Comment on McDonald's is getting rid of self-serve drinks and some locations may charge for refills

• Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yeah, I’ve heard getting water in restaurants is weird in several countries in Europe. Sparkling water is apparently default in some places (italy I think?).

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  • stiephel@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    In Germany it is and you gotta pay for water.

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    • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s illegal to charge for water in the US.

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      • Furbag@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        One of the only fucking things we’ve done right in this country, right up there with banning coin-op pay toilets pretty much everywhere.

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• samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I remember my mom having to order “Leitungswasser” whenever we went to a restaurant when I was a kid. And ice in drinks isn’t a thing there, either (or wasn’t then, at least).

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  • Norgur@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    No, it's not. People will complain regularly about places like Burger King and McDonald's who throw ice cubes into drinks. I, personally, hate it as well. I don't want my water close to the freezing point, and I would rather not get bumped int the teeth by lumps of frozen water that dilute my drink and hurt my teeth.

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    • meowMix2525@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      What, do you bite the cup when you sip? You shouldn’t be bathing your teeth in whatever you’re drinking like that unless it’s just straight water

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Straws negate the ice bumping your teeth problem, but not the other things. It’s an acquired taste. I’m fine with either, personally.

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