Can I get you something to drink?
In which city would the answer: "Thanks, I'd like a glass of water," not result in a serving of a free, drinkable, municipal beverage:
- New York City, NY
- London, England
- Huber Ridge, OH
- All of the above?
Apparently providing, and presumably charging for, bottled water is all the rage in London and New York restaurants if patrons simply request "water" without specifying the source. This weekend, William Saffire of the New York Times, lamented the rise of the term "Bloomberg water" which is the trendy way to request tap water in the city and simultaneously indicate that you know who the mayor is. We don't know if Mr. Saffire's objections stop with vocabulary but the British organization Consumer Council for Water objects to the trend for financial reasons. The group recently urged Brits not to feel embarrassed ordering tap water, which is thousands of times cheaper than bottled.
As for the residents of Huber Ridge, many of them would like to order tap water at their local diner but may not dare. You'll have to read Currents to find out about this Columbus Ohio suburb's problems with the private company Ohio American Water, which include down right undrinkable water, and what they are doing about it.
So that makes the answer: All of The Above.
Back to work then.
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