• samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    10 days ago

    I’m mostly basing it on my experience at restaurants in the 90s. If you asked for water, you got mineral water.

    • rustydrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      10 days ago

      You gotta ask for tap water, if you want tap water. Otherwise, they’ll bring you bottled water, which sells for more.

      • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        10 days ago

        Yeah, I learned that quickly, but even then, you would get room temperature water with no ice. Was quite a culture shock!

    • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      9 days ago

      That’s more of a greed issue, though. Though bottled water is very popular in Germany, many people don’t bother with it especially if they live in multi-family homes (very unfun to carry bottled water up 3 flights of stairs) and definitely if they don’t have a car.