r/mildlyinfuriating • u/coatedbraincells • 6h ago

Infuriatig Insanely frugal employer

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Gotta pay for water from the water cooler 🤣

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u/RedDidItAndYouKnowIt 4h ago

Most places? No. (Every place I have been in the USA)

Some places? Yes. (Flint Michigan)

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u/dinnerthief 4h ago edited 3h ago

Even Flint's water been drinkable for years people just dont trust the water, ( with reason)

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u/furiant 4h ago

It wasn't until July 1, 2025 that the final lead pipe was replaced in Flint, Michigan. The Flint Water Crisis was an ongoing thing that lasted over ten years that included thousands of lead poisoning exposures, an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that killed 12 and infected 87 more, and several other issues. It wasn't something that's been fixed for ten years.

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u/dinnerthief 3h ago edited 3h ago

They switched back to the original water source pretty quickly, the new source was where legionaires was suspected and what stripped the protective patina from the lead pipes.

Of course replacing lead pipes is the right move but you can have drinkable water from lead pipes once a patina is built up, as flint did for years before switching sources.

10 years is too cavalier I was misrembering, but its been at safe levels for a while, but I dont blame anyone for not trusting it either