Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoI always wondered why hotel rooms had bibleslemmy.worldimagemessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1641arrow-down110
arrow-up1631arrow-down1imageI always wondered why hotel rooms had bibleslemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square66linkfedilink
minus-squarecally [he/they]@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month 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-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoIn NA if you check the nightstands you have a good chance of finding one, or at least at that was the case.
minus-squareSadbutdru@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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-squareRusty@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI’ve only seen Bibles in some US hotels, never seen them in Canada or in Europe.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoI’ve seen them occasionally in Japan hotels as well, but it’s pretty rare
minus-squaresad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoFlyover states, in my experience
minus-squarecally [he/they]@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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?
In NA if you check the nightstands you have a good chance of finding one, or at least at that was the case.
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.
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.