On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 11:00:58AM +1030, David Fitch wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 09:28:56AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Do they charge exorbident <sp?> prices for their drinks, and a $1 for a jug > > of tap water? > > either: > - take a small plastic bottle with you (like the 500ml orange juice ones) > and fill it from the sink in the dunny, or > - order the water, specify normal tap water, and if they charged for it > on the bill at the end refuse to pay (just the bit for the water), > you might have to argue a bit but they always give in eventually > (in my experience anyway). > > (not that I've had to do that for a while, charging for water seems to > mainly be a Sydney thing, in Adelaide it's increasingly popular for > restaurants to automatically supply (free) a jug of water and glasses)
IIRC, in a place which serves either alcohol or food, it's actually illegal to 1. refuse to provide tap water to customers or 2. charge for it. Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
