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Original poster

I never used to go around with a water bottle, let alone, grab a cup of coffee

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LittleBookofCalm · 13/10/2018 12:46

every time I went out.
what is it with people having to be constantly Slurping!

the world cannot cope with all the rubbish this causes.

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xyzandabc · 13/10/2018 13:14

I'm with you OP. Kids too. I take my own and 2 other kids to a 1 hour activity each week (not sport, it's sitting down for an hour). We've been late more than once due to one of the children insisting that they can't survive without their water bottle, we wait while they find it/fill it etc. Have a drink before you go, and another when you get home, stop fannying about with water bottles.

Similarly my eldest is on a trip today with guides. They will be out for less than 6 hours. Letter said please pack a LARGE packed lunch and snacks to keep them going. No wonder kids are becoming obese if they are being told they can't survive a few hours without constant snacking.

Angelil · 13/10/2018 13:14

Somehow I suspect you are even still annoyed by those using reusable coffee cups or water bottles!

I'm a teacher. Lots of my day is spent on my feet and teaching involves a certain amount of talking as well. I easily get through 2-3 litres a day. My refillable water bottle is massive.

Enko · 13/10/2018 13:15

Meh As long as they use a reusable cup/bottle I don't care if they are drinking on the go or not.

Fiffyshadesofgreymatter · 13/10/2018 13:16

@TonTonMacoute

Can you link to that information please?

I'm quite obsessed with healthy diet (Its a problem of mine which i accept) but the current advice is with a healthy diet you get 20% of your daily water from food and 80% from drinking it. So should still drink 8 or 9 glasses a day.

LisaSimpsonsbff · 13/10/2018 13:17

If other people having a drink bothers you it might be time for you to consider staying inside.

MikeUniformMike · 13/10/2018 13:19

The number of drinks containers littering our streets is a problem.

Oldraver · 13/10/2018 13:19

Keeping on water/drink on you I understand

It's the constantly traipsing around coffee I don't get. Surely it's a tad unsafe.

Waitrose can be a nightmare with all the free coffee toting Twats trying to steer a trolley one handed

Original poster
LittleBookofCalm · 13/10/2018 13:20

A teacher is not exactly working the land

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specialsubject · 13/10/2018 13:20

I get thirsty and so carry a reusable water bottle.

clutching a plastic single-use cup of coffee to be able to get to work - no, don't get it. Coffee and tea are free at work anyway and have been for years. So I assume coffee clutchers have money to piss away.

Thisreallyisafarce · 13/10/2018 13:22

A teacher is not exactly working the land

So what? People can have a drink when they are thirsty. Feck all to do with you.

lidoshuffle · 13/10/2018 13:23

200 of us had an important work meeting with the CEO about restructuring/redundancies and people were suckling on their bottles throughout that. It was half an hour away from their desks and in the same building. It looked really infantile.

LisaSimpsonsbff · 13/10/2018 13:24

Coffee and tea are free at work anyway and have been for years. So I assume coffee clutchers have money to piss away.

They might be free at your work - do you think they are at everyone's?! Do you think it's enshrined in employment law or something?

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 13/10/2018 13:24

It'd be good if more people used refillable water bottles. The amount of plastic from all those water bottles is ludicrous.

Not to mention that the cost of bottled water - as dh who used to work in the water sector once told me - is many thousands of times more than what it costs out of the tap. Which in the UK is nearly always perfectly fine to drink.

AjasLipstick · 13/10/2018 13:25

I don't mind the water thing but the drinking coffee or things that masquerade as coffee but are full of weird, sugar laden sauces....they disgust me a bit. Especially when the person drinks from the hole in the lid.

It makes them look like an oversized toddler with a sippy cup!

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LittleBookofCalm · 13/10/2018 13:26

OK teacher with water bottle less bad than those out and about, and the kids Must have water bottles, like a dummy!

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LisaSimpsonsbff · 13/10/2018 13:26

A teacher is not exactly working the land

Have you ever done a job where you talk continuously for long periods? There's a reason lecturers usually have water on the podium - it's really thirsty work.

MysweetAudrina · 13/10/2018 13:27

I bought myself a stainless steel water bottle that keeps cold drinks cold for 24 hours and hot drinks hot for 12 hours.

I love it. I don't know how people would manage the recommended fluid intake if they didn't carry a drink with them. I drink water in the car on the way to work, before and after my yoga, throughout the day at my desk and if I am walking to offsite work meetings I have it in my bag. I drink from it in the car on my way home and have it beside me on the evening and by my bedside at night. No waste at all. I fill it from the cooler at work or the tap at home.

Abeautifulpeagreenboat · 13/10/2018 13:27

I think the bottled water companies have done a very good marketing job on a huge proportion of our population. Of course water is good for you, you'd die without it, but the way people insist on carrying it everywhere is puzzling.

I think current advice is to drink 1.2 litres of fluids a day (although even that amount is questioned as being necessary). So a couple of hot drinks (say a mug holds 350 mls) and two tumblers of water would be plenty. As long as your wee is pale, you're drinking enough, unless you need more due to a medical condition of course.

SerenDippyEggs · 13/10/2018 13:29

Are all the pensioners on the bus slurping water, no, they have managed to live without constant hydration
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GrinGrinGrin** Christ almighty. I understand and agree that we need to cut down wastage but someone having a reusable water bottle and drinking when they're thirty is hardly the crime of the bloody century

HellenaHandbasket · 13/10/2018 13:30

I always have a water bottle, some of my medication gives me a dry mouth, and I get headaches. Also need the kids to keep drinking. I don't 'slurp' however, I just drink it like a normal person. I have also had the same reusable bottle for over 4 yrs, as have the kids.

Coffee, I don't always see the need to have when out. But sometimes it is nice...I won't buy one if I don't have a cup with me though

Childrenofthesun · 13/10/2018 13:30

I'm a teacher too. Yes, it's important to have water as your throat can get dry from talking. But I just use a glass!

Kewqueue · 13/10/2018 13:32

I don't drink a lot but when I teach I always take water or I lose my voice.

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LittleBookofCalm · 13/10/2018 13:32

So much consumerism and waste and telling me it is feck all to do with me is quite childish

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LostaraYil · 13/10/2018 13:33

I'm a teacher and it drives me nuts that children insist on bringing water bottles to lessons or, if they are not allowed, ask during a lesson if they can go and have a drink. It's only an hour ffs! Unless they have a serious medical condition even children should be able to manage an hour without water. I can!

TheCatWhisperer · 13/10/2018 13:33

Well yes kids do have to take water bottles to school as dehydration causes tiredness and therefore lack of concentration. Many people mistake thirst for hunger and will overeat as a consequence. I carry a water bottle and drink from it regularly at work otherwise I'll get tired and probably a headache and it stops me snacking. The human body is 70% water so it stands to reason that we need to drink plenty. What a weird thing to get annoyed about. Take away coffees on the other hand are a huge waste of money and shit for the environment. If i want coffee on the go I make my own and carry a flask. I suppose flasks annoy you too OP.

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