• AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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    19 hours ago

    In most eu countries the law requires businesses that give out food to also allow you to order free tap water. If youre in a city and dont want to spend money on a bottle of water, walk into mcdonalds and ask for free tap water. A lot of european countries also have strict laws about tap water so for example in france unless otherwise indicated with a warning, tap water is always potable.

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      13 hours ago

      Here in the US, this seems so normal that it didnt even occur to me that this may not be true everywhere else. And not need to be enforced by law.

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          9 hours ago

          Ive definitely never, ever run into that. But I’m sure it happens.

          Edit: I guess ive seen places that charged some nominal fee for the cup but it’s so rare

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            4 hours ago

            I went to Philadelphia and there were hardly any places to get water at all. There were always stores selling water bottles literally $8 in one instance around nearly everywhere you looked

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      18 hours ago

      Not true everywhere, actually never heard of it here (Germany and Austria).

      But if you walk into a place and ask for a paper cup of tap water, a lot of workers are willing to give it to you, regardless of the laws.

      Vienna has tap water straight from the mountains btw and it tastes amazing. Recommended.