Media Pans DNC Restroom Facilities
By Jeralyn, Section Democratic National Convention 2004
Posted on Sat Jul 24, 2004 at 05:34:47 PM EST
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Posted on Sat Jul 24, 2004 at 05:34:47 PM EST
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The print media descended on Boston today. One of the first complaints: the lack of sufficient toilets.
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."
The DNCC says the toilet arrangement was a cost-cutting measure. Guess we're lucky bloggers will be in the hall and not the Press Pavilion.
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