• Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    If you know you’re going to a festival why not bring your own reusable bottle of water and use the cans to top it up?

    • Beetschnapps@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      If you’re planning a festival with thousands of people why not provide life giving water without charging 6 dollars?

      Or to put it in internet speak “why do anything when you can do something else?”

      • Doubletwist@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Not sure where you live, but around here (Southern US) the festivals are required to provide free drinking water to everyone.

      • PrettyLights@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        What festivals aren’t providing water stations anymore?

        Most people just don’t look for the stations, or don’t want to wait in the longer line.

          • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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            8 months ago

            A lot of festivals in the US had problems with heat stroke in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. The two solutions were to either give out free water or allow people to bring in their own water.

            The festival organizers generally chose supplying free water.

      • xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org
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        8 months ago

        Because you want to make profit off people who are too incompetent to bring their own water.

        • Malfeasant@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          That’s a given. The problem comes when you want to profit off people who would bring their own water, but you don’t let them.

      • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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        8 months ago

        I’ve been to festivals that did, but they were very specific on the kind of bottle. The festival was also in the desert, so there tons of protections the venue took to prevent heat stroke.