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WOMAN CHARGED 50 CENTS FOR TAP WATER & BOTTLED WATER FOR $3, ASKS IS IT “ACCEPTABLE”

Is it acceptable for restaurants to charge for tap water?

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One of the biggest annoyance I have when dining out is to have a waiter tell me “We charge 50c for water” Even worse are places that refuse to give tap water and only allow you to purchase “bottled water” at $3 or more.

I don’t agree with the practice and made it a point not to return to restaurants that charge for water but I recently had an argument with a friend who said he understood why restaurants did it and I was being impractical.

Help me out here. Am I going over board for boycotting these restaurants?

Netizens’ comments

  1. I just skip the water and order other drinks lol. Yes boycotting is a good option. 18% tax on top of the whole cost and they still want to charge for water. Pretty shitty if you ask me since our water is perfectly safe to drink and serve. They just don’t want to
    • Thanks for pointing out restaurants typically COMPOUND service charge (10%) and GST (8%) instead of simply adding them up
  2. I understand the 50c thing, but the bottled water thing is just ridiculous and is clearly a money grab. Imo from a business standpoint, restaurants should just price tap water into their menu, so it’ll be a nice surprise when the service staff offers “would you like ice or warm water?”.
  3. It’s a manpower thing, they need to serve your free water in their own cup. After your meal, they have to keep and send for washing then dryin
    You have the right to boycott, the restaurant have the right to charge you. No right or wrong, if you’re thirsty and don’t want to pay, head to the toilet and drink from the tap, it’s free.
  4. Dont like then dont go lor. Dont know why need to make a fuss out of things like that. Life not miserable meh
  5. Every restaurant has a certain estimated spend per pax. The servers are trained to upsell you a drink or a starter to hit that average spent if not the restaurant will ‘lose money’ for that table.
    Having said that, that’s why cocktails, mocktails and other non alcoholic drinks are costly in a restaurant. Also why more upscale restaurant charges 12 dollars for a sparkling or still bottle of water. Its just water right?
    So restaurants that charge for tap water, it is fair? The answer is yes. Someone has to bottle the water, put it in the fridge, ice isn’t free BTW, and warm or hot water needs electricity to product. So there’s work and effort there.
    Also most restaurant when you say tap water. It comes from a filtered tap, a bit like the wells system that is quite popular now. The commercial version is 10k and above.
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