Insanely frugal employer

[u/coatedbraincells]

Gotta pay for water from the water cooler 🤣

[u/BojackWorseman13]

Bring your own in and charge a quarter for 12 oz. Squeeze them out of the market.

[u/DeuceXTrouble1015 → u/BojackWorseman13]

This guy knows capitalism

[u/Print1917 → u/DeuceXTrouble1015]

That is what the billionaires want you to think. Real capitalism is that you run “independent” analysis on the water spout showing high risk of virus contamination, then you run a smear campaign against your boss until HR intervenes and fires him, then you sell some cheap Costco bottled water you got for 10 cents for 1 dollar and call it “beautiful, safe water” and scorn anyone who drinks free “communist” tap water.

[u/RelevantButNotBasic → u/Print1917]

This is what the politicians want you to think. Real capitalism is getting into crypto and inventing your own "coin" then doing rug pulls on "investors."

[u/Party_Cold_4159 → u/RelevantButNotBasic]

Hey i make passive income, can I be on your podcast?

[u/RelevantButNotBasic → u/Party_Cold_4159]

Depends, how do you feel about women?

[u/Qu33N_Of_NoObz_ → u/RelevantButNotBasic]

Women bad >:(

[u/twincities612 → u/Qu33N_Of_NoObz_]

You’re hired

[u/BorntobeTrill → u/Qu33N_Of_NoObz_]

[u/my_nuts_wont_drop → u/RelevantButNotBasic]

This is what the tech bros want you to believe. Real capitalism is finding an island inhabited by indigenous tribes. Chaining them up on a boat and selling them in Romania so they can work for free as OF models.

[u/GeoffJeffreyJeffsIII → u/RelevantButNotBasic]

Have you heard about the limitless possibilities of non-fungible tokens?

[u/Tenalp → u/RelevantButNotBasic]

Real capitalism is being born into generational wealth built upon the exploitation on minorities or impoverished citizens of foreign countries that you then use to buy the the company, fire your boss, and then run it into the ground before dissolving it to secure your place in the market.

[u/EsotericLife → u/Print1917]

This guy knows capitalism! 🙌🏽 [I’d like it to be noted to upper management that I not only provided support to the more correct party but that said provided support was more aligned to modern internal regulatory guidelines, notably through the use of HR-recommended personal affectations such as enthusiastic punctuation (“!”) and cutting edge emojis ✅✅✅]

Edit: Just created a new Slack channel to discuss the potential upwards trajectory unfolding here, everyone can find fun QR codes with a link to join printed on the cupcakes at next week’s pre-merger cross team integration BBQ and financial review day! 🥳🥳🍕🍗🍆🍆🍆

[u/Strong_Opportunity_1 → u/BojackWorseman13]

This is exactly what I did in highschool. When they started charging 20 cents for sauce I just bought a huge bottle from my local supermarket and gave out free sauce for 2 days until I was stopped by my school.

[u/lotsandlotstosay → u/Strong_Opportunity_1]

Did they stop charging for sauce?

[u/Strong_Opportunity_1 → u/lotsandlotstosay]

No... I was stopped and sauce remained the same. I moved on to spending my recess and lunch time selling loose ciggerates.

[u/sprucenoose → u/Strong_Opportunity_1]

At least the school didn't start selling cigarettes and force you to stop selling those too.

[u/Trixcross → u/sprucenoose]

yeah i hate when that happens

[u/KindlyIsHere → u/Strong_Opportunity_1]

my man

[u/Aggravating_Carpet21 → u/Strong_Opportunity_1]

Lowkey sounds like it was time to start putting sauce in administrations mailboxes

[u/QING-CHARLES → u/Strong_Opportunity_1]

I started ordering pizza delivery at my high school and selling it by the slice for a good profit. The school tried to shut me down, they told me the lunch ladies had complained that nobody was buying the (awful) school lunches any longer.

[u/Wilder831 → u/QING-CHARLES]

I did the same thing! They also sold papa John’s by the slice at school. I would order a pizza and sell the leftover for just enough to cover the price of the pizza so I ate for free. That was still cheaper for the people I sold it to

[u/Homing_Gibbon → u/Strong_Opportunity_1]

I used to have a pretty sweet little racket in HS until they threatened to literally press charges on me. They had a little "snack bar" in the cafeteria that would sell chips, soda, gatorade, candy etc..but it was like 4 dollars for a soda 5 dollars for a small bag of cheetos, and this is 20 years ago. So that's outrageous pricing. So me and my buddy who's family is from Mexico would get bulk snacks from ol Mexico and sell em outside on lunch break, we had open campus so it wasn't even on school property. We were making good money until the school literally called the cops on us and tossed our back packs and confiscated all the "contraband". Dicks.

[u/froction → u/Strong_Opportunity_1]

I used to sell porn in middle school. This was the late 80s, no internet. I would get a magazine for like $3, separate the whole issue into individual photo spreads (way easier on Penthouse, which was just bound with staples, Playboy had some kind of glue/square binding), and sell this spreads for $2 each.

I eventually branched out and started selling to girls, too, since they usually had more money than boys.

I have absolutely no idea how I never got caught and I wonder if the 7-11 employees near my house thought I was the gayest 12 year old in the world since I came in every month and bought so many male porno mags.

[u/ThatGingerLife35 → u/BojackWorseman13]

I’d bring in a $4 case of bottles from BJs and hand them out for free, not to make money, just to ensure no one is paying the boss money for water.

[u/front_yard_duck_dad → u/ThatGingerLife35]

Wait $4 dollar , BJ's?! Can I work there 

[u/twincities612 → u/front_yard_duck_dad]

You’re hired.

[u/front_yard_duck_dad → u/twincities612]

Please just forward my checks to whomever is doing the Bj. I'd only like to work 1 day a week. The rest is my bj time and that is sacred to me

[u/Dependent_Economy549 → u/front_yard_duck_dad]

File for a religious exemption and get paid for your BJ time.

[u/Allaboardthejayboat → u/ThatGingerLife35]

The fact this sign exists makes me think this employer would think "great, now I don't even need to buy the water in the first place" and it just puts money back in their pocket via another route.

[u/NailiSFW → u/BojackWorseman13]

and fill the cups with filtered water from the owners tap.

[u/EagleBigMac → u/BojackWorseman13]

Report them to the IRS for failing to include it in their taxes

[u/Alissan_Web → u/BojackWorseman13]

then when the competition is eliminated, raise the price >:)

[u/triple7freak1]

Somebody already tried to tear it down 😭💀

[u/dervari → u/triple7freak1]

I wonder if this is even from a true water delivery company. Since the decal is actually on the bottle which would be replaced, this seems like they just run to Kroger or somewhere and refill it for a few dollars at a Primo self-serve machine or similar. That's even more disgusting. $20 profit on what costs them $3 to fill up.

[u/Blutosky → u/dervari]

They fill it up outside with a garden hose

[u/PoolMotosBowling → u/Blutosky]

GenX style. I like it.

[u/Alarming-Stomach3902 → u/dervari]

Probably just at the faucet in the office

[u/skidmore101 → u/dervari]

This. Even if it’s delivery service it’s like $7-8 a jug to be delivered in my area at least. If everyone pays the quarter that’s $20 a jug. Pretty huge profit margin.

[u/Klytus_Im-Bored → u/dervari]

It could be ripped because they keep moving it to a new jug.

[u/oldnr1 → u/triple7freak1]

Or cover up "NOT" to fix it

[u/colantor → u/triple7freak1]

They were shot by the security guard hired to protect the water before they finished

[u/RayZzorRayy]

Not mildly infuriating, genuinely sad.

[u/willdabeast36 → u/RayZzorRayy]

Also illegal. OP, employers must supply free drinking water to employees in USA.

[u/Doctor_Saved → u/willdabeast36]

The free water is from the tap.

[u/Blacksun388 → u/Doctor_Saved]

OSHA requires that water come from drinking fountains, single use bottles, or a stand with disposable cups. Sinks are not considered adequate water supply.

[u/RainH2OServices → u/Blacksun388]

That's not entirely true. The guidelines state that potable tap water is acceptable. Lavatory sinks are generally not considered potable in workplaces. However, break room or other non lavatory sinks may be.

[u/Nearby_Equivalent_58 → u/RainH2OServices]

Code of federal regulations
Title 29
Subtitle B
Chapter XVII
Part 1910
Is part J
§1910.141

I got this shit on hand always

[u/austinsutt → u/Nearby_Equivalent_58]

So which of the above is right?

[u/bradland → u/austinsutt]

RainH2OServices is right. It requires that employees supply potable water, which means it has to meet Federal EPA and local regulatory requirements for potability. If the water is from a municipal supply, this is almost always going to be met. If it's from a well, it's up to the employer to meet the standards.

As far as sinks go, any sink in a room with a toilet isn't compliant, because 1910.141 specifically says employees are prohibited from consuming food or beverages inside toilet rooms. Ergo, if a sink is in a toilet room, it can't be considered compliant. A tap at a sink outside a toilet room is though.

EDIT: Got a couple of follow-ups asking, essentially, what if they require you to fill a cup/bottle in the bathroom and drink (consume) it elsewhere.

Nope. Regulations aren't written to spell out every single nuance or edge case. After they're written, they are challenged in court and the courts interpret the "spirit" of the regulation.

It's well established that requiring an employee to fill a drinking receptacle from a faucet in the toilet room makes it subject to contamination from said environment, and therefore violates the spirit of the regulation. It's also worth noting that there are other parts of the same regulation that prohibit drinking water sources from being located in environments with hazardous chemicals, so the spirit of the regulation is clear.

[u/Jay__Riemenschneider → u/bradland]

Huh my workplace isn't OSHA compliant.

Who do I tell?

Edit: I should say I'm in a retail space of about 5-10 employees.

But all we have is a bathroom and a non working water cooler. Our boss tells us to bring bottles.

[u/MonkeyGuidetoAnarchy → u/Jay__Riemenschneider]

If you make a osha report, record and document literally everything, your performance, changes in the environment, the issue itself, any conversation if you can get it in writing and if you get fired after making a oaha report and believe its because of that take that evidence and give it to osha and you could sue for lost wages and maybe more so they would have to pay from the time you got fired till the time you found a new job. (My source: i have done it myself.)

[u/b0w3n → u/Jay__Riemenschneider]

You can file a complaint online. They'll probably know it's you who did it even if you check the "I want to file anonymously" box. I got blowback when I did it for safety violations at UPS (20+ years ago). They didn't fire me but they made my life hell. But it's okay it was really fucking unsafe and I made their month really fucking uncomfortable after I almost got seriously hurt and the union decided to ignore me.

[u/big_duo3674 → u/Jay__Riemenschneider]

Go with your state's OSHA equivalent agency, you'll probably have better luck starting there. Well, unless you're in one of those states, then it's a crap shoot if anyone would even care

[u/cptjpk → u/Jay__Riemenschneider]

You’ll have better luck with your state OSHA after the DOGE gutting of the federal workforce.

[u/FlyingOctopus53 → u/austinsutt]

I would trust a guy with H2O in his name on this.

[u/Bennely → u/FlyingOctopus53]

Look, every time a flying octopus has recommended wisdom, they've been right. Trust the person with a flying octopus in the name when they say to trust the guy with the H2O name on this.

[u/NomadicAftershave662 → u/Bennely]

I've never been lied to by a Bennely, so when they say trust the Flying Octopus's trust in the H2O guy, I listen

[u/Nearby_Equivalent_58 → u/austinsutt]

RainH20 basically but that will bring you right to the potable water law

[u/AAA515 → u/Nearby_Equivalent_58]

What does it say about filling the water cooler from the mop hose?

Also i keep the Bill Emerson good Samaritan food donation act on hand for when people say they can't donate food cuz they could get sued

[u/Nearby_Equivalent_58 → u/AAA515]

I would assume the hose would not be complicit unless you were somehow sanitizing it to the standards set by the EPA. I do not have those on hand. Though the location alone would probably have it not be potable.

[u/Left_Bathroom_3803 → u/RainH2OServices]

That’s funny cause as a kid the bathroom sink always had the coldest most delicious water in the whole house

[u/hailtheprince10 → u/Left_Bathroom_3803]

Was it better than hose water?

[u/Left_Bathroom_3803 → u/hailtheprince10]

Oh yes but that is technically outside of the house.

[u/hailtheprince10 → u/Left_Bathroom_3803]

I vote we attach a hose to the bathroom sink

[u/Dicksin_Cider → u/Left_Bathroom_3803]

Are you sure? Did you taste the toilet bowl? Maybe it was even better.

[u/flat_cat72 → u/RainH2OServices]

Unless you live in Flint, MI

[u/MistyMountainDewDrop → u/Blacksun388]

Not true. They do not have to supply fountains if they have a suitable sink. They do not have to provide bottles or a stand either. Tap water is the default water. Only exception is a bathroom sink is not suitable.

[u/grumpsaboy → u/Blacksun388]

Is tap water that bad in the US?

[u/RedDidItAndYouKnowIt → u/grumpsaboy]

Most places? No. (Every place I have been in the USA)

Some places? Yes. (Flint Michigan)

[u/Dream_creator2001 → u/RedDidItAndYouKnowIt]

Or big spring Texas. Water is literally brown because of rusting in pipes and chemicals they choose not to filter out

[u/Sanityzed → u/Dream_creator2001]

That's Texas though. We're talking about actual America. /s

[u/krashtestgenius → u/RedDidItAndYouKnowIt]

Chicago has 412,000 lead service lines, more than any city in America

[u/According_Charge8143 → u/RedDidItAndYouKnowIt]

And anywhere near a data center

[u/TheCoolestUsername00 → u/According_Charge8143]

Plus military bases.

[u/dacoopbear → u/According_Charge8143]

Soon to be everywhere

[u/cozidgaf → u/According_Charge8143]

Why is it bad by data centers? Genuinely curious since I’ve never heard that

[u/bdogduncan → u/RedDidItAndYouKnowIt]

Tap water is better than the water dispensers attached to reverse osmosis filters in my workplace. The dispensers are crusty and mineralized and look moldy while the sinks are kept clean.

[u/dinnerthief → u/RedDidItAndYouKnowIt]

Even Flint's water been drinkable for years people just dont trust the water, ( with reason)

[u/furiant → u/dinnerthief]

It wasn't until July 1, 2025 that the final lead pipe was replaced in Flint, Michigan. The Flint Water Crisis was an ongoing thing that lasted over ten years that included thousands of lead poisoning exposures, an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that killed 12 and infected 87 more, and several other issues. It wasn't something that's been fixed for ten years.

[u/dinnerthief → u/furiant]

They switched back to the original water source pretty quickly, the new source was where legionaires was suspected and what stripped the protective patina from the lead pipes.

Of course replacing lead pipes is the right move but you can have drinkable water from lead pipes once a patina is built up, as flint did for years before switching sources.

10 years is too cavalier I was misrembering, but its been at safe levels for a while, but I dont blame anyone for not trusting it either

[u/AbjectAppointment → u/furiant]

If you think Flint is the only place with lead pipes I have bad news.

"In England and Wales, there were about 8.9 million homes with lead service lines"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_service_line

"approximately 40% of dwellings have lead pipes or elsewhere in Europe"

https://www.policyinnovation.org/insights/progress-but-too-little-on-toxic-lead-water-pipes

It's pretty much everywhere. Flint just had shit water chemistry.

[u/mittenknittin → u/AbjectAppointment]

It wasn't really that it had shit water chemistry, it's that the emergency manager switched water supplies, was warned that the new water should be treated to avoid corroding the pipes, and decided that was too expensive.

[u/tubagoat → u/RedDidItAndYouKnowIt]

Interesting fact, it wasn't the lead in the water that got people's attention. Lead exposure takes a long time to make its presence known. It was the legionella bacteria that killed some healthy people.

[u/viiperfang → u/grumpsaboy]

A county near me has had a ban on their tap water and has had to outsource it from other counties bc their tap water is full of a carcinogen. So, yeah, it depends on area.

[u/jimson22 → u/grumpsaboy]

It depends on the location

[u/HarveysBackupAccount → u/grumpsaboy]

Apart from outliers like Flint, MI, some places will occasionally have boil advisories in place, but the vast majority of us have very drinkable tap water.

Lots of people don't like the taste of their tap water (which can vary a lot) but lots of people are also little bitches about drinking water in general.

[u/Northman86 → u/Doctor_Saved]

no. if they have a bubbler they cannot charge for it. a 5 gallon jug of water costs 7-10 dollars. not worth the bad vibes charging money will bring.

[u/T_Martensen → u/Northman86]

For conparison: At 25c per 8 floz they're charging $20 for 5 gallons.

[u/Actual_Pea_1996 → u/Northman86]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cIkX7pPH9w16o

[u/2074red2074 → u/Northman86]

Where the fuck are you buying water that five gallons costs $7??? Where I live water is 50¢ a gallon or $2 for five.

[u/Bray_E → u/2074red2074]

I work for a small company in NY. I pulled up a purchase order just now to see what we pay WB Mason for 5 gallons jugs. Last PO we paid 7.86 a jug.

[u/SpotCreepy4570 → u/Bray_E]

Which is $00.0123 cents an ounce. Or $00.09855 for 8 ounces. Not only is he charging for the water but trying to turn a profit on it.

[u/Bray_E → u/SpotCreepy4570]

Well, we don't. I just wanted to give this person a real world example of $7/jug water. My company rakes in a TON of cash and pays employees very well, we don't need to recoup our costs on cups of water

[u/SpotCreepy4570 → u/Bray_E]

Lol I didn't mean y'all, I was just using your number to calculate the price for the post.

[u/DreadPiratteRoberts → u/Bray_E]

I love reddit for this very reason right here.... there is Always someone out there with the answer for everything ( no matter how niche the topic) !!!

[u/Miserable_Yam4918 → u/2074red2074]

I assume they mean for delivery which Ozarka charges about $8/jug. Maybe less if you get a bunch at a time.

[u/AppropriateSelf9842 → u/Miserable_Yam4918]

You know what. I’m so broke I never considered delivery

[u/The_Disapyrimid → u/AppropriateSelf9842]

I asked our water guy about getting water at home. According to him the rental of the machine is where they screw you. Cheaper to buy your own machine and purchase the jugs from Walmart.

[u/Reasonable-Mess3070 → u/AppropriateSelf9842]

Most people dont have it delivered to their home to even consider the cost. Lol Pepsi exchanges the jugs at my work and its billed alongside the rest of the purchases

[u/Flaturated → u/Miserable_Yam4918]

And at 25 cents per 8 oz that would be $152 of profit per 5 gallon jug.

[u/AppropriateSelf9842 → u/2074red2074]

I was about to say the same shit. I was pissed off the other day going to fill my 5 gallon jugs for $3 a pop. When it used to be 1.25 less than a month ago

[u/SpotCreepy4570 → u/AppropriateSelf9842]

That's from all the winning, it's the price of victory apparently.

[u/DatLadyD → u/2074red2074]

We pay $12 a bottle for these at work + $16 delivery

[u/nwayve → u/Doctor_Saved]

Water? Like, out the toilet?

[u/MukYJ → u/Doctor_Saved]

Water? Like from the toilet?

[u/ComradeGarcia_Pt2 → u/willdabeast36]

I think there’s a legal argument that could be made here that, considering the employer put up a water cooler with a sign demanding payment in return for said water, the onus is on them to install some kind of money collecting/water measuring device or system to collect required payment. Ergo, the employer has no reasonable right to expect compensation for the dispensed water.

But you’d also have to find a judge who wouldn’t throw this out as a frivolous lawsuit.

[u/paradox_valestein → u/ComradeGarcia_Pt2]

Be careful, if they are in Utah and the owner is a mormon, they will get sued for bomb and murder threaths, served by email

[u/Lost-Platypus8271 → u/willdabeast36]

water? like from the toilet?

[u/fotoRS3 → u/Lost-Platypus8271]

I scrolled too far to find this comment

[u/AmbitiousSign1735 → u/willdabeast36]

Future wars will be fought over fresh water supply

[u/Little_View_6659 → u/RayZzorRayy]

No joke. We live in hell.

[u/jasin18 → u/Little_View_6659]

I was going to say Extremely Infuriating.

[u/Valuable_Recording85 → u/RayZzorRayy]

They're charging more than the city for water. Wtf?

[u/Driftlessfshr → u/Valuable_Recording85]

He probably refills it from the tap

[u/holysbit → u/Driftlessfshr]

Id bet my whole ass thats exactly what happens. There is no way this guy is dishing out for either a water service or hes exchanging bottles

[u/ZuckZogers → u/RayZzorRayy]

Definitely pathetic I agree

[u/hiscapness → u/RayZzorRayy]

We had this nonsense at a place I worked at, we went and bought one of those cheap ceramic dispensers you can use with these, put it in an empty cubicle, and had dumb games to see who got stuck with buying the bottles. It was fun, management tried to say it was “illegal”, someone went to the labor board, they removed their water (god forbid they made it FREE think of the shareholders!) Edit: forgot best part. It was placed in cube next to the crankiest engineer imaginable, indispensable to the company (probably made 2-3x anyone else’s salary, and suffered no BS). He refused to let anyone in management near it. He would LOUDLY shame them if they tried. It was awesome, and sad. But mostly awesome.

[u/FatalEclipse_]

Looks like I’m only having 7.5 ounces.

[u/bashful_predator → u/FatalEclipse_]

7.9*

[u/xSonicspeedx2 → u/bashful_predator]

7.99*

[u/Dangerous_Coffee_318 → u/[deleted]]

Username checks out

[u/Mysterious-Tie7039]

Not frugal. Cheap as fuck.

[u/dervari → u/Mysterious-Tie7039]

Since the decal is on the bottle, and looks kind of old, they probably refill the bottle at a Primo machine for a couple of dollars.

[u/Nightwish612 → u/dervari]

As someone who does this it's maybe $2 for 18 LITERS damn employer is trying to have a side hussle on filtered water

[u/blue60007 → u/dervari]

It's probably refilled from the break room sink lol.

[u/ML1948]

That's a crime innit? Unless there's also a water fountain or something. 

[u/Uxoandy → u/ML1948]

US you have to provide fresh potable drinking water for employees free at all times.

[u/Futt_Buckman → u/Uxoandy]

There's (almost guaranteed) fresh potable water available at the sink. It just might taste bad and it's warm.

[u/SomeVelveteenMorning → u/Futt_Buckman]

OSHA requires a dedicated drinking water source. A tap used for hand washing and everything else is not considered a sanitary source of potable water.

[u/abracadammmbra → u/SomeVelveteenMorning]

No, thats a misconception. The water has to be potable and cannot come from a sink that is in the same room as a toilet. But something such as a break room sink would be perfectly adequate.

[u/ShiraLillith → u/ML1948]

Not sure about OPs country but my EU member country only forces employers to give out waters if the working conditions are hard enough.

IE a supermatket I worked at gave 2 liters of water for the employee working in the parking lot at summer, but the rest of us plebs had to buy it.

But honestly, any workplace that doesn't give out free water should lose its employees. Such a basic thing to show appreciation

[u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy → u/ShiraLillith]

I'd argue this doesn't even show appreciation, just basic human decency and respect for human life. 

[u/The_Celtic_Chemist → u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy]

Which feels like the correct response if you're ever caught "stealing" water. "I felt your lack of human decency only warranted my own." Or "I didn't feel like your lack of human decency warranted my consideration."

[u/Alarming-Stomach3902 → u/ShiraLillith]

Any boss here in NL not providing water to their employees will be flamed and sued I am pretty sure.

Partially because it means they shut off the faucets or did something to the drinking water to make it undrinkable.

And secondly it is tax free wage same as coffee, tea and 0,23€ a km work home travel.

[u/twincities612 → u/ShiraLillith]

In the US I’ve never even heard of places that don’t give free water, from warehouses to restaurants to office buildings. I mean on-site construction maybe but there are still lots of places to stop and fill a water bottle for free.

[u/Km219 → u/[deleted]]

Same in the states

[u/marcophony → u/ShiraLillith]

It's literally something you need to live, how can it be denied

[u/Foggl3 → u/marcophony]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hVHqgiSHGbw66kSpie

[u/Little_View_6659 → u/marcophony]

If they figure out how to charge for air we’re fucked.

[u/marcophony → u/Little_View_6659]

Wait till your old and need to carry an oxygen tank just to breath lol

[u/superleaf444 → u/ShiraLillith]

They say ounces. Def not EU

[u/Solid_Maus → u/ShiraLillith]

I’m from Canada and water is free… charging people water at work is garbage behavior… EU should do better…

[u/Plane-Education4750 → u/ML1948]

Correct. All employees must be given free access to clean water

[u/SchradersThumb → u/ML1948]

This would even be against OSHA standards in the US if that is the only drinking water available.

[u/thisisfunme → u/ML1948]

Depends on where. In m country it wouldn't be illegal.

It's against basic human decency though and makes an employer a shitty human

[u/HelloPeopleOfEarth]

I will never understand shit like this. This isn't about money. It's about power and control.

[u/dumbmale8687 → u/HelloPeopleOfEarth]

They have all blended together after being unchecked for a loooong time

[u/whatinthadamnhell → u/dumbmale8687]

Got that right bro.

Man, I sorely wish I knew the comedian to credit but I'm all in w "Hear me out, just hear me out. All I'm saying is that we would only have to eat one billionaire"

🍴

[u/whatinthadamnhell → u/HelloPeopleOfEarth]

Exactly that.

And only that.

If that bs is not to act as such, the dispenser would be gone. If times are that tight, one would humbled enough to not humiliate themselves. Prior to that, damn sure wouldn't erode what may be left in your crew that's hung around w you.

SHAME! [clicks teeth]

[u/badgyal876]

& who is calculating the 8 ounces? does the employer only allow the water to be poured in 8oz containers? who’s the bookie? do they get compensated with free water for this job (more than likely not within the scope of their enployment?) so many questions!

[u/j01101111sh → u/badgyal876]

Just count the water as it comes out

[u/Afterlast1 → u/j01101111sh]

https://giphy.com/gifs/nXUCkgH6BmigU

[u/rasputin1 → u/j01101111sh]

I know how to count dude! 

[u/Thurgo-Bro → u/j01101111sh]

This reference went over so many people’s heads I’m sure

[u/Dogmaddit → u/badgyal876]

They probably provide 3.5 oz Dixie cups and claim them as 8 oz.

[u/Dino_Spaceman → u/badgyal876]

The company has hired a security guard at $40/hour to stand by the water bottle to ensure that people pay their $0.25.

[u/Constant-Anteater-58]

Not just frugal, your employer is making profit. $20 per bottle can be collected from the 25 cents per 8 ounces. Each bottle costs about $10. Your employer is making roughly $10 a bottle. 

[u/gmambrose → u/Constant-Anteater-58]

It costs $10 if you're buying a new 5 gallon jug filled with water. If you take it to any walmart or grocery store with a filling station, it would be like $0.50 a gallon. $2.50 to fill it up.

If the employer is cheap enough to charge employees for cups of water, highly doubtful they are paying $10 per jug.

[u/Toeffli → u/gmambrose]

But the boss makes $ 250 per hour, how much time does a trip to Walmart take? You really think people are working for free, don't you?

/s

[u/BeefistPrime → u/Toeffli]

That's actually a good point and people often make irrational economic decisions they think are economical or profitable like taking a half hour to drive across town to save 20 cents per gallon on gas. A highly paid boss taking his time to fuck around with water refilling to make a trivial profit of a few bucks per day is exactly the sort of false economy a dipshit would try

[u/deliciouspepperspray → u/Constant-Anteater-58]

Id be looking for a new job. If they have to try and profit off their employees using water they are probably in the red.

[u/ScrappyDooIsTheWorst → u/deliciouspepperspray]

had to scroll down too far to find someone saying this. was my first thought.

[u/Ancient-Civilization]

Looking forward to the person who rips the sticker but leaving the free still attached.

[u/A-holeAioli → u/Ancient-Civilization]

Or just leave the "25 cents for each 8 ounces". How cool that their employer started a health incentive program!

[u/Stratatician]

This is potentially illegal.

Would be a good idea to look into your local workplace laws

[u/PoolSharkPete]

Is it vodka? This is pretty reasonable if it's vodka.

[u/Drakahn_Stark]

Well since the other post was deleted, I'll copypasta here.

Do they have free drinking water available?

If not I would be completely ignoring this cost, they can just try to come after me.

In Australia, some rules around water in the workplace :

• Water supply must be adequate.
• Water points must be readily accessible and not more than 30 metres away from work stations.
• Free water must be provided – employees should not be expected to pay for it.
• There must be one dedicated water outlet for every forty employees.
• Washroom and kitchen taps are not suitable as drinking water outlets.
• Water quality should confirm to national health guidelines for water safety.
• Where mains water is not available, drinking water must be supplied.

[u/CallmeKahn → u/Drakahn_Stark]

It's similar in the US. OSHA standards are fairly strict about potable water (i.e. drinkable) water being available at no cost to the employee in most circumstances. If tap water is available, then okay. Otherwise, this is highly illegal.

[u/Boggie135]

Do you work for Mr. Krabs?

[u/YaranaRouja → u/Boggie135]

I was about to ask the same, lol. xD

[u/TFJ → u/Boggie135]

SPONGEBOB ME BOY

I GOTTA CHARGE EVERYONE A QUARTER PER CUP O DRINKING WATER SO I CAN MAKE MORE MONEY

ARGARGARGARGARGARGARG

https://giphy.com/gifs/l1AsNljmqfZEqNZxS

[u/dixiech1ck]

You have to be a real low life to do something like this to their workers.

[u/Flaturated]

Oh no, $160 of revenue just spilled onto the floor from that mysterious knife-shaped hole that suddenly appeared!

[u/BoatMan01 → u/Flaturated]

We have nothing to lose but our chains 😎

[u/Blacksun388]

If you’re in America this is illegal. It is an OSHA violation. Potable water is required to be provided to all employees FOR FREE. Report that shit bruh.

[u/cannasaurus]

I'm pretty sure that's illegal under OSHA, an employer has to provide clean drinkable water at no cost to an employee...

[u/Dankkring → u/cannasaurus]

And restrooms

[u/oasisjason1]

I had one who wanted employees to take home any personal trash such as an empty beverage container or sandwich wrapper to “Reduce the weight of the dumpster”

[u/iguanodont → u/oasisjason1]

"Guess I'll throw it on the ground outside then"

[u/G0ttaB3KiddingM3 → u/[deleted]]

I’ve learned that Reddit is a place where shy people rant while being taken advantage of by employers, parents, significant others, etc

[u/plogan56]

My uncle had a manager worse than this, guy would get on your case for taking literally 10 seconds longer on your lunch or bathroom break, drinking water at your desk, and generally just micro managed every little thing; long story short nobody liked him enough to interact with him outside of work, he even mentioned that nobody signed his birthday card once.

Eventually he fucked up by turning off the A/C for their server room, trying to cut back on "needless spending", costing them thousands in damages fue to data loss and he was promptly fire

[u/FartInGenDirection]

I'd still take it w/o paying.

[u/KeyCold7216]

My employer tried to take away out Keurig machine and stopped ordering pods a few years ago. That lasted about a week before everyone got so pisssd that they were bitching about it in our morning meeting at our plant that they had no choice but to bring it back.

[u/Garrettstoffel]

Bug for a receipt after each individual fill up, and be adamant that you’re going to write it off on your taxes.

The business will then need to claim each quarter as income, and accounting will knock this off real quick.

[u/jagenigma]

Is there a scale and a coin machine next to it as well?

[u/StringWhole4120]

Thats illegal

[u/Defective_YKK_Zipper]

You work for AIPAC?

[u/_nash80]

This is illegal where I live.

[u/EM05L1C3]

Go buy plastic money

[u/Bionicfrog14432]

My boss buys us bottled water in bulk. A couple of us bought mini fridges for the shop. They even extend our breaks on hot days. There are still companies that appreciate their employees.

[u/Head_Northman]

What 3rd world country do you live in where employers aren't legally obligated to provide drinking water?

[u/dayoftheduck]

This makes more sense as to why one of the candidates at my shop who interviewed asked if the water coolers were free.. lol

[u/FattyMcGoo77]

Purchasing Manager here: $0.25/8oz from a 5gl jug equals $20. Even if you buy these individually they cost no more than $10 each. If you are on a service contract from a water provider they can be as little as $6 per jug.

This motherfucker isn't just charging his staff for water. The asshole is PROFITING from it and his margin is between 100% to 233%.