I love lemon but not in my water.
They’re particularly bad about wanting to dump some lemon or lime into Pellegrino for some reason.
I don’t like the taste of lemon at all. I normally scoop it out as soon as they bring it over. If it’s still overly lemony, I’ll end up not drinking it or asking for a fresh glass.
When I’m at a bar I’ll normally get a glass of water with my drink. My ‘regular’ bartenders know to run the water for a split second in the drain so my water doesn’t taste like sprite or cola.
You guys crack me up. Thanks! I’ll just add evil lemons to the list of just about everything that is conspiring to kill me.
You know, I never had these problems when I was drinking beer and gin! Maybe the healthy and responsible thing for me to do would be to kick this sobriety habit… 
Eh, I pass on the nasty antibacterial wipes/gels (not only do they stink and fail to clean the hands of nasty stuff but they encourage resistant organisms same as overuse of antibiotics does…like pasturization and cooking of fecally contaminated meats…yeah, but you are still eating SHIT :rolleyes:)…I prefer to WASH my hands and avoid touching the restroom door handles afterwards and then WASH them again after my shopping is done.
I am not a germaphobe by any means, but it’s just common sense.
And I do not drink most tap water either, knowing full well what it contains (both the bugs and the crap added to kill the bugs). Here, we have fairly decent tap water, but it varies widely, ime.
And yes, I WOULD like some lemon in my water. I often ASK for it. 
While we’re talking about citrus, can restaurants/bars please quit putting orange slices with my Blue Moon and lemon with my hefeweizen? If I wanted fruit beer I’d order fruit beer!
Yeah, Tony Bourdain mentioned in at least one of his books how things get dropped all the time onto the floors of kitchens. Every time, though, they magically fall … onto a napkin. Every time! 
I believe he added a sentence about how the “napkin” was the size of a freakin’ tablecloth during the dinner rush.
I eat lemons, rind and all.
Once, I ordered the BBQ ribs at a Renfaire. It came with a lemon slice garnish. My hands were filthy when I was done eating, and I gotta say, that lemon slice cleaned me up better than any moist towelette I’ve ever used. Smelled better afterwards too.
Yep, some restaurants will offer lemon slices (sometimes with hot wet towels too) to clean your hands. It’s super effective.
I never get lemon in my water, but not because of germs or anything silly like that. I just don’t need fancy, decadent water when regular water works fine. Plus I hate lemons.
I like a slice of cucumber in my water. It’s very refreshing. I wish more restaurants would do it.
my old public works boss was a former restaurant manager in his earlier days. yeah, us average consumers don’t want to know what goes on in the kitchen. if we did, he said, there would be **no **restaurant business. :eek:
You are right about that! I had some at a spa once and was hooked.
I love lemon in my water, too. It is a completely different thing than weak lemonade. I also love the flavored carbonated water made by Canada Dry and another brand whose name escapes me at the moment.
But lemon water in restaurants? I’ve been drinking it for years and haven’t noticed any increase in illness or my general filth level. I do wash my hands a lot, though, and am rarely sick. WASH YOUR HANDS. /mother mode
You know, Humphrey Bogart was known to claim that the reason he was the only member of cast or crew on The African Queen not to come down with Montezuma’s revenge was because he never drank the water, only his private supply of liquor.
What about decomposed, deep fried mouse?
When I’m overseas, I like lemon in my Coke Light. It’s sweeter than Diet Coke and the lemon cuts through it. But I like my water lemon-free, thank you very much.
Upon reflection, I find this thread restaurant~y and foody. Off to Cafe Society, from MPSIMS.
Ellen Lemony. I mean Cherry.
I like a lemon in my ice water. As Ellen Cherry said, it’s just not the same drink as lemonade, and that’s OK. A friend warned me about germs but I haven’t any problems that I know of. Maybe I won’t drop the rind in from now on, though, just in case…
Or get them to give you a second lemon slice, and you can get the real thing for free.
One glass of cold water, the squeezings from two average-sized lemon slices, and two packets of Splenda* make a good glass of lemonade. And it’s the real thing, unless you absolutely must have real sugar.
*The reason why real sugar doesn’t work is for the same reason you can’t sweeten unsweet iced tea with sugar: it just sinks to the bottom of the glass and doesn’t mix in. Splenda, OTOH, stirs into cold beverages without any trouble.
The thought of someone named Scubaqueen working in waste water has really made my day
And, I don’t like lemon in my water. I’m in the “I don’t want weak lemonade!” camp.
Lemon in tea is okay, but not in plain water. And, yes, if my water comes with lemon and I don’t feel like sending it back, I do turn it into lemonade.
I really don’t get places that do stuff like this automatically. Put the LEMON on the side, and the customer can decide!!!
I like lemon in club soda, but I’m not fond of it in plain water. To me it isn’t as refreshing as the plain water. There’s a woman at my church who, when we put out pitchers of water alongside the punch and tea and coffee, thinks we should add the lemon slices to make the water “look pretty”. I’ve told her that we shouldn’t contaminate an entire pitcher of water, and that anyone who desires lemon is free to add their own if she puts the slices out in a dish on the side. She still tries to sneak them in there, though. I also explained my theory of why there should not be sherbet in the punch (as much as I love sherbet) but she’s still fixated on the “look” and not the practicality.