Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring Water (16.9 oz bottle)
Item Purchased:
Location Purchased: Metro / 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL
Price: $3.00
Review: I rarely buy bottled water. I have participated in consumer studies of bottle water where I had to bullshit my way through taste tests and critiques of the different brands out there just to receive $100 for an hour and a half of my time. I have also seen the segment on the great cable television show, . And boy, it certainly is. Most of these bottled water companies simply give a flashy name to what is actually just tap water. Read the labels people. The fine print is often misleading, but all the information you need is there. You are drinking the same tap-water that comes out of your kitchen sink.
That is exactly where I get my drinking water from most of the time. The tap. I grew up in Milwaukee, WI where the great cryptosporidum scare originated. My insides are as tough as nails. Yes, it took me a while to get used to the chlorine-heavy taste of Chicago tap water, but get used to it I did and why in the world would I want to pay a second time for something I pay for already through taxation?
Sometimes though, if I am out and about without a water fountain in sight, I do spend my hard-earned cash on bottled water. Or in this case, get raped for bottled tap water! I was at a concert, sure, but $3 dollars for what amounts to a coffe cup and a half of some other state’s bacteria-laden tap water? I suppose it’s my fault for not wanting to suck down another beer. Damn healthy living all to hell!
Bottled water. Don’t be fooled. Stay away from it! Or just stock up on it until the public health in this country really goes to hell. When people’s skin starts rotting off due to tap water…that’s when I’ll start drinking from a bottle. Until then, my insides are going to keep fighting and increasing their strength against every day substances like water.
Update (10/19/05): Again, forced to buy bottled water. No matter how much I asked the counter people for a little cup of tap water, they refused. What a gyp. Money for the homeless, food for the hungry, but no water for the thirsty. I can’t even imagine being a starving person trying to find something to eat and finding out that in certain areas of this city, you can’t get a drink of water without spending a buck and a half.
Rating: 0.25 / 5
June 10th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
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