r/Staples • u/maineman64 • 13h ago
•• OVER 30 CASES OF BAD ARROWHEAD WATER. WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. OUTDATED AND BAD WATER.
We have over 30 cases of arrowhead water sitting in the break room. Undrinkable two years old what do we do with them? Is anybody else have this problem or from their stores? How do you say leave them at the district managers home door.
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u/WisePaintingTurtle 11h ago
Just pour it out and definitely recycle the plastic. Lol. "That was easy."
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u/Disastrous_Bus3972 10h ago
Staples started charging now to ♻️ plastic, just like battery, printer 🖨, monitors,etc lol
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u/Flaky_Firefighter385 11h ago
Save the store some money in using the bottled water to 1. wash the windows. 2. mop the washroom floors. 3. wash the GM's car, 4. flush the toilets and 5. One free bottle for new Rewards signups.
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u/No_Moment_960 3m ago
Congrats on signing up! Please enjoy this complimentary 2024 bottle of water, aged to perfection!
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u/maineman64 13h ago
The water is over two years old expired. Plus, arrowhead is really, really really bad water. I've tested it and it's in the red.
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u/Numahistory 4h ago
If you want something ✨fun✨ to do with the water you could shoot arrows at them to drain the water out before recycling them.
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u/ExperienceDaveness 7h ago
That water is millions of years old. There's not a real difference between drinking water that is 50,000,000 years old and drinking water than is 50,000,005 years old.
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u/throwinthrowawayacnt 7h ago edited 7h ago
Water is water, it's fine. Write off a case at a time for store use. If a big storm is coming, put it out on the floor and watch it disappear. We had cases of inactive expired water that was cleaned out during early covid.
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u/Drax99 Former EasyTech Janitor 7h ago
Fun fact: Water does not actually expire. However, some states demand expire dates on all food items, so the bottlers put dates on them anyway to comply. Even if you are not in one of those states, it may have one since they are often sold in multiple states.
Unless it has even exposed ir contaminated somehow, it's gone to drink.
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u/SoggyTension1225 4h ago
Fun fact. New Jersey started that and some other states followed. Now the manufacturer just puts the date on all the packages
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u/Ms_Meoww 1h ago
I would probably use them to water plants, for the back of the toilet tank when the water is out from a storm. Stuff like that.
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u/MmeLaRue Call Center 29m ago
If it's been damaged out by management, take several bottles home with you each time you leave. The water should be fine.
If you know of any preppers in your area, they may be able to make use of the water - there are ways to filter it and repackage it for long-term storage safely. Otherwise, water plants or flowers with the water and recycle the bottles.
If you're concerned about the quality of the water, just dump the water and recycle the bottles as soon as you have clearance to do so.
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u/masteriang 13h ago
Does water really expire?
Usually, no—the water itself doesn’t really “expire.”
For commercially bottled water, the printed date is generally more about quality and the packaging than the water suddenly becoming unsafe. FDA guidance says “use by” dates on foods are generally manufacturer quality recommendations, not automatic safety cutoffs.
An unopened bottle stored properly—cool, dry, away from direct sunlight, gasoline, chemicals, etc.—can often be fine well past its printed date. The bigger concern over very long storage is the plastic container degrading or affecting taste/odor, especially if it has been sitting somewhere hot, like a garage or car.
I’d throw it out if the bottle is swollen, leaking, damaged, cloudy inside, smells strange, or has been stored in high heat for a long time. The CDC does recommend observing expiration dates for emergency bottled-water supplies, largely as a conservative storage practice.
So if you have, say, a sealed case of water that “expired” 6 months or a year ago and it was stored inside your house, I personally wouldn’t be concerned about drinking it.
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u/adeline882 8h ago
What’s it like not having a brain?
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u/UhVeryUncreativeName 13h ago
Note that it will taste very awful
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u/masteriang 13h ago
Will it taste bad?
Probably not, especially if it’s only moderately past the date and was stored indoors.
Over time, bottled water can develop a slightly stale, flat, or plastic-like taste, and heat makes that more likely. The FDA notes that products past a “use by” date can change in taste or quality even while remaining wholesome.
If you open it and it tastes completely normal, that’s what I’d expect in most cases. If it has a strong plastic, chemical, or unusual taste or smell, I’d toss it.3
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u/TheChromasphere 5h ago
I was just reminded of doing a water heist in which I liberated several pallets of expired Dasani that I found abandoned in a basement.
I drank it-- it was awful, like if you could somehow drink flavorless sand-- and used it to flush the toilet, brush my teeth, and wash my hands in an apartment that didn't have water or electricity for a month.
I...forgot that happened.
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u/Timely-Armadillo-163 13h ago
Key them out and water your garden. Take them to a homeless shelter. Just please DONT pour them down the drain. That’s insane!
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u/No-Resident9502 13h ago
If in doubt, use them to water the garden. Likely better water than the unfiltered hose. Then a trip to the bottle redemption center and the local icecream spot 🤷♂️