YALP!

[gnomi]

...based on a comment from a caller on A Way With Words.

[Poll #956274]

(US regional divisions kidnapped from the US Census Bureau)

Comments

[fadagaski.livejournal.com]

I'm in the UK. This means I look for a shop to buy a bottle from. Water fountains, psh. You North Americans are spoiled rotten with your ready access to free water supplies. :P

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I almost added a "I don't use water fountains; I only drink bottled water" option, actually.

Does the UK not have water fountains?

[fadagaski.livejournal.com]

Very, very rarely. You might get them in some touristy seaside towns like Blackpool and Great Yarmouth, but in libraries/schools/malls - nope. Can't remember any.

[ephemera.livejournal.com]

Ditto - they do exist, but they're much much rarer. As a child it was a Nifty Cool Thing that the park near my gran's had one.

In some libraries I might look for the water *cooler* which is at least as likely as a drinking fountain.

[fadagaski.livejournal.com]

You have water coolers near you? Lucky! All my local public areas are super stingy. :)