From: Ginger (dlvdisc@geekbabe.com)
Date: Tue Sep 14 2004 - 08:20:34 CDT
I thought you would be interested in this message from Sabrina Marcus
one of the principal founders of the Southern Comfort Conference (SCC)
which was posted to the SCC Loung Yahoo Group. She wrote:
> Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
> We had and incident at a recent SCC Planning meeting that almost cost
> us this years conference. We were told by the hotel that a guest
> reported a "Man in Woman's Clothing" STANDING!!! in the woman's room
> to urinate. In response the hotel wanted SCC to put up signs
> restricting bathroom use to birth gender for this years conference.
> We refused and threatened to pull the conference if this became an
> issue. Thankfully the hotel backed down and all is back to normal.
> But let me tell you something. This alleged incident made it very
> very high in the hotels corporate headquarters. Southern Comfort
> cannot afford to have to deal with this issue again, so we are forced
> to do something that we find rather distasteful, and that is teaching
> everyone Restroom Etiquette. We will do it from the podium and at
> every other opportunity until we all understand it. We will be
> talking about Potty training until it is coming out of our ears. So
> be prepared. It is a small price to pay for the right to use the
> bathroom of your choice. Now, for those of you who don't know the rules.
> Please use the restroom of the gender you are presenting. If you are
> presenting female, use the Ladies room. BUT SIT DOWN!. Thank You.
> Ladies don't pee standing up, only men do. If you must stand to pee
> and you are presenting as female use your own room. The men don't
> want you in their bathroom either. Remember. There are other guests
> in the hotel. Act appropriately. If you see someone standing up to
> pee in the Ladies room please tell them to sit down and the report
> their name to a SCC Staff person.
> Hotels get very nervous about giving us our right to use the bathroom
> of our choice. Southern Comfort has always fought for that right and
> always will. Please don't make it any harder on us than it has to be.
> Thank You,
> Sabrina Marcus
> SCC Board of Directors
> SCC Potty Patrol
> P.S. I would appreciate if this letter gets wide distribution
> =====
> Sabrina
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