The nerve of some people.
03-28-09, 11:53 AM
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The nerve of some people.
Just got back from a ride. Decided to make my loop a little longer, and I eventually ran out of water. Stopped at a country store type sandwich joint to get a fillup from the sink. Got to the counter and asked the girl (standing right next to the sink) if I could get a fillup. She replies "I don't know if we can do that" and walks to the door to the back room to ask. She comes back a minute later and says "No, but you can buy a bottle." WTF!?!?!? Having no money, and now no water, I don't even bother to say anything and proceed to walk out the door. I don't get it, not like I was asking for a free sandwich, it's ****ing water. In the time it took her to go and ask she could have just filled my bottle and I would have been gone. What is wrong with people?
03-28-09, 12:42 PM
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So now you'll know to take some money along, right? Or possibly try "I'm out of money, but I sure am thirsty. Could I just get some water from that faucet?"
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some people are just mean spirited by nature. i once stopped at a cafe, got a sandwich and a coke and at the counter asked if she could fill my bottle from the tap. i was stunned when she said no and then proceeded to tell me how much the sandwich and coke came to. i put the stuff down and went next door and bought an inferior soggy sandwich but got my bottle filled.
03-28-09, 01:03 PM
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They wanted you to buy their water, that was the whole point. They're not mean, they're just thinking like a business.
03-28-09, 01:14 PM
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which you only find next to churches.
Cemeteries, on the other hand, are different.
Cemeteries, on the other hand, are different.
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03-28-09, 01:16 PM
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You gonna eat that?
The nerve of some people, trying to actually make some money in their store! Well! I never!
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03-28-09, 01:22 PM
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I'm pretty sure he was out of money. And tap water costs basically nothing to give away.
03-28-09, 01:22 PM
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more than just semantics, but that's for a different forum.
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Costs a bunch to drain away the cow piss from the water.
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03-28-09, 01:55 PM
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Well maybe not the back of the toilet but otherwise......
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03-28-09, 02:06 PM
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i know of people that have done it, and lived (on local passes that is, from the little waterfalls on the side of the road). i've heard people say that running water will be cleaner, but who knows.
for long rides where i think i'll be short on water, i bring filtration tablets for an emergency like that, but i haven't had to use them. bringing three water bottles is another option.
for long rides where i think i'll be short on water, i bring filtration tablets for an emergency like that, but i haven't had to use them. bringing three water bottles is another option.