paden cash, post: 324766, member: 20 wrote: I just realized I'm the only one I know that drinks tap water. My smarty-pants-kids-with-the-MBA will be more than happy to explain why my health is at risk for doing so, too. And the grandkids watch in some sort of disbelief as a grab my best "jelly-jar-glass" out of the cabinet and swill myself a good glassful. They're too young to tell Grandpa he's doing it wrong...
And my wife, bless her heart, is respectful. She doesn't say anything, but watches me as I drink with her pursed lips and a slight scowl...like I'm fixing to spit it out because of its horrible taste. Gimme a friggin' break!
None of the crews keep a water-jug in the trucks. The backroom has several of them stacked up next to the screwed up rods, tripods and dirty old Schonstedt cases. We buy cases of bottled water and the fridge in the break room is full of them. This time of year the guys grab as many bottles as they need in the morning and carry on. I do take three or four myself when I'm headed to the field, but just because there's no water jug in the truck. The other day at the office I was a little parched and in the break room I just grabbed one of the many coffee cups that populate the ever present dish drain rack next to the sink. I filled it from the tap and gulped down a good little hit. One of my lesser-ranked and youngest employee watched me and said, "There's cold water in the fridge", like if given the choice, I'd prefer the bottled. "I'm good" I told him. He told me he can't stand tap water. I can't believe he thinks he can tell the difference. I dropped the conversation. The mental shortcomings of some of my employees is a deep and dark place where you don't want to spend much time....
My tap water is from a reservoir. That's a fancy French word for 'lake' or 'pond'. And in the spring the lake 'turns' and the water has a distinct odor and flavor. Not repulsive by any means, just distinct. But I chug it anyway. We have a state-of-the-art water treatment plant that made several consulting engineers rich. We pay the operators there to daily sample our water for all sorts of junk from fecal coliform to cryptosporidium to trihalomethanes. They also juice it up with a little fluoride before sending it out for general consumptions. I feel like somebody has at least looked at it!
This bottled water deal is a rip. Their mark-up has to heavenly. I've got visions of "sweat-shops" in a crummy warehouse in Detroit full of illegal immigrants filling water bottles from the crusty pipes...screw the lid on tight and package it up with a pretty picture of a snow covered alpine peak and you're done. I'm not buying it.
I guess drinking tap water has risen to the unhealthy level like consuming sugar-substitutes, nitrate treated meat, or smoking three packs of Camels a day....I'll be a goner in no time. And at my funeral my whole family will shake their heads and whisper among themselves, "We tried to stop him..."
Yes, but mines from a secret well. I sell it by the gram if you want to get taller and better looking and attract the gals. Oops, you're married to a wonderful gal and I don't sell to your type.
Seb, post: 324930, member: 7509 wrote: Brave brave man. Give us an update one day when she finds out.
He will never be seen again when she finds out.
