Don't be nice, be honest. I can take some critique.
I actually used to do the no plastic thing until COVID, since then I've been paranoid about sharing the same public water thing as people who aren't careful. I'm not saying that's a good reason, the risks are certainly much lower than breathing in infected air, and probably pretty low in general.
I'm also aware that the whole personal responsibility thing is pretty neoliberal. I think there are limits to that argument, like I'm a vegan, mask wearing, public transit taking human.
Edit: I have a cup of coffee in the morning and another bottle of water at lunch.
my workers offers unlimited free bottles of water and bananas. it's the only "free" shit we get from them and i've gotten seriously hurt from being dehydrated
sometimes you just have to take whats offered. i try to refill any plastic water bottles i have a few times until they get too soft.
maybe you could take them home and do that? do the "reuse" part of the three Rs
I always reuse plastic bottles a few times, ngl. The fine balance between "getting more use out of this wasteful crap" and "not eating kilograms of microplastics"