On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:47:39 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

> On 8/27/2012 4:10 PM, sf wrote:
> >
> > Call the water company and have them deliver a new water cooler (tell
> > your employer not to be so cheap). Those things get mold in them -
> > don't fool around with other people's health.
> >
>
> This reminds me - I hate my water company! They kept leaving water
> bottles at my door. I told the delivery guy to stop leaving water and
> that I'd contact him when I needed more. When I'd get back to the
> office, there would be a bottle left there. I had to stash the bottles
> in the closet. It was ridiculous, there was at one time 4 bottles of
> water in my office. The closet was also filled with small bottles of
> water that I bought when there was a hurricane approaching.
> Unfortunately, the storm passed us by.
>
> The water company would also charge me for the empty bottles which they
> never came to pick up. I figure it's some kind of scheme to build up
> some capital. I called the company several times and requested that they
> stop the service. This did not work and there would be another bottle of
> water at my door and a charge for an empty bottle. In the end, I just
> stopped paying them for a few months. They picked up the empty bottles
> eventually but I never got credited for that. I paid them off a few
> years ago. The bottle I have left is the last remnants of that sad water
> fiasco. I'm keeping the empty bottle. Heavens knows, I've paid for a
> bunch of them.
>
> Now my plan is to become my own water bottling company. All I need is a
> hose. I already got a sink. :-)

I still think you should throw that water dispenser out rather than
take any chances with anyone's health. A friend is on steroids for 10
years because of breathing in airborne mold and after watching what
she's going through, I just don't think it's very smart to take a
chance with the kind of mold that isn't edible.

You have a refrigerator for keeping water cold and if you want hot
water *that* badly, use an electric tea kettle (the glass kind).

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