Your Survival Guy has his limits. I will not be washing water bottles all summer. I may not see my kids as often as when they were in grade school, but the telltale sign they’re home from college are the water bottles amassed by the sink. I’ve had it. Everyone washes their own from now on. In The Wall Street Journal, Joanne Kaufman details her own daughter’s collection of water bottles and how often they leave the house full and come back the same way. I can feel her pain. She writes:
My daughter came home from her final semester of graduate school with a diploma, three job offers—and 11 reusable water bottles of assorted brands (including Yeti, Hydro Flask, bkr, Simple Modern and Nalgene) and of varying functions (for sipping, for gulping), styles (with and without insulation; with and without a straw) mouth sizes (standard and wide) and fluid capacities.
Every workday she totes a pair of them—one for coffee, one for water—to the suburban school where she is a special-education teacher. A beverage travels with her to meetings, to the cafeteria when she’s on lunch patrol, and on strolls down the hall to consult with colleagues who are also equipped for immediate hydration. (So is the entire student body.)
Like an obdurate toddler, she won’t give up her bottle.
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