We have no water at my office! Okay, so that’s not entirely true, we do have tap water but it smells like cat urine and I refuse to touch the stuff. Call me a water snob or whatever else you like but it’s bad. I can’t bring myself do it! Apparently, I’m not desperate enough yet. I know I am a spoiled Westerner and there are countries that don’t even have geniune cat pee to drink, let alone water but I love my refreshing crystal clear friend! I easily drink more than my daily requirements by noon.
What is one to do without water? We ordered some more but it won’t come until tomorrow afternoon. We have one of those lovely water coolers that the office provides for us. Last night our last cooler bottle cracked and leaked all over our floor, it was suppose to supply us with H20 for the next week.
I was fortunate to store a couple of carbonated mineral waters in my desk for warm summer days when I crave the bubbly stuff but I drank them already and my day is only half over! I really don’t want to go out buy more water bottles. I hate that they just go straight to the landfills. Ha! You must think I’m deranged…. I bet your thinking the water I get at the office is bottled too and therefore is not PC either!
Let’s face it we all make choices and I admit my justifcation that the coolers are reasonable may be faulted but they are refilled/reused numerous times before hitting the landfills. Please don’t judge, I try but I am not perfect.
Anyway…. water, water, water…. feeling parched and wondering what to do! I don’t even know if the cart lady downstairs sells water! I hope she does! We don’t even have a grocery store within walking distance. Our cart lady sells candy, sodas, and anything high in fat, sugar, or caffeine.
Tomorrow I must remember to bring water from home in my lovely bright Nalgene’s to get me through until we get our refills but I hope to find water! Soda, juices, and garbage just won’t do. It’s not the same and just leaves me thirstier than when I started.
Wish me luck!
I know how you feel about bottled water. By the time you factor in the gas to transport, the plastic it’s made out of, and that most bottles are not recycled, you realize that bottled water is really bad for the environment. I agree that the big water tank probably isn’t as bad.
My office has a filter thing that is hooked up to the regular water line that cools the water and heats it. It also has the coffee maker attached. I figure it’s better than bottled water too. I just bring my little reusable rubbermaid sippy bottle and drink up. I don’t know what I’d do without it! I guess I’d be parched too.
January 22, 2008 @ 2:20 pm