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Do people drink water from the bathroom tap tap

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KW33 · 25/02/2025 18:58

Back story is I work in a perdomately male work place. We have a small coffee machine that needs to be filled up with water every so often. The unisex toilets are not too far from where the team sit. On two separate occasions, one male manager went into the bathroom to fill up the water. I interjected and said no, I will get water from the water despenser in the kitchen which is not close to where the team sit. Then the same thing happened today, another male colleague went to do the same thing. I again interjected and got the water from the kitchen water despenser. When I asked the colleague today, he said it's the same water tank so why wouldn't you use the tap water from the bathroom. I said no that's disgusting at which point another male colleague said there's no difference. He would use his tap water in the bathroom at home. Again I was lost.

So now I want to know is this a thing? I have never used the bathroom tap water as drinking water and never would. However this might be a me thing, or is it a woman thing. I have now started asking everyone....even though what one of them said about it being from the same tank may be true. In my head the kitchen tap water can be used for drinking and the bathroom tap water is for washing your hands etc. Has anyone else had a similar experience or thing to be amazed at what some people class as normal and you class as disgusting.

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 25/02/2025 19:03

If the kitchen tap is taking water direct from the main and not hanging around in a cold water tank, I would say it's preferable. But if all the water in the house or office is either coming from the main or being stored in a tank, it makes no difference whether you draw the water in the bathroom or the kitchen.

ExitPursuedByABare · 25/02/2025 19:02

Our bathroom tap is off the mains so yes.

When I was in hospital in London the water jugs were not filled from the sink on the ward 🤷‍♀️

Icanttakethisanymore · 25/02/2025 19:02

its fine, it’s the same water.

KnickerlessParsons · 25/02/2025 19:00

If it's a water dispenser plumbed into the mains it probably is the same water.
What do you think is wrong with the water in the sinks in the toilets?

EmmaEmEmz · 25/02/2025 19:00

Yep.

Been doing it for most of my life and I'm still alive. I think.

TheReturnOfFeathersMcGraw · 25/02/2025 19:00

Our cold water taps are all mains so we use them. I dont drink anything from the hot taps.

Octavia64 · 25/02/2025 18:59

I'm a woman

I drink water from the bathroom tap.

It's the same pipes.

PiousBitch · 25/02/2025 18:59

Why would it be any different?

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