Is it rude to go into a fast food restaurant just for a water cup?

I had to today because I just came back from being on the treadmill for almost 40 minutes at planet fitness and at the one that I go to they just HAD to be remodeling the restrooms 🙄🙄 They have the restrooms and the water fountains all sectioned off where we can’t get to. But the gym is also in a little strip mall and so they said that we could use the restroom in the mall. I was so thirsty and so I was trying to get a drink from the fountain but it only gave out a little bit of water, i almost had to do mouth to mouth cpr on the mouth part just to drink🤢🤢 (I didn’t tho) And so I just decided to drive to the nearest fast food restaurant to get a water cup. They said I could and everything and after I drink that I looked back and they were looking at me 😩😩 So I don’t know if I was impolite to just go in there and ask for a water cup and not buy anything or what. Like come on people you’re still getting paid even if I don’t buy anything 🙄

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

Some give complimentary water to people who are just walking outdoors but many won’t do it. The Subway where my daughter worked would do that. There is a fast-food chicken tender restaurant here that won’t even give water to customers ordering foods. They told us we would have to buy a soft drink and we all got up and walked out and never went back after telling them we have never been any restaurant that won’t give customers a cup of water to have with their meals.

TurtlePink · 22-25, F

@cherokeepatti It’s so weird how you mentioned subway and this was actually a subway that I went to 😅😅

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@TurtlePink I thought it might be the owners that did it, they were really generous about helping charity events and donating food for those. My daughter said they had hearts of gold.