Is this legal ?

doodlesmum

Good point teabelly that is a really good issue to put across the reason my sister wanted a drink water was she felt faint because it was so hot soon she gets home tonight i will ring her and tell her to put that to them :T bet they had"nt considered that one .

Thanks Doodlesmum.

juno

I work in a supermarket, and we're actively encouraged to drink water if we're on th till. If it's in a bottle, you need the receipt, and if you have a mug (we don't have any glasses or beakers) then you need to wash it up after you. But other than that, you can have as much as you like.

But today I was covering on the till as someone phoned in sick at short notice, and a customer told me off for having a drink! It was during a gap between customers too, rather than right in the middle of the transaction.

I'm sure some customers don't think you're human.

LittleVoice

Tibbs,The_Freebie_Hunter wrote: »

I found the following article:

http://www.personalsafetyadvice.co.uk/PersonalSafetyAtWork.html

Drinking water: do you have access to fresh water? Your employer has a responsibility to provide suitable drinking water (and don’t forget we should all be drinking 2 litres every day!).

QUOTE]

I wonder what scientific basis they have for suggesting that we should be drinking 2 litres of water a day.

eyelinerprincess

juno wrote: »

I work in a supermarket, and we're actively encouraged to drink water if we're on th till. If it's in a bottle, you need the receipt, and if you have a mug (we don't have any glasses or beakers) then you need to wash it up after you. But other than that, you can have as much as you like.

But today I was covering on the till as someone phoned in sick at short notice, and a customer told me off for having a drink! It was during a gap between customers too, rather than right in the middle of the transaction.

I'm sure some customers don't think you're human.

I'm sure some co-workers don't think it either! I was working one evening, and I was gasping for a drink, you know that way that you can't last much longer, so OH was in and I got him to buy a multipack of drinks (capri sun) and give me one. Was waiting for the next customer and by the time I got the thing open, she was there. Asked the customer politely if she minded if I took a sip, she said no, so I took a small sip and served her. Afterwards nosey co-worker (one of those ones who thinks she's in charge when she does exactly the same job as the rest of us) proceeded to tell me off and tell me I could get fired for it.
Needless to say nothing happened.

Tibbs,The_Freebie_Hunter

QUOTE] I wonder what scientific basis they have for suggesting that we should be drinking 2 litres of water a day.[/QUOTE]

Personally, because I never wrote the article, I don't feel I could comment on the thinking of another human being. I'm good at mind-reading dogs - they either want to pee or eat or well ... we'll leave it there - it's that simple.

Perhaps you could email the author and ask them yourself.

Anyhoos, back to your question:

Believe it's based [perhaps not scientifically accurately enough] on the fact that we lose approx two litres of water each day through breath, sweat, urine, and faeces [some evidently more than others - verbal diarrhoea can be the worst - lol].

The fact that we get a third of water from our food reduces the amount. However, take into consideration hot weather and increased sweating [especially for those of us who exercise - or those of us who have an infliction to any % increase in temperatures upwardly] and you might need to drink a lot more.

It depends on the individual. I drink lots of fluid (don't actually measure how much - I'm analytical, not anal), and everyone comments on how good my skin is. Although I don't measure the pH (okay, so I'm not even analytical), my urine is of good colour - so my kidneys are flushing the toxins [perhaps from the stereotypical fried Mars Bars and haggis that we're supposed to eat - lol] out pretty well.

Don't really think that the article was aspiring to be science fact, it's just there as a recommendation. [If I found this statement in Guyton & Hall's Textbook of Physiology, for instance, then I might question the scientific content, but since it's not then I won't. Think that any reasonable person knows that the content of most Internet articles are to be ingested without the need for their scientific merit to be questioned. Perhaps I'm wrong, and it's just that I've had scientific training and that this has been drummed into me].

I'm living proof that it does work. Nearing a milestone age, yet look approx two decades younger. Then again, this could be due to the quality of our Scottish water (then again, it could be due to the quality of air - or even of Scotch Mist - such wonderous stuff).

Perhaps if drinking 2 litres of water elsewhere, this would have a negative effect on health - who knows - not scientific fact, but I wouldn't fancy drinking some of the chalky stuff that I've seen when visiting relies down South.

LittleVoice

Thanks for replying.

I have asked them - did so before asking on here - but don't expect to get a reply - because they won't be able to provide evidence. The science is about water consumption, not about drinking water.

Apologies for digressing from the point of the thread.

Tibbs,The_Freebie_Hunter

Here's me thinking that the 1st July has came and went. Why do I feel we are retreating back to 1st April?

Tarry

We are not supposed to drink water behind the tills at work according to our assistant manager (although our supervisors do it), but our manager allows it as long as there is no customers about.

SCAMPIDOODLE

I used to work at Morrisons, also in kiosk, they were always ok with us having drinks with us in hot weather, I think we all got a free icecream once.

I have also fainted on the till, so embarrassing!

Wakey2008

Its legal for them to stop her drinking from her bottle when working but as far I'm aware going 6 hours without a break isn't legal. To my knowledge you are entitled to a break at least every four hours.