My local Publix and every other one I’ve ever been to has always had a water button attached to the Sprite or 7-Up dispenser. But recently, my local Publix removed it. Now, whenever I go shopping, I can’t go in get a cup and fill it with water to have a drink while I shop anymore. It has always been completely free to just get a cup and fill it with water, they even told me I could do that and that’s how I found out about it years ago. Seems like they’ve changed their minds now
Water? You mean that stuff that goes in toilets?
Water? I don’t drink water. Fish fuck in it.
monster is clearly superior in every way, it gives you the jutters, tastes toxicly sweet, is bubbly, and most importantly isn’t flat.
It has what plants crave!
Next you’re going to tell me it has what plants crave.
Don’t be foolish! Of course, we have Gatorade for that.
What the heck’s this Gatorade. We got Brawndo. It’s got electrolytes
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.
Came to say the exact same thing!
Stupid plastic parts.
Yeah, hey op try looking under where it was, there may still be enough of the arm left to still use it anyways.
That sucks. As a workaround, a cup of ice is just a cup of water waiting to happen.
My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said ‘No. But I want a regular banana later. So yes.’
They removed the only drink that you can taste the mold in.
This. Those machines are nearly impossible to properly sanitize when you’re NOT underpaid and overworked…
Can’t imagine when they are
Next you think you deserve access to the free sun!
These peasants really getting greedy
Let them drink Coke!
because, if it’s in florida, the water was unfiltered and tastes like literal shit which is why nobody wanted it
What a bootlicker take
No, no, shit water, not boot water
I’ve never seen a Publix with a drink dispenser. Where are these usually?
Usually at the Deli! think there is a combo for a pub sub, drink and chips if I’m not mistaken
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.
Great sandwiches! Just don’t get the boars head meat anymore
I had look up what a Publix is. Never heard of a grocery stord providing refreshments to shoppers. Is the pop free?
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.
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
It’s a good thing you have a free water dispenser at your house and reusable water bottles are a thing.
‘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.
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.
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.
what is the clear thing in the center?
Ice dispenser.
It’s technically a water dispenser
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.
Or it broke?
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.
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.
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.
That’s a crime bro!!!
Call the police!
