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The Economist - Bottled-water industry Waterlog

economist.com — According to Elizabeth Royte ’s “Bottlemania”, in 2002 Nestlé produced a training manual aimed at waiters called “Pour on the Tips”. Converting guests to pricey bottled water, it said, could boost their monthly earnings by $100 or more. Some waiters even try to humiliate people who resist. “I get great pleasure out of making each of those ladies who

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  • tortor54, on 07/23/2008, -0/+3Finally consumers are catching on to the deceptive and manipulative tactics that the bottled water industry uses to create a market for a completely ridiculous and wasteful "product". To learn more about Corporate Accountability International's campaign challenging corporate control of water, google Think Outside The Bottle!
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