• Electric@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Oh good point, never been to the delis myself. I didn’t realize they had a mini food court, thought it was just a place to buy meats or their sandwiches.

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          3 months ago

          Great sandwiches! Just don’t get the boars head meat anymore

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    3 months ago

    It’s a good thing you have a free water dispenser at your house and reusable water bottles are a thing.

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      3 months ago

      ‘free water dispenser at your house’

      You still get a water bill my dude, cheap isn’t free… Also OP is upset at the loss of convenience, not access.

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        Yeah, I regret adding the “free” part because I didn’t intend my comment to be about cost. But in terms of convenience, is it really so much more inconvenient to bring a reusable water bottle with you to the store? Why add to a landfill by getting a disposable cup every time you go?

        Since we’re on the topic of cost though, do you know how much 16oz of water from your tap at home costs on average? 3 one hundredths of a cent. Thats about a penny and a half a year if you go to the grocery store once a week.

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      3 months ago

      My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said ‘No. But I want a regular banana later. So yes.’

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    3 months ago

    because, if it’s in florida, the water was unfiltered and tastes like literal shit which is why nobody wanted it

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    Mine has been broken, if you wiggle it just right it would dispense water. Maybe it’s just broken off?

    Btw, naples FL? Identical setup if not

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    You have to wonder what idiot thought this was a good idea. It just means people will grab a soda and not pay for it.

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      That’s probably their argument. They probably thought that by removing the water option, people won’t be able to sneak soda and pretend they were getting free water.

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        Really sucks for us non soda drinkers. Maybe they think “if we remove the free water, people will spend money on a soda.” Nah. Not me.

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          Yeah it’s not a good solution at all. Would have been better to have a separate place for water to serve both purposes. I see a lot of places that will have a glass pitcher dispenser on the side of a soda dispenser just for water.

          The water usually tastes better from these, anyway. Not polluted by the sugary soda/carbonation that comes from the same dispenser.

          Would also be obvious that someone isn’t getting free soda and pretending to get water since it’s a totally different place.

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      This. Those machines are nearly impossible to properly sanitize when you’re NOT underpaid and overworked…

      Can’t imagine when they are

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    I can’t go in get a cup and fill it with water to have a drink while I shop anymore.

    You can if you’re ballsy enough.

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    I would be willing to bet that the water dispenser arm has snapped off. And I know from experience, coke takes FOREVER to send a tech out to fix their machines.

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      Yeah, hey op try looking under where it was, there may still be enough of the arm left to still use it anyways.

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    I had look up what a Publix is. Never heard of a grocery stord providing refreshments to shoppers. Is the pop free?

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      Nah, it’s a lunch/deli situation, where you can order a sandwich or get a salad, so they also have soda fountains like this.