From: patchmoney@gmx.com 
  
 On 3 Aug 2025 at 11:54:23 BST, Pamela wrote: 
  
 > On 07:51  3 Aug 2025, RJH said: 
 >> On 1 Aug 2025 at 19:36:05 BST, Max Demian wrote: 
 >>> On 01/08/2025 16:28, RJH wrote: 
 >>>> On 1 Aug 2025 at 10:51:58 BST, Martin Harran wrote: 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> We take regular senior breaks in hotels around the country. I 
 >>>>> always pick one with a leisure centre as swimming combined with a 
 >>>>> steam room or sauna is my main form of exercise and relaxation. I 
 >>>>> have noticed an increasing trend for such leisure centres to have 
 >>>>> no drinking water available to iuers, either by fountain or 
 >>>>> bottled. Hydration is of major importance after a steam room or 
 >>>>> sauna and I wonder if these hotels are infringing Health and 
 >>>>> Safety rules and risking a negligence charge if an inexperienced 
 >>>>> user ended up being dehydrated? 
 >>>> 
 >>>> I recently had this expereince at a national museum - no potable 
 >>>> water. I had a good moan but no management on site that day. 
 >>> 
 >>> How long do you spend in a museum? If your kidneys are working 
 >>> properly you should be able to go at least four hours without water, 
 >>> even in hot weather. 
 >>> 
 >> 
 >> About 4 hours. I'd bought a meal and coffee (€€€15) and fancied a 
 >> glass of water. It was high 20s outside, and very warm and humid 
 >> inside (early July). 
 >> 
 >> FYI, not everyone is comfortable with that amount of time without 
 >> water. A lot of elderly and young folk on the day I visited (National 
 >> Motrocycle Museum). I was OK though, thanks. 
 > 
 > Four hours without water doesn't sound long to cause medical problems. 
 > However in a warm and humid environment, as you describe, you might 
 > experience discomfort from not cooling due to lack of sufficient sweating. 
  
 Yes, I wasn't meaning to invoke a notion of life threatening torture. More 
 discomfort of varying degrees. 
  
 I just happen to think providing water should be a common courtesy for 
 businesses, and especially those that have an entry fee. It was something 
 that 
 even the Victorians seem to have managed, but lost on society today. And 
 don't 
 get me started on public toilets ;-) 
  
 As mentioned, I can't criticise the business model. I'm sure the decision 
 makes them €€1000s each year, even allowing for the whiners like me. So 
 trebles 
 all round at the NMM. 
  
 -- 
 Cheers, Rob, Sheffield UK 
  
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