• tatann@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    AI = bad, I know, but do people order “water, please” instead of “a glass of water, please” ?

    Unless you want to end up with an expensive bottle of french water instead of a single glass of tap water

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      12 hours ago

      I don’t know what restaurants you go to, but during my adult life not once “water please” failed to get me a glass of water.

      Sometimes the waiter asks if bottled or tap, but thats about it.

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        9 hours ago

        I went to a restaurant in Dallas near the stadiums where asking for “water, please” got us a glass bottle of whatever rich-people water they served.

        Everything was expensive and the food was super whatever. It’s called Soy Cowboy, if anybody’s curious.

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        10 hours ago

        Well since it’s annoying for both the waiter and the customer to have to ask/precise every time if it’s bottled or tap, I just always say it directly, and I’ve seen other people do it

        While abroad, I once asked many years ago for water in a restaurant and ended up with a 8$ 1L bottle, I’m not making that mistake again

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      10 hours ago

      Hey now french expensive water is really good though! How expensive is it where you live? I get a big (75cl?) bottle of st Pellegrino for like 3.50€ here in France.