Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agoI always wondered why hotel rooms had bibleslemmy.worldimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1640arrow-down110
arrow-up1630arrow-down1imageI always wondered why hotel rooms had bibleslemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squarecally [he/they]@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoI have never had a Bible come with the hotel room (albeit I’ve only been to like two or three hotels). Where is this a common thing?
minus-squareSadbutdru@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoI think I’ve seen Gideon bibles in UK and Australian hotel rooms. They’re just there in the drawer, in case you want to read it. Not very in your face. Bit like the iron or the hairdryer.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoIn NA if you check the nightstands you have a good chance of finding one, or at least at that was the case.
minus-squareRusty@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoI’ve only seen Bibles in some US hotels, never seen them in Canada or in Europe.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoYeah it’s the Gideons that put the Bibles in hotels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gideons_International It’s an international organization, but based in the US so they obviously focus more on the US.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoI’ve seen them occasionally in Japan hotels as well, but it’s pretty rare
minus-squaresad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoFlyover states, in my experience
minus-squarecally [he/they]@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 days agoOh, now that you mentioned it yeah it makes sense that it’s common in the rural US.
I have never had a Bible come with the hotel room (albeit I’ve only been to like two or three hotels). Where is this a common thing?
I think I’ve seen Gideon bibles in UK and Australian hotel rooms. They’re just there in the drawer, in case you want to read it. Not very in your face. Bit like the iron or the hairdryer.
In NA if you check the nightstands you have a good chance of finding one, or at least at that was the case.
I’ve only seen Bibles in some US hotels, never seen them in Canada or in Europe.
Yeah it’s the Gideons that put the Bibles in hotels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gideons_International
It’s an international organization, but based in the US so they obviously focus more on the US.
I’ve seen them occasionally in Japan hotels as well, but it’s pretty rare
Flyover states, in my experience
Oh, now that you mentioned it yeah it makes sense that it’s common in the rural US.