So. Not. Surprised.

Enjoying yourself some delicious bottled water? Live in a city whose public drinking water more closely resembles raw sewage than it does actual water? Or better yet, it actually tastes like raw sewage? Perhaps you're one of the fortunate cities whose water only tastes like charcoal filters and sulfur. Out of desperation for real water, you turn to what is advertised as pure "spring water". Assuming that surely you must be drinking something filtered and super clean, you can't really be held responsible when a major bottling corporation, Pepsi, fudged the facts and you're actually drinking tap water.

Before this reaches the level of publicity nightmare, the spokespersons for Coca-Cola (who are doing the same thing) and Pepsi have decided to spin it thusly, "If this helps clarify the fact that the water originates from public sources, then it’s a reasonable thing to do,” said Michelle Naughton, a Pepsi-Cola North America spokeswoman. Public sources? Oh, you mean the "spring" you were pulling from wasn't an actual spring but more like the "city reservoir"? Because Aquafina's website (totally not pointless, by the way) says it came from a spring. Well, I totally understand. I mean, the last time I visited our city reservoir and saw the hundred yards of concrete, a huge tank and pipes going every which way, I immediately shouted, "Golly gee whiz! This is just like a natural spring!" So to be fair, I can see how Pepsi and Coca-Cola got confused. Being the epitome of wholesome beverage makers that they are, I guess I can allow this one, tiny infraction without much hullabaloo. They wouldn't lie on purpose!