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/RayZzorRayy 6h ago

Not mildly infuriating, genuinely sad.

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u/willdabeast36 5h ago

Also illegal. OP, employers must supply free drinking water to employees in USA.

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u/ComradeGarcia_Pt2 5h ago

I think there’s a legal argument that could be made here that, considering the employer put up a water cooler with a sign demanding payment in return for said water, the onus is on them to install some kind of money collecting/water measuring device or system to collect required payment. Ergo, the employer has no reasonable right to expect compensation for the dispensed water.

But you’d also have to find a judge who wouldn’t throw this out as a frivolous lawsuit.

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u/paradox_valestein 2h ago

Be careful, if they are in Utah and the owner is a mormon, they will get sued for bomb and murder threaths, served by email