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.

well obviously NEED is just hyperbole. occasionally i have waited until 10.30. I have never pushed it later than that though.

Totally agree OP. It is as a result of very successful marketing campaigns by bottled water companies. If your urine is light in colour (except when you get up when it will be dark), then you are fine.

How bizarre that so many people are concerned with others having a drink in public !

I don’t tend to notice what other people are doing when out and about to be honest. They can eat or drink what they want, I doubt it would register with me!
I never take drinks or food anywhere with me, but then I am aware I drink too little and am often dehydrated so maybe I should. I don’t tend to take anything for the DC either and tell them to wait until we get home but maybe that’s just because I don’t drink enough, and should actually be encouraging them to drink more? Who knows.
Either way I don’t care what other people do to be honest.

Shock - DH and i are in Kensington Park and have bought a coffee to drink as we walk around. Why - because we wanted to!

It is indeed, and I would absolutely love to see you in my shop telling my customers your opinions on them, I think it would truly make our days. @LittleBookofCalm I find your username quite amusing, I don't believe someone can actually reach a level of calm whilst being so bothered about what complete strangers do.

And I was working long hours long before people bought bottled water and took it everywhere. We were just as busy then. And no in the 1990's and 1980's most women did not stay at home.

But more odd than that is that people are getting so angry, defensive to the point of throwing personal insults to the OP just because she pointed out that people like to carry round bottles or cups way more than they did years ago.

But the apparently the OP is the odd one?

What an odd thing to be angry about

Indeed. Why would it make people so angry that the OP pointed out the trend of cup ownership.

I have gestational diabetes and have been told by my nurse to drink at least three litres of water a day, if I didn't do that on the go I'd never leave the house. Get some bigger problems to worry about 🙄

I don't get angry about it. I just know it is about consumerism.

What a lot of time and energy you must have in order to be so emotionally involved in other people's harmless behaviours.

Can I suggest redirecting it at something which actually matters. Here's a list to get you started:

• people trafficking
• domestic abuse
• child abuse
• cruelty to animals
• welfare reform
• increases in homelessness and the number of people dying on our streets.
• the number of people relying on food banks to survive

If you need more, I'm sure that as a collective, we can help.

It's probably largely unnecessary, yes. And it does create a lot of waste. What do you propose as a solution, OP? Because even if everyone swaps to refillable cups and bottles, the world will still be drowning in waste from other sources. There are too many people on the planet.

I'm genuinely confused by this thread. I'm in my 30s and as far back as I can remember my parents have taken bottles of water along whenever we went out for a few hours. My grandparents had some truly ancient thermos flasks that they took tea out in if they were visiting the shops or going for a walk.

I'm not sure that it's about consumerism either, my water bottle cost £3 and I fill it up from any available tap..

dailyshite

Global waste is no more a harmless behaviour than the other things on your list, tbf.

Why on earth does anyone actually care about other people eating and drinking outside, what a pointless thing to be concerned about!

I'm concerned about the unnecessary use of plastic. I don't give a monkeys if people want to have a drink on the go. I don't see drinking in public as infantilising or annoying. I think in some cases e.g. the elderly, more frequent drinking should be encouraged, and indeed the NHS has campaigned on this. So drinking in public does not bother me at all. Excessive consumption and waste does.

As long as people are used by reusable cups, it's absolutely nowt to do with anyone else. MYOB

YANBU you won't die without water. Oh, hang on. LOLOL. However i still think YANBU.

dailyshite surely on that premise AIBU would just dry up. and Chat for that matter.

I'm not sure that it's about consumerism either, my water bottle cost £3 and I fill it up from any available tap..

But most people don't.

The UK uses 13 billion plastic bottles every year. Only 7.5 billion are recycled. The remaining 5.5 billion are landfilled, littered, or incinerated

That's 185 bottles used per UK resident per year!

Most kids use refillable water bottles don’t they? If we take a picnic we use a refillable bottle.

I do think people are encouraged to think they need to drink a lot more than they do. It annoys me if I work with school age children constantly gulping.

However I do remember being really, awfully thirsty a lot as a child.

I'll sometimes carry a flask of coffee with me since I have gone decaff. However it's not to drink on the move but when I get to my destination - I go to several events a month where there's a drinks break, but they dont provide decaff. Other times I just carry a little pot of coffee with me but asking for a cup of hot water with milk and sugar (to add my coffee to) always seems to cause confusion with the caterers!!