Last Week 7 time Mr. Olympia and lead role in kindergarten cop, Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law requiring free* water be made available in school cafeterias. WHAT?! I don't know how they run things in California but in Wauseon we had these machines called drinking fountains that produced a limitless supply of this precious resource.
Arnold is considering this a step in the right direction to fight kid fat syndrome. A Survey found 40% of California schools (that participated in the survey) didn't offer free* water at lunch...
Ok, now show me a school in America that offers free anything in a school cafeteria. What gives him the right to make water free*? Make the kid cough up milk money like the rest of us have done for years and years in the past. If he can't afford the milk we'll work out a deal to toss the kid a free* bag. Worst case scenario, make them get up and walk over to the drinking fountain.
This topic only leads me down one path and that is the complete rip that is bottled water. I cannot believe people buy that stuff. Third world countries have to scratch their heads and bottling companies laugh all the way to the bank. I just imagine the first person to pitch the idea “ok we'll bottle the exact thing people are already paying monthly for and sell it for a buck fifty.” I guarantee most bottled water comes straight out of the tap anyway. Again the big wig up in corporate building's 47th floor tells them “we'll slap a mountain on the label call it some weird name that isn't copyrighted yet, American's will drink it up (literally)”
But back to the schools, If I transport my mind back into its 17 year old state I consider all the things that could go wrong with this. Kids will just pound water and ditch class for bathroom breaks all day. Finish the water (or not who cares its free*) then twist the bottle until the air is pressuring the cap then flick it off across the cafeteria. And numerous other things that my adult mind can't even consider yet. Free* water for kids? What's next free butler for every child?
*Free is the liberal word for American worker's hard earned money being pulled from their pockets and spent however the government sees fit.
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Water shmater. Kids want THE DEW. They want energy drinks! They want stuff thats not LAME and BORING. Just because water is there, does not mean they will drink it anyways. Kids don't stay away from drinking water because there is non available in the cafeteria, they stay away from it because its boring to drink!
ReplyDeleteGet them kids filled with DEWSKI, and MONSTER and watch their school productivity jump 200% because they're choche full of ENERGY.
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yeah, Ahnold, get the soda machines out of the schools. i think they need a Brawndo fountain...because it has electrolytes.
ReplyDeleteBrawndo has what plants crave!
I love water. It's free. It's delicious. It's natural. Its the best! I was also amazed when bottle water came out, and even more amazed when it became popular. Are people that lazy that they can't take the full 15 seconds to fill up a water bottle that they already have at their house from their kid's soccer days?
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