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July 24, 2004
Boston | Media Upset With DNC Restroom Facilities

AP: Media Upset With DNC Restroom Facilities

Media members, already perturbed by long security lines, may find themselves waiting in line for something nearly as important. As the majority of the print reporters arrived Saturday at the FleetCenter for the Democratic National Convention, tongues clucked when they saw the restroom facilities that they will be using for the next week.

Twenty portable restrooms, like those used on construction sites, are lined up in front of the media pavilion to service nearly 1,200 members of the print media who will be working around the clock. That’s about 60 serious coffee-drinkers per toilet.

“That’s absurd,” said Jim Drinkard, a political reporter for USA Today, when he heard of the ratio of toilets per media member. “This is not the type of planning you’d expect out of someone trying to be a good host.”

Good luck, Alan!



Posted by Laurence Simon at July 24, 2004 09:43 PM | TrackBack
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That’s absurd,” said Jim Drinkard, a political reporter for USA Today

LMAO! is that a typo? I can see a guy named “Jim Drunkard” complaining about needing the toilet often…

Posted by: Mullah_Abu_Bin_Boobie [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 25, 2004 06:11 AM

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