Water Carriers

[RobNorth]

Why do people feel the need to be hauling a bottle of water or a huge coffee around everywhere? - it seems that to be "right on" you have to do the "coffee walk" into work each day looking like a cross between a blind beggar and Mrs Overall....MP's are right into this too.

[Tilly2]

I'm not an Aquarian, Togo,

[Togo]

Aahh OK Tills my mistake.

[Old_Geezer]

It's their Age too. That's why there are so many now.

[Tilly2]

I got on to the stage and danced with the cast when I went to see Hair.

[Togo]

^^Naked?

[murraymints]

TOGO !!! gentlemen dinnae ask !

[KARL]

This is a question of a fashion which started in the USA where self conscious/insecure people abound (self-help suggestions making lots of money) - it matters to ostentatiously carry something that is assumed to be a proprietary item and to have cost money - the aim is to be part of what used to be "the in crowd", later simply being "cool". Quite apart from the waste/mess created by the vessels used, most of the time during which it is carried the tea/coffee is way too cold to be enjoyed as a drink, if that ever was the point in the first place (the cups are very often disposed of part full, often parked somewhere once the owner's hand/arm becomes too tired). That said, as absurd as the practice is, it is not realistic to force people into giving the habit up (not that the OP suggested it), one can only hope that the people concerned grow out of it. I have long intended to make a counter statement by carrying around an open tin of sardines but, like many other plans, this one is still pending execution.

[Islay]

What a load of cobblers Karl - a fashion statement!!

[sandyRoe]

A discreet hip flask, filled with a 50/50 mix of water and whiskey can be carried without undue ostentation.

[Togo]

With you KARL. I was going to carry a tin of beans. :))

[diddlydo]

It's people with a coffee in one hand and a mobile in the other at which they are staring/scrolling/texting and not looking where they're going and are oblivious to the fact that I've just had to move over to let them pass that drive me round the bend.