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

[LittleBookofCalm]

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.

I was just thinking that I can clearly remember the first time I saw someone drinking water from a bottle about 15 years ago on some training I was doing. She sat there through the day with a bottle of water constantly glugging at it. The rest of the group were looking at each other as if to say wtf. We assumed she was an alcoholic and dehydrated. Who would have known that so many people walk round constantly slurping now

Water bottles are not the problem if reusable - just find a tap, this is the uk!!

It is the plastic coffee cups that are the main issue. Mn hard of reading!!

For me it’s irrelevant how much water it is medically recommended you have a day. I like coffee and water. I always buy a coffee on my to work and another for the walk home. I enjoy it.

I think there's a happy medium on the water-slurping. It's true that it wasn't a 'thing' when I was young, but then as a young adult I was shown by frequent attacks of cystitis that I possibly didn't drink enough. I now try to make sure I do and haven't been plagued by this problem for many years since. Similarly, old people tend not to drink enough water. In the case of my parents and in-laws, this tends to cause them issues ranging from frequent cystitis, to my fil being hospitalised once because he was dehydrated and had started hallucinating!
However, I do agree that it isn't good for the environment if people are constantly drinking bottled water out of plastic bottles and there are also situations where people slurp constantly where it's not necessarily entirely appropriate. School children certainly use it as an excuse to get up and go and fill their bottle or get a drink.

Oh, the irony of the OPs username.

Some people are in such a rush in the morning they leave home without drinking anything so will grab something in a rush to work.

We live busier lives now than we used to and hydration is important.

People do slurp and gulp though, and platic bottles make that crinkling noise. At work nobody seems to be able to last through a one hour meeting without constantly glugging. It is unnecessary and rude.

OP...

Sorry you only see the world through your own view.

That must be intensely boring

*Fwend Sat 13-Oct-18 14:11:19
Oh, the irony of the OPs username. *

Pot, kettle....

When I get uptight about the noises people around me are making, I know I probably need a bit more sleep, or have been overworking.

Another that always has a bottle but it's a reusable one from home and a bamboo cup with beautiful william Morris print on it which everyone compliments. I'm ebf and find I'm always thirsty but even when not it is really important to stay hydrated.

Fully accept and equally frustrated by the waste

I agree with you OP - would never have crossed my, or my mother's, mind to give me a bottle of water to take to school. You had break, then lunch, then afternoon break, all with drinks, so no need to constantly slurp from water bottles. Also, I hate to see people drinking from bottles rather than use a glass - so common.

Loads of my colleagues queue in Costa across the road to waste £3 on a coffee every morning. We have free tea/milk/sugar (and bread for toast) and a decent proper coffee machine (with the little pods) in our kitchen - I don’t get it but then I’m 55 and remember starting work in 1980 and taking a flask to work with tea for my morning break/lunch etc.

Good for Waitrose getting rid of the single use coffee cups.

same as you maddie, i took a flask my first day of work, just in case.

@Everyoneiswingingit

Mine's sarcastic. Can I recommend The Inbetweeners?

Are all the pensioners on the bus slurping water, no, they have managed to live without constant hydration

As PP have pointed out, the elderly are often dehydrated and could do with drinking more water. There have been campaigns about this, as it helps prevent falls. See this NHS link on it.

Also, back in the good old days, there were more public drinking fountains and they were used more often. This article relates to the American scene but I think the same is true in the UK as well. People would have less need to carry water bottles, if we maintained these public drinking points.

I agree with the op.

And all this defensiveness! When I was at school my teachers didn't have water on their desks at all times to swig from. They waited until break time, went to the staff room and had a tea break. Same at lunchtime.

Same when I had my first job in a hospital. The tea trolley came round twice a day and we went and got a drink. We actually managed to work without a drink on the desk.

If I go out and I get thirsty I'll find a cafe and have a drink.

As a pp said, you don't tend to see older people carting water bottles around with them. Frankly unless you have a medical condition you can surely go a bit of time without a drink. It's a trend a daft one

And yes, I DO judge. I am allowed to you know. Basically I think it looks infantile.

(with the little pods)

If you are concerned about the environment, you'll want to nix those.

I have a stainless steel water bottle that I always have in my bag and fill up before going anywhere (I’m breastfeeding so get thirsty, and have a 6 yr old who gets thirsty running around, I refuse to buy single use plastic bottles unless absolutely necessary) also have a stainless steel reusable insulated flask that I fill up and take with me if I’m going to me out for a long day and might want coffee, and a stainless steel insulated reusable coffee cup that I take to Waitrose (usually on my way back from the morning school run to wake me up properly)

No plastic waste, no unnecessary spending.

Some people work in environments where they are not allowed to have access to drinks until their break so need to hydrate in between.

Yes, dehydration in the elderly is a big problem in hospitals.

OP I'm with you on this one.

I went to the post office yesterday and whilst serving a customer the cashier took a long hard swig from her huge pink drinking vessel which I'm pretty sure had a unicorn lid.
I was
Is everyone obsessed with carrying water/drink everywhere they go? Even when they are literally serving a customer?

Apparently so.

As a pp said, you don't tend to see older people carting water bottles around with them
And as another pp said, yes you do.

A Lot of defensiveness Girlandboy, not really necessary. Did I need to put Lighthearted in the title?