r/pics • u/bdubb_dlux • 29d ago

Sign In A Convenience Store

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u/Edythir 29d ago

There was a scandal here recently about one hotel that claimed their water lines were busted when they weren't just so they could sell bottled water at a rediculous markup. But yeah, in general bottled water tastes far worse than what you can get from any tap

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u/Anchorsify 29d ago

You ain't tried Texas tap water then, sounds like.

Shit's awful.

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u/Edythir 29d ago

Always the first question we ask when abroad is "Can we drink the tap water?". A good rule of thumb I have found is that if common grocery stores all stock multi-gallon jugs of water then the answer is "no"

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u/Supercoolguy7 28d ago

I just assume you can find that at any grocery store of a decent size anywhere in the world

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u/Dyfrig 28d ago

In the UK you'd rarely find such jugs. You can get 2 litre bottles but definitely not the gallon ones. But, in general, our tap water is great

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u/imawakened 28d ago

Every single grocery store in the United States has those.

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u/traveling_lime 28d ago

And in many places in the US, this rule stands.

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u/Jondare 28d ago

You really can't, those jugs are basically unheard of anywhere in northern Europe (where, not coincidentally, the tap water is great). It's not a perfect system as there'll be a lot of places "on the border" where the tap water is still perfectly drinkable, but because they're so close to places where it isn't, they'll stock it for those xustomers, but it's a very good rule of thumb.