To be honest, I like to keep my ever growing collection of electronic gadgets (phone, tablet, TomTom, chargers, etc) in the bedside drawer when I am in a hotel and those bibles can often take up half the space in the drawer!
I once attended a humanist wedding at a hotel, with quite a lot of secular society members attending.
We arrived quite late to find Bibles neatly lining the corridors outside people's bedrooms.
They'd obviously been ejected by the guests!
Does a humanist wedding differ from a normal non-religious wedding?
I don't care about a bible being in a hotel room , but I might care about why they have Been removed . Pressure from Muslims ? . It " offends " them ? .
As ive just posted in the trival annoyance thread, i wish hospitals would throw them out.
We clean each bed and bed space throughoughly to remove germs and bacteria yet leave behind a manky bible in each locker. We cant clean them so they just fester. Some of them look like theyve been there since the 90s and i dread to think what would happen if they were tested with one of those microbe detectors.
The only christian patients we have had in bring their own bibles. Theres no need to keep hospital ones.
I don't think anyone actually is offended. I was questioning the suggestion. Who would be is what I was asking. The article in the OP said they are removing it to avoid upsetting people someone here mentioned offending Muslims. I don't think most people even notice it. As others have said they probably are removing it for other reasons.
Why don't they just leave them ? They are already there so what on earth. Keep them and don't restock rooms if they disappear or they build new hotels. They should be available from reception.
To be fair, that's probably what they are doing, as opposed to 'removing them'. Though that doesn't make for a good enough story, does it? The hotels probably just can't be bothered to put new ones in.
Does a humanist wedding differ from a normal non-religious wedding?
Under normal circumstances I would say probably not but it sounds like the Really Childish Chapter were in town that day. Plus all those bibles in the corridor were a serious trip hazard. Selfish, selfish people!
Seriously, if it's in a drawer, who cares? If it's in the corner on a shelf, is it really so hard to ignore or does it burn the eyes? Just put a towel over it or something. If I go looking for something to offend me I am likely to be successful. Or to use a quote from somewhere "seek and ye shall find"
Having stopped in numerous hotels/guest-houses for sometimes days or even a week or two I have never bothered using the drawer in the bedside cabinet and anything that doesn't require hanging up stays neatly stacked in the suitcase. The wardrobe shelf doesn't get used either except for a quick inspection to ensure there's no extra residents.
I can't understand why hotel rooms have Holy Bibles in them for anyway (if they do). I'm sure people could bring their own if they wanted a one to read while they stayed there.
Seriously, if it's in a drawer, who cares? If it's in the corner on a shelf, is it really so hard to ignore or does it burn the eyes? Just put a towel over it or something. If I go looking for something to offend me I am likely to be successful.
But no one has said they're offended, have they? I usually just put it on top of the wardrobe, out of the way!
I can't understand why hotel rooms have Holy Bibles in them for anyway (if they do). I'm sure people could bring their own if they wanted a one to read while they stayed there.
It is a group called The Gideons if you are interested in why they do it you can Google it. They came to my school and gave everyone one. That was thirty years ago I can't imagine schools letting them now. It went straight in the bin after I got out of school that day.
So they removed the drawers that bibles were kept in (likely for unconnected reasons) and thought, sod it we don't want to find somewhere new to put the bibles in, we don't need them anymore.
Bibles still available at reception if people want one. Usual DM outrage article - "hotel renovates rooms" doesn't have the same ring.
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I don't think there have been any complaints made to Travelodge, this is simply a business decision on their part, and a sound one in my opinion.
They removed the drawers, probably so they could clean the room faster.
It's not some book, it represents a lot to a LOT of people.
A modern "budget" hotel room tends to be bright, clean, airy an minimalist.
The first stage was probably removing the wardrobe and having a hanging area by the door.
Then the biscuits went
The latest incarnation doesn't have any drawers. No drawers, less chance of a guest leaving stuff, fewer nooks and crannies for dust when cleaning.
No drawers, no place for the Gideons to leave a bible.
Hmm... now where could they stick their bibles... *scratches head*
You feel dirty.
Who said anyone was offended? I notice them, because I have to move them out of the way to make room for my stuff!
Why do you think anyone has been offended?
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Does a humanist wedding differ from a normal non-religious wedding?
Speculation?
We clean each bed and bed space throughoughly to remove germs and bacteria yet leave behind a manky bible in each locker. We cant clean them so they just fester. Some of them look like theyve been there since the 90s and i dread to think what would happen if they were tested with one of those microbe detectors.
The only christian patients we have had in bring their own bibles. Theres no need to keep hospital ones.
I don't think anyone actually is offended. I was questioning the suggestion. Who would be is what I was asking. The article in the OP said they are removing it to avoid upsetting people someone here mentioned offending Muslims. I don't think most people even notice it. As others have said they probably are removing it for other reasons.
To be fair, that's probably what they are doing, as opposed to 'removing them'. Though that doesn't make for a good enough story, does it? The hotels probably just can't be bothered to put new ones in.
Seriously, if it's in a drawer, who cares? If it's in the corner on a shelf, is it really so hard to ignore or does it burn the eyes? Just put a towel over it or something. If I go looking for something to offend me I am likely to be successful. Or to use a quote from somewhere
Having stopped in numerous hotels/guest-houses for sometimes days or even a week or two I have never bothered using the drawer in the bedside cabinet and anything that doesn't require hanging up stays neatly stacked in the suitcase. The wardrobe shelf doesn't get used either except for a quick inspection to ensure there's no extra residents.
It is a group called The Gideons if you are interested in why they do it you can Google it. They came to my school and gave everyone one. That was thirty years ago I can't imagine schools letting them now. It went straight in the bin after I got out of school that day.
I usually read parts for a giggle.
Bibles still available at reception if people want one. Usual DM outrage article - "hotel renovates rooms" doesn't have the same ring.
They have a direct line to the man himself.
That Gideon geezer should stop forgetting to take his bible with him when he leaves. In every hotel I visit, I find his copy left behind.
I will save a fortune, having to put copies of Dawkin's 'The God Delusion' in every hotel room, just to bring back some balance