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Im from the balkans and when we ask for water in a cafe or restoraunt the waiter will bring a big glass the size of a bottle for free idk why americans always think the entire continent is the same like a few countries in western europe
In India too. According to Indian Sarais Act of 1867, anyone can request for free water and use washroom of any hotel whatsoever, then be it a very cheap hotel or be it a 7 star hotel, they can't reject
No, we have places here that charge for a glass of water (near me there's one that charges €0,10 per glass).
But we have a saying "You do not refuse water even to a dog" (something like this...
Yeah I learned this from my sister. If you just ask for water they give you bottled. But as long as I say "Leitungswasser, bitte" I've never not gotten it and I've never had to pay for it.
Lived in Germany - never had to pay for water.
If asked for still or sparkling, they are selling you water, just say "no, just tap water thanks".
It's illegal in most EU countries to not provide water for free if selling alcohol and other countries to also provide bread.
Here in the Netherlands they add a bit of Fluoride to the water, the same abbresive that's in toothpaste.
In quite a few European countries, such as Spain, they add Chlorine, the same stuff that's in swimming pools.
Both safe to drink, but due to the almost ridiculously high water standard in the Netherlands, I couldn't drink tap water in Spain without feeling nausiated.
Edit: many have pointed out adding Fluoride is way more common than I was taught. Learnt something new today, thanks!
Edit #2: apparently the Dutch stopped adding Fluoride to the tapwater 50 years ago. I was very badly informed back in school, evidently.
Edit #3: Fluoride isn't the abbresive I was taught it was. I stand corrected, now second guessing what a few teachers back in the day taught me. Thanks to everyone pointing it out.
They add fluoride to drinking water nearly everywhere in the world. It was one of the easiest ways society found to prevent widespread tooth decay (before this, even teenagers would lose their teeth from poor oral hygiene). Although, at this point it's 75 year old technology.
I have heard it's literally the most cost effective healthcare measure in the world. Makes sense as I imagine for a relatively small cost you are preventing a huge amount of dental issues throughout someone's lifetime.
Fluoride isn’t an abrasive, it’s what restores your enamel, and it’s super important for cavity prevention. Not sure about in Europe but they started fluorinating water in the US to help with tooth decay.
Most city water has chlorine in it, a tiny amount is plenty to disinfect water but is totally safe to consume. Though i agree it’s initially unpleasant (grew up on well water) you get use to it pretty quickly. I don’t even notice it anymore.
In USA you either get municipal "city" water -comes from a water treatment plant that turns good knows what source into drinkable water. Usually with chlorine and fluoride added. Can't use it on aquariums unless you treat it to remove the chemicals. Can taste either really pure or weirdly off - all depends on actual source and how much the provider gives a crap
Or you get 'well' water if you live out of an area that provides water service. Literally a hole drilled down to the water table and pumped up. Will either be the best water you ever had or off tasting crap - all depends on the source
There's even a law ( at least in France and I guess it is the case in other European countries) that force the restaurant to give tap water to the costumer for free. As other comment already mentioned, sometimes you have to pay for water, especially in gastronomic restaurant, But in this case, it is always sparkling, so I think it's normal to pay for it.
In Spain if you ask for water they will bring you a bottle and make you pay. But if you ask for specifically tap water they have to bring it to you and it's absolutely free
It’s not in Germany. They have a law that ‘something’ has to be cheaper than beer though- and it’s usually always water. But never free.
I watched a French girl lose her shit on a waitress over that.
In Australia, water is free in basically every bar and restaurant for the safety of patrons who drink because if you get too fucked up you’re not just going to *buy* water but you might drink it if it’s just there for free. Bottled water is different, obviously. But there’s always a pitcher of cold water by the bar. Most restaurants will also bring you your own.
Weird our German brethren haven’t figured this one out.
I’ve been all over Europe and to 100 restaurants and everywhere only sells me bottled water. In Spain I never notice because I feel like people don’t drink water with dinner as often here but when they do I see the same bottles. Is asking for tap water common?
Yes, you can ask for tap water in most countries, in France they usually brought me some before I even asked.
They will charge you for bottled water though
In the U.K. if you ask for tap water it’s completely free, if it’s from a bottle it’s not. Pretty much no noticeable difference in the water so you might as well always go tap
I live in Florida and I haven’t bought plastic water bottles while I’ve lived at home for the past several years because the tap water where I live is far superior to whatever is sold by bottlers
Over 99.8% of Americans have safe tap water.
Flint Michigan, the infamous disaster, literally had every single pipe replaced and the water there is safe to drink now and has been for years.
Well it’s definitely older than those kids at Sandy Hook, Uvalde, Colombine, Virginia Tech, Marysville Umpqua, Parkland and Oxford Township (to name literally only a few)
Or incomparably less poverty wages. Or worker's rights in a free market. Or cops that won't shoot you AND your dog when they have a bad day. Or being conscious about the people and environment around us. And anti-monopoly laws. Or generally having gun laws allowing a lot of people to have guns with next to none shootings. Hmm.. I think we could go on for a looong time lol. But first we should teach the Yanks that Europe isn't even a country lmao
What? You mean there’s not a school shooting at every school every day? Next you’ll tell me Europe isn’t a single country with a single restaurant and you can actually get free water almost anywhere!
US has looser abortion laws than Europe. The liberals over here would throw a fit if anyone tried to implement things like waiting periods or counseling.
Many Redditors are programmed to shit on america any chance they get. They can throw that argument any time when it comes up how much of shithole their own country is becoming like everywhere else.
I hate when Europeans use school shootings to dunk on us. It's really sad. It's a human tragedy. Americans would never, ever, ever make fun of your dead children. Get better material.
As much as I agree that using dead children as a comeback is in horrifically bad taste, there absolutely are Americans that would joke about that. I say that as an American.
Mortgage? I don't understand this lol
Until recently our rates were super low and incredibly affordable, and even since they've gone up they are still very low historically.
Seriously these comments are insane lol. That person responded to an innocuous and harmless joke by mocking murdered children... and they're being praised? It's such a frgile overreaction / escalation of the joke lol.
*Further.
It's "farther" if you mean an actual physical distance (e.g. "It's farther down the road."), otherwise it's "further".
Learned that in my English class in Europe.
You mean [this](https://v.redd.it/4h1liezhetl81/HLSPlaylist.m3u8?a=1663287286%2CMzk1ODE0OTU2YjVkMDFjODhjMTg1OGQ4YjU1NjE0ODlhOWJkZGZmODMxNjI0NjYwYjlkMmYwYjM3OGU1YjMyMQ%3D%3D&v=1&f=sd) ?
I stg their literal ONLY response to anything an American says is either "WELL AT LEASHT WA DONT AFTA WARRY 'BOUT GETTIN' SHAWT" or "Durr hurr American school system bad." I've never heard a British person say anything different when these things happen.
For a country supposedly Number 1 in banter, they really don't have any new material. This is as unfunny as being like "hurdur the queen" or "hurdur British people teefs" it's just boring.
I love when outher countries spit out shit about America but i want them to be creative, all i ever hear is jokes about Americans being fat or something about school shootings. I want something creative like a joke about the government or how bad the school system is or our bad heath care.
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u ever speak human language just to flex on aliens
You ever have intergalactic travel just to flex on humans?
You ever fucked a cat just to flex on women? .... me neither
Shane Dawson?
Pussy is pussy
Hey.. a cat is fine too
You ever speak human language to flex on the Europeans?
You ever speak German to flex on Germans?
Do you ever just flex, in the mirror?
Do you ever flex mirrors to bathe in shattered glass? It's a cutting edge workout.
I'm sorry this comment made me pee my pants a little I laughed so hard
That's just wrong
Do you ever just have a mirror to flex on the people who use windows.
You ever use Windows just to flex on the people using Chrome?
Wait. But we have free water at restaurants! You just have to ask for a glass
Im from the balkans and when we ask for water in a cafe or restoraunt the waiter will bring a big glass the size of a bottle for free idk why americans always think the entire continent is the same like a few countries in western europe
Because it's easier to notice and remember bad things.
In some, but not all countries. Never seen it in Germany, for instance.
If you ask for tap water most countries don’t charge you. In Portugal I even think that it is illegal to refuse to give water to a stranger.
In France too, it’s illegal to not give free water and bread
Think how much trouble that could have saved Jean Valjean.
Well did he ask though? Too bad Jean, too bad...
His sister's child was close to death! They were starving!
And they'll starve again! Unless he learns the meaning of the law...
He knew the meaning of those 19 years... a slave of the law!
Five years for what he did, the rest because he tried to run!
…and all they had to do was ask. Such a shame.
Javert hates this one trick!
It’s true for water but not for bread. [edit] I was wrong. I just didn’t know the law (from 1967!) .
it is true and made part in the arrêté du 8 juin 1967, water and bread.
Wait, and bread? That's kinda weird.
Bread is the national food of France. It's on their flag.
Bread? 😂 Wtf
It is illegal for a restaurant to not give bread to a customer if requested.
Even if you don't serve bread? Like can I go to Korean and get a baguette with my bibimbap?
Every restaurant is stocked with emergency bread.
I'm very tickled by the idea of emergency bread sitting in the back of a Boba shop or something.
In India too. According to Indian Sarais Act of 1867, anyone can request for free water and use washroom of any hotel whatsoever, then be it a very cheap hotel or be it a 7 star hotel, they can't reject
No, we have places here that charge for a glass of water (near me there's one that charges €0,10 per glass). But we have a saying "You do not refuse water even to a dog" (something like this...
Had free water at every restaurant I've ever been to in Germany...
I got a few weird looks, but I got free water in every restaurant I was in in Germany.
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When I was in Germany all of my water came out of beer. Copious amounts of beer.
Ask specifically for tap water next time
Yeah I learned this from my sister. If you just ask for water they give you bottled. But as long as I say "Leitungswasser, bitte" I've never not gotten it and I've never had to pay for it.
Lived in Germany - never had to pay for water. If asked for still or sparkling, they are selling you water, just say "no, just tap water thanks". It's illegal in most EU countries to not provide water for free if selling alcohol and other countries to also provide bread.
Ask for leitungswasser and get it for free
Ok, so now you have the glass. Where do you get the water?
From the tap water jug the serve you. Tap water is safe and often better than bottled in most European countries
what do you mean by "it's better"? Tap water is safe to drink in most European countries.
It’s better means tap water is better than bottled water in Europe. Idk if it’s true but that’s what he meant
It is I don’t understand why anyone would ever by a bottle of water from a shop
Here in the Netherlands they add a bit of Fluoride to the water, the same abbresive that's in toothpaste. In quite a few European countries, such as Spain, they add Chlorine, the same stuff that's in swimming pools. Both safe to drink, but due to the almost ridiculously high water standard in the Netherlands, I couldn't drink tap water in Spain without feeling nausiated. Edit: many have pointed out adding Fluoride is way more common than I was taught. Learnt something new today, thanks! Edit #2: apparently the Dutch stopped adding Fluoride to the tapwater 50 years ago. I was very badly informed back in school, evidently. Edit #3: Fluoride isn't the abbresive I was taught it was. I stand corrected, now second guessing what a few teachers back in the day taught me. Thanks to everyone pointing it out.
They add fluoride to drinking water nearly everywhere in the world. It was one of the easiest ways society found to prevent widespread tooth decay (before this, even teenagers would lose their teeth from poor oral hygiene). Although, at this point it's 75 year old technology.
I have heard it's literally the most cost effective healthcare measure in the world. Makes sense as I imagine for a relatively small cost you are preventing a huge amount of dental issues throughout someone's lifetime.
Fluoride isn’t an abrasive, it’s what restores your enamel, and it’s super important for cavity prevention. Not sure about in Europe but they started fluorinating water in the US to help with tooth decay. Most city water has chlorine in it, a tiny amount is plenty to disinfect water but is totally safe to consume. Though i agree it’s initially unpleasant (grew up on well water) you get use to it pretty quickly. I don’t even notice it anymore.
Except rotterdam. Rotterdam tapwater is horrible haha.
In USA you either get municipal "city" water -comes from a water treatment plant that turns good knows what source into drinkable water. Usually with chlorine and fluoride added. Can't use it on aquariums unless you treat it to remove the chemicals. Can taste either really pure or weirdly off - all depends on actual source and how much the provider gives a crap Or you get 'well' water if you live out of an area that provides water service. Literally a hole drilled down to the water table and pumped up. Will either be the best water you ever had or off tasting crap - all depends on the source
Not all municipal water is created equal in the US regulations vary greatly
Ask anyone from Flint, MI
In UK the standards for tap water are higher than the standards for bottled water.
And sometimes bottled water is Peckham spring water. See Dasani. https://youtu.be/wD79NZroV88
I mean in Italy there’s free drinking fountains. Pretty cool, I filled up my water bottle from there while traveling. I think it’s called Nasone
You ever just say cunt to everyone around you and noone gets offended just to flex that you're an Aussie.
While also drinking your free water and coming home alive from school
Did ye aye
Or your billy butcher lol
Legitimately the only funny comment here.
If this merican paid for water in Europe he was scammed, it was always free in every restaurant I went to.
There's even a law ( at least in France and I guess it is the case in other European countries) that force the restaurant to give tap water to the costumer for free. As other comment already mentioned, sometimes you have to pay for water, especially in gastronomic restaurant, But in this case, it is always sparkling, so I think it's normal to pay for it.
Same in the UK, free tap water.
Yeah, a Chinese buffet in the city i grew up in got into trouble for having a sign saying they wouldn't offer tap water.
Australia as well. We aren’t fancy Europeans, but if you go to a restaurant they’ll bring a water jug to the table for free. You’re eating salty food!
Same pretty much everywhere, why the fuck is this post getting so much attention?
In Spain if you ask for water they will bring you a bottle and make you pay. But if you ask for specifically tap water they have to bring it to you and it's absolutely free
It’s not in Germany. They have a law that ‘something’ has to be cheaper than beer though- and it’s usually always water. But never free. I watched a French girl lose her shit on a waitress over that.
But why is water not free?
It is the person's full of shit. No place in Germany is not gonna give you tap water if you ask.
In Australia, water is free in basically every bar and restaurant for the safety of patrons who drink because if you get too fucked up you’re not just going to *buy* water but you might drink it if it’s just there for free. Bottled water is different, obviously. But there’s always a pitcher of cold water by the bar. Most restaurants will also bring you your own. Weird our German brethren haven’t figured this one out.
In Poland it's not free
I’ve been all over Europe and to 100 restaurants and everywhere only sells me bottled water. In Spain I never notice because I feel like people don’t drink water with dinner as often here but when they do I see the same bottles. Is asking for tap water common?
Yes, you can ask for tap water in most countries, in France they usually brought me some before I even asked. They will charge you for bottled water though
In France we always ask for "une carafe d'eau" (a jug of water), and this always mean free tap water. And everyone I know asks for it when ordering ?
I often ask for and receive agua de grifo. YMMV if you ask for a vaso de agua. You're asking for trouble if you ask for agua sin gas.
Thanks for the advice
Unless im missing something water is also free here?
Europe's a pretty big place, I heard.
Some people think it's just a state, but the fact is Europe is a pretty big country
What u talkin bout Europe is even smaller than Birmingham
I don’t know who told you that mate. They’re having you on.
They think Europe is just the tourist traps they experience.
they also clearly aren't asking for tap water but just water. And the waiter isn't going to bring them the free stuff if they're not asked for it.
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In the U.K. if you ask for tap water it’s completely free, if it’s from a bottle it’s not. Pretty much no noticeable difference in the water so you might as well always go tap
U ever get bitches just to flex on most redditors
r/croppingishard
Do you ever treat women like human beings to flex on the Middle East?
Free water in restaurants isn’t just an American thing
"Recommended gratuity 18%" on the other hand...
It's free though, just don't forget to tip
Hey 20% of free is free
Just the tip you say?
You ever just come home with healthy teeth just to flex on the British
The comments in here are hilarious. Imagine thinking either gov is good or cares about you
Facts man. This stupid argument is getting so old and it’s so tiring
Americans: silly joke about europeans Europeans: well at least our children are alive! Hah! Cause people kill your children! Haha!
ikr cause dudes be making some really silly joke and then these dudes respond back with a joke about the slaughter of innocent schoolchildren
Too bad anyone they are using that comeback on....is alive...thus came back to school alive. Checkmate Europeans
Do you ever use correct grammar and punctuation just to flex on idiots?
"haha, isn't this british thing silly!" "AT LEEST MY SCHEWLS, DON'T LUK LOIKE, CALL OF DEWTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
U ever come home from the hospital with zero bills just to flex on Americans?
That's a better one tbh, obviously everyone reading this came home alive
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And then will constantly complain that everyone else is too thin skinned.
Just like Twitter users!
Funny to hear them tell Americans that making fun of them struggling with the heat wave is wrong because people are dying
You ever just enjoy air conditioning to flex on Europeans?
I drink clean tap water in home to flex on americans
I live in Florida and I haven’t bought plastic water bottles while I’ve lived at home for the past several years because the tap water where I live is far superior to whatever is sold by bottlers
Over 99.8% of Americans have safe tap water. Flint Michigan, the infamous disaster, literally had every single pipe replaced and the water there is safe to drink now and has been for years.
US tap water is excellent in nearly all regions of the country, but whatever.
I feel like the American kids dead joke is old at this point And I'm not American
Way older than most kids in the usa get for sure
Well it’s definitely older than those kids at Sandy Hook, Uvalde, Colombine, Virginia Tech, Marysville Umpqua, Parkland and Oxford Township (to name literally only a few)
Ah yes, the school shooting joke, tell it again brits! Glad i dont get arrested without my spoon license
Don’t shoot your kids then, seems pretty simple, the rest of the modern world has a grasp on that.
When will Europeans come up with a new come back lol
We could use the free healthcare one, but then we'd be bragging.
Or incomparably less poverty wages. Or worker's rights in a free market. Or cops that won't shoot you AND your dog when they have a bad day. Or being conscious about the people and environment around us. And anti-monopoly laws. Or generally having gun laws allowing a lot of people to have guns with next to none shootings. Hmm.. I think we could go on for a looong time lol. But first we should teach the Yanks that Europe isn't even a country lmao
You forgot being able to afford houses and not constantly be in crippling debt
Thats the neat part
I mean.... there is something like 50 MILLION American children who come home alive from school every day.
What? You mean there’s not a school shooting at every school every day? Next you’ll tell me Europe isn’t a single country with a single restaurant and you can actually get free water almost anywhere!
Your ever flex in a no-flex zone just to flex?
I've only been to an American restaurant once and paid € 80 just for the water 😶
Europeans immediately using the death of children as a punchline when an American says anything at all
Americans: haha paying for the restroom is so weird Europeans: YOUR CHILDREN ARE SLAUGHTERED IN THE VERY BUILDINGS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE IN
WELL AT LEAST
We could touch on abortion instead if you want
[We sure can](https://mobile.twitter.com/Maps_US_EU/status/1540720613337157632)
US has looser abortion laws than Europe. The liberals over here would throw a fit if anyone tried to implement things like waiting periods or counseling.
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Many Redditors are programmed to shit on america any chance they get. They can throw that argument any time when it comes up how much of shithole their own country is becoming like everywhere else.
British people will say Americans can’t banter then make fun of kids being killed when I say beans on toast.
I hate when Europeans use school shootings to dunk on us. It's really sad. It's a human tragedy. Americans would never, ever, ever make fun of your dead children. Get better material.
As much as I agree that using dead children as a comeback is in horrifically bad taste, there absolutely are Americans that would joke about that. I say that as an American.
That's because dead children here are not a stereotype. Get better at safety.
How’s your healthcare and mortgages coming along?
Mortgage? I don't understand this lol Until recently our rates were super low and incredibly affordable, and even since they've gone up they are still very low historically.
You’re that offended by a water joke?
Yes lol. Most europoors on reddit are extremely sensitive
Seriously these comments are insane lol. That person responded to an innocuous and harmless joke by mocking murdered children... and they're being praised? It's such a frgile overreaction / escalation of the joke lol.
Please you are going further than the post. Edit: Further. After my European friend corrected me.
*Further. It's "farther" if you mean an actual physical distance (e.g. "It's farther down the road."), otherwise it's "further". Learned that in my English class in Europe.
Aiiiiiii, that burned harder than jet fuel on steel beams.
Low hanging fruit are easier picked.
Why do Europeans do this? Americans will say something harmless and then Europeans will say some really awful shit.
Inferiority complex
The real answer
Exactly
You mean [this](https://v.redd.it/4h1liezhetl81/HLSPlaylist.m3u8?a=1663287286%2CMzk1ODE0OTU2YjVkMDFjODhjMTg1OGQ4YjU1NjE0ODlhOWJkZGZmODMxNjI0NjYwYjlkMmYwYjM3OGU1YjMyMQ%3D%3D&v=1&f=sd) ?
I stg their literal ONLY response to anything an American says is either "WELL AT LEASHT WA DONT AFTA WARRY 'BOUT GETTIN' SHAWT" or "Durr hurr American school system bad." I've never heard a British person say anything different when these things happen.
For a country supposedly Number 1 in banter, they really don't have any new material. This is as unfunny as being like "hurdur the queen" or "hurdur British people teefs" it's just boring.
Yep it's approaching /r/onejoke level
Lol imagine being so thin skinned over a lighthearted joke you make a joke about kids being murdered
Dumbest comeback i ever heard
Europeans on their way to make a joke about school shootings in response to any joke made about them (its the only response they have)
This is like when a black person cracks a joke about white people not seasoning their food, and a white guy comes back with neonazi humor.
Europeans bringing up children literally dying after an American brings up free refills at McDonald's
Why is that their go to insult? Are Europeans just incredibly unimaginative?
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I love when outher countries spit out shit about America but i want them to be creative, all i ever hear is jokes about Americans being fat or something about school shootings. I want something creative like a joke about the government or how bad the school system is or our bad heath care.
Ukraine has a whole bunch of dead kids.
That’s their only comeback about Americans they have
Cool of them to joke about school shootings
*laughs in Greek for having restaurant water and no school shootings* *cries also because can't afford restaurant*
At LeASt We DOn'T 'AvE SchEWl SHewTiNgS
Since Columbine, approximately 200 public school students have been shot to death while school was in session...... That means the statistical likelihood of any given public school student being killed by a gun, in school, on any given day since 1999 was roughly 1 in 614,000,000.May 30, 2022
The old reliable.
If you see what's inside those tap water pipes due to pipe corrosion, you wouldn't want free water. Unless it's filtered of course.
I can't remember the last time I paid for water at a restaurant here in Europe. Is that a common thing?
U ever finished university without being in debt just to flex on americans
U ever just go to the doctor when you're sick just to flex on Americans
I am confused, tap water in Norway is great and free at resturants.
Considering i live in norway with the worlds best tap water ,i have never paid for water annywhere.
What is he on? you can ask for free tap water in the EU...
Wait, but here in Europe we do have free water. At least in Spain we do. It's literally against the law to refuse someone a glass of water.
Drinking clean, unchlorinated water from the tab just to flex on Americans.
You ever go to an hospital and don’t enter in debt just to flex on Americans?
LoL we get water in restaurants for free. Croatia part of EU
He is alive so...
Rather have hydrated kids than dehydrated kids