Irony...

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.-Robert A Heinlein

I read an article yesterday about the wierd Starbucks policy of keeping their water taps running at their cafe, the reason....as a way of keeping bacteria out of the system. Who did came out with such idea? If it does really works don't you think all the operation theater in hospitals world wide would have adopted the policy. Heck they have more reasons to keep the bacteria out of the water system than coffee cups.

They waste so much water equivalent of a small country usage or more specifically the supply of 2 million people in Namibia! (I wonder though if there are Starbucks Cafes in Namibia)

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny...~Isaac Asimov