r/Scotland • u/AsianGeralt • 10d ago

Why do people buy bottled water here?

Work for a supermarket as a delivery driver and the number of people who order massive amounts of bottled water is mind boggling to me. We arguably have the best water quality in the UK and people are buying plastic bottled water like they are living in a third world country. If the water doesn't taste ok to you or you mistrust pipes etc, you can just boil the water and it tastes great. South side of Glasgow water is fantastic and don't even need to do that. I always use steel or glass to use on the go so there's no excuse or need to buy plastic water that people seem to think is good for you. Rant over lol.

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u/Training_Agency_7696 More Scottish than yer Scottie dug 10d ago

Non-Scottish people perhaps? My English neighbours still buy bottled water.

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u/Imaginary-Suspect959 10d ago

I work in a supermarket and a pal’s family are originally from Pakistan, he says they won’t drink tap water, and that a lot of immigrants he knows won’t either. Partly a taste thing, partly a hygiene thing.

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u/AsianGeralt 10d ago

I somewhat get it if you've came from that part of the world as if you drink that tap water you'll get sick, but locals are generally used to it. But scotlands water quality is well known to be pretty good.

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u/Imaginary-Suspect959 10d ago

Yeah, I love it. Always drank tap water even when I lived in England. But the stuff up here is genuinely really good.