Monday, July 26, 2004

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Johns Johns Everywhere But Not A John To Pee In
 
The media are a bit perturbed by the lack of toilet facilities:

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."
Drinkard, who is also the chairman of the Standing Committee of Correspondents, said he was told by the DNCC, the committee in charge of planning the convention, that the lack of toilets was a move aimed at cutting costs. Calls to the DNCC press office were not immediately returned.


My heart, to use a pun, is pumping piss for them. The OSHA regulations for construction sites state that an employer must have at least one toilet unit per 50 workers (over 200). The Donks aren't even treating the press as well as cold-hearted Republican bosses treat their workers.

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