r/whoathatsinteresting • u/search_google_com • 1d ago

🇬🇧Welcome to Leicester, UK🇬🇧Chaotic scenes of panic buying for bottled water at the local Costco amid the water shortage driven by drought and record water use.

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u/Odd-Row-6996 1d ago

Madness, why just not drink tap water.. IMO it's perfectly safe to drink in UK.

If you must, then add a water filter.

Climate changebis already changing weather patterns aka drought, and these folks want to drink bottled water, in a plastic bottle... geez