Things You'll Need:
- 5 or 3 gallon water bottle.
- water cooler/dispenser
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Step 1
First off you can use either a 5 gallon or a 3 gallon water bottle. I would suggest using a 3 gallon water bottle if you cannot lift a 5 gallon water bottle (which weights 43 lbs).
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Step 2
Okay you are going to want to wipe the top of your water bottle off (if it is dirty). Place the water bottle in front of the base of your cooler. So that it is as close to the water cooler as possible.
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Step 3
Remove the cap on top of the water bottle. There are two different types of caps. There is the kind that you remove the hole cap and there is also a cap that you just remove the sticker on the top of the cap.
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Step 4
You're going to want to bend your knee before you pick it up so you don't hurt your back.
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Step 5
Place one hand on the bottom of the water bottle and the other hand at the top so that you can pour the water. Left WITH YOUR KNEES or you will hurt your back and flip the water bottle onto the water cooler.
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Step 6
With any luck you will not spill any water but i usually spill a little.
Comments
mscinnamon said
on 4/5/2009 Very detailed! My family recently began ordering water b/c of concerns with DC's water quality. I (unwillingly) inherited this task. I always clean the bottle with a Lysol or Clorox disinfecting wipe; these bottles are magnets for dust, no matter how clean your home is. As far as the bottles with the sticker, do you puncture a plunger inside the top to get the water flowing? I've not yet seen these and it sounds like it would be so much nicer to avoid spillage.
grove said
on 4/2/2009 Great idea for an article topic. This used to be my responsibility at the office and I hated doing it!
langleycornwell said
on 3/23/2009 Lift with your knees, good advice. Nice topic for an article too, 5*s.
goldiec said
on 3/22/2009 I wish I had a water cooler at home. The water always tastes so good. Thanks for sharing this article 5*
cafurloughin said
on 3/17/2009 Good reminder about the knees.