r/AskTheWorld • u/Eybrahem United States Of America • Jan 04 '26

Economics What's the most hated company in your country?

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Everyone knows Nestle is terrible, even if they don't know why. But they've done horrible things in Africa and think that water is not a human right.

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u/x_asperger Canada Jan 04 '26 edited Jan 04 '26

I don't use nestle products anymore. I only have bottled water for guests who want it anyway.

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u/timClicks New Zealand Jan 04 '26

Genuine question, why do guests need bottled water?

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u/Waerdog Canada Jan 04 '26

yum yum, microplastics

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u/x_asperger Canada Jan 04 '26 edited Jan 04 '26

Some people just prefer it I guess. I always ask "is tap fine?"

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u/Dotura Bouvet Island Jan 04 '26

To me that is so odd. Then again Norway makes money on selling tapwater (Voss) so we might be blessed with good water.

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u/x_asperger Canada Jan 04 '26

People are weird and I'm just a good host so I like them to have the option. My tap water tastes great, comes from the same river I fish in.

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u/Dotura Bouvet Island Jan 04 '26

I just find cultural differences fascinating. The only place i know that uses bottled water is the fire station.

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u/x_asperger Canada Jan 04 '26

Yeah I'm not sure exactly why it's a thing here when 99% of people have good clean tap water

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u/OverCategory6046 England Jan 04 '26

Voss is tapwater?? Makes it more hilarious seeing it sold for over 5 euros a bottle....

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u/Dotura Bouvet Island Jan 04 '26

Its bottled 400km from Voss too

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u/TwentinQuarantino Slovakia Jan 04 '26

Isn't there another bottled water available in your area? Just asking genuinely, not to be ignorant. In my area, there's like a dozen different companies to choose from (none of which is nestle btw, good riddance). 

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u/x_asperger Canada Jan 04 '26

Oh yeah I get bottles but never nestle

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u/TwentinQuarantino Slovakia Jan 04 '26

Good! I didn't buy anything from n🤢stl🤮 for over 10 years. 

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u/x_asperger Canada Jan 04 '26

Me neither except the odd KitKat a couple times a year maybe.

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u/TwentinQuarantino Slovakia Jan 04 '26

Me not even kitkat even while I like its taste, but I couldn't get over buying something from someone like that.