I realize that my past few posts have been animal-related (sheep, squirrels, cats and birds), so I’ve decided to write about a more enthralling topic: bottled water. As I was out to lunch this afternoon, I looked behind the counter and noticed that the refrigerator was full of bottled beverages. Upon looking a bit more closely, I realized that the bottled beverages matched the beverages that were available from the fountain drink machine – a one-to-one correspondence, except for bottled water.
Most fountain drink machines have a way to dispense tap water. Water is available. That’s not the point I’m making. My point is this: If bottled water is a legitimate beverage, then the same bottled product in the refrigerator should be available from the fountain drink dispenser. Think about it. All of the Coca-Cola® products in the refrigerator were also available from the fountain drink machine, except for bottled water. Why wouldn’t Dasini®, the water bottled by Coca-Cola®, also be available for cold cups?
2 comments:
The uniqueness of a soda/pop/other beverage is the combination of ingredients added to the water. The water itself is interchangeable with any other source of clean/filtered water.
The uniqueness of bottled water is a) the source and b) the filtration process. It is not dependent on additives to the water. The water itself is not interchangeable, and without a separate water source at the fountain, would not be available.
Not that I've given this any thought since I saw your post yesterday....
(Also, to verify my comment, I had to type the work "krack". I don't know why, exactly, but I thought that was funny.)
Bottled water is dumb and environmentally unfriendly.
“Krack” is also dumb. In this case, though, it’s also kind of funny.
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