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According to the Denver Post, there is big change coming to restaurants in Aurora. Or maybe not. The whole thing sounds like a massive, and outdated, virtue signal.
“This week, the Aurora City Council passed a resolution encouraging restaurants in the city to ‘save water by serving water upon customer request,’ rather than as a de facto courtesy. Councilwoman Stephanie Hancock, who sponsored the measure, concedes that comparatively little water will be conserved through such a move.”
First of all, in my anecdotal experience, most restaurants already do this. Some still bring water by default, but that has been the exception…
Unless we’re talking about Mexican restaurants, which are a categorically different dining experience. You start with salty chips — you literally need water at the beginning of, and throughout, the meal in order to survive.
Setting aside our southern neighbors’ cuisine, usually the server comes to the table and asks you what you want to drink. If you want water and/or something else, you order it.
None of that is the point, of course, but it raises questions about why this issue is taking up space on the Aurora City Council’s agenda in the first place. That’s resources and time allocated for the work of the people.
What is the practical public impact of “passed a resolution encouraging restaurants”? (They don’t mean Mexican restaurants, too, do they?)
Also, why wouldn’t the super empathetic people encourage Americans to drink more water? Studies show that most Americans consume far less water than recommended, and even mild dehydration has been scientifically linked to impaired cognitive function, poorer mood, reduced physical performance, and increased risk of kidney stones.
Why does Aurora’s Stephanie Hancock want you cognitively impaired and pissed off with kidney stones?
There’s more. She concedes that this invasive and unhealthy virtue signal is going to save “very little” water.
The government should be small enough that it doesn’t have the resources or time to virtue pressure small businesses into frivolous vanity projects with real world health consequences.
Order more water in protest.
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