill up 5 gallon bottles for free.

BUT... if we're driving on vacation or whatever, I'll just get whatever a grab at the c-store.

It tastes like water from a toilet tank.

But all bottled water is a waste of money.

BR tap water is better than all of them