As a guy who takes tap water with him when out and about and on jobs, to save the money and/or calories spent on fluids when away from home, or for lunch, I never understood the bottled water thing, I don’t get people spending 10 or 20 dollars a week for water, which is free.
Think of it as carrying a canteen, except with ice, in a cooler.
Yuppies and liberals love their bottled water, I think it looks silly to see some International world leader holding a bottle of water on TV, as though he is outdoors doing hard labor in July.
I run tap water though one of these:
It is a four stage filter, is bacteriostatic, lasts for 4,000 gallons, requires no special housing or adapters, and costs ten bucks at Walmart. It makes great tasting water and ice.
When I packed a lunch all day in the Arizona sun, I re-used about a dozen bottled water bottles. I would fill them up 90% with filtered tap water and freeze them. They kept my lunch cold and provided me with cold water all day (I carried an medium size igloo cooler.)
Bottle addiction. Oral fixation. Whatever you want to call it.
They open the bottle, take a tiny sip, screw the cap back on. A couple minutes, later, they open the bottle, take a tiny sip, screw the cap back on. A couple minutes, later, they open the bottle, take a tiny sip, screw the cap back on. A couple minutes, later, they open the bottle, take a tiny sip, screw the cap back on. A couple minutes, later, they open the bottle, take a tiny sip, screw the cap back on. A couple minutes, later, they open the bottle, take a tiny sip, screw the cap back on. A couple minutes, later, they open the bottle, take a tiny sip, screw the cap back on. Etc.