Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Drinking water in cafes

 Hi there

I've been to quite a few cafes lately.  They all deliver water to your table or the customer gets up and pours their own from a jug or an ice-cold water tap. 

I remember a hundred years back when I (okay, it could have been forty years back) was at the boutique style restaurant 'The Country Life' in Waikanae, about an hour away from Wellington.  

"Could I have a glass of water, please?" I asked the waitress.  I don't drink tea or coffee.

The woman went away to talk to someone.

On her return, she said, "Chef said he's sorry, but there  will be a cost of 4 cents, because it costs to use the dishwasher to wash the glass."

I can only surmise that dishwashers were a new thing forty years ago...

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