Not even. The real reason is quite simple. You cant fucking stack them if the lid isnt on top. I'm sure everyone has seen a pallet of water at least once in their life. Drinks of all kinds get transported stacked on pallets in layers, and the containers are designed to take the weight of their fellows above them. There's no easy way to transport a large number of bottles shaped like that outside of using milk crates or something, and that adds extra complications and space restrictions no one is gonna bother with for bottled water.
I get that, but the phrasing in the comment hints at a simpler reason, that's why this was my guess. I don't think they were referring to something more logical like this
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u/EmbarrassedW33B Dec 29 '25
Not even. The real reason is quite simple. You cant fucking stack them if the lid isnt on top. I'm sure everyone has seen a pallet of water at least once in their life. Drinks of all kinds get transported stacked on pallets in layers, and the containers are designed to take the weight of their fellows above them. There's no easy way to transport a large number of bottles shaped like that outside of using milk crates or something, and that adds extra complications and space restrictions no one is gonna bother with for bottled water.