Conventional Wisdom

No, really. If you ever come across one of the hotel staff doing this, TELL THEM THANK YOU. They’re the reason you aren’t crumpled up into a little dehydrated ball right now.

(Historical Notes: On the other hand, if the hotel had actually bothered to rent a few BIG water coolers, the ones that run on those big jugs, instead of relying on these little dinky ones that are clearly only meant to keep a since conference room refreshed, we wouldn’t have NEEDED constant refills like this.)