• @Beetschnapps@lemmy.world
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    154 months ago

    If you’re planning a festival with thousands of people why not provide life giving water without charging 6 dollars?

    Or to put it in internet speak “why do anything when you can do something else?”

    • Doubletwist
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      124 months ago

      Not sure where you live, but around here (Southern US) the festivals are required to provide free drinking water to everyone.

    • @PrettyLights@lemmy.world
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      74 months ago

      What festivals aren’t providing water stations anymore?

      Most people just don’t look for the stations, or don’t want to wait in the longer line.

        • HobbitFoot
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          44 months ago

          A lot of festivals in the US had problems with heat stroke in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. The two solutions were to either give out free water or allow people to bring in their own water.

          The festival organizers generally chose supplying free water.

    • The Menemen!
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      34 months ago

      You got an upvote on the first sentence and a downvote on the second sentence. :)

    • xigoi
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      -24 months ago

      Because you want to make profit off people who are too incompetent to bring their own water.

      • @Malfeasant@lemmy.world
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        44 months ago

        That’s a given. The problem comes when you want to profit off people who would bring their own water, but you don’t let them.