I'm here in Florida and there is no B of M in the hotel room. Wooo whooo!

So much for Gideon's rival.

Gideon checked out, and he left it no doubt to help with good Rocky's revival

Some highwayman probably stole it to give to the rich.

Void K. Packer Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Some highwayman probably stole it to give to the
> rich.
Ha!Good one!

I wonder if they no longer require the franchisees to purchase and stock them? Several years ago when I was a manager at a franchisee owned Marriott, we had to purchase our own BoMs.

How much for one?

Are they cheaper than the ones missionaries distribute?

I can't remember how much they cost but we did have to order them through Marriott's distribution system...the same way we had to order anything that had the Marriott logo on it, like pens, notepads, etc. They did not come directly from the church's distribution center.

I was wondering how much it costs to replace the ones guests might deface or take with them to read.

But, the big question is, was there porn on PPV? The Boner.

I will never pay to stay at a Marriott. I don't want the mormons to get 10% of my bill.

Then make sure you know which hotel chains fall under the Marriott corporation/flag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriott_International

Also, I think it's around 50-55% that are franchise owned...Marriott still makes money off of franchise fees and expenses.

praydude Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> I will never pay to stay at a Marriott. I don't
> want the mormons to get 10% of my bill.


Marriott employee here, working at an extension of our corporate Headquarters. Stay away from our hotels if you want, but the Mormons don't get ten percent of your bill either way. If anything, they'd get ten percent of the salary of any individual Mormon employee (and the vast majority of us are not Mormon.)

Even Bill Marriott himself (who resigned from the CEO position but maintains a job on the board of directors) takes a fixed salary in the low-seven-figure range, versus an annual company revenue in the eleven-figure range. In other words, the Mormon chairman gets a tiny fraction of a percent of our annual revenue, and only a tenth of *that* goes to Salt Lake.

Short version: don't believe you're hurting the Mormons at *all* by boycotting Marriott. The people you'd be hurting first would be the individual employees at the hotels that you refuse to stay at, most of whom are not LDS, and many of whom are gay, female, black, or whatever other groups the LDS is railing against today.

That's all. Carry only. :)

Cool. Thanks for sharing that.

I haven't minded staying at Marriott Hotels, as an ex-Mo. They've always been top notch for customer service and attention to details.

Thanks for the shout-out.

People don't expect to hear (but it's absolutely true) that it's much, much easier as a Marriott employee to be openly gay than openly Mormon. We all stay away from controversial conversations at work (including religion and politics), but we all talk about our relationships. My own team lead is openly gay and brings his partner to all of our work functions.

I know of a couple dozen other gay employees right here in my office (extension of the corporate HQ). By contrast, I can think of a single TBM anywhere in my building -- if they're around they just don't talk about it.

I find I can still take pride in my Mormon heritage. The Marriott Corporation is an imitation of the Mormon model in the private sector. That's where the Marriott brothers drew their inspiration, was the Mormon church model and how it was "grown" around the world.

It's the religion that's pathetic. The business acumen is truly impressive. Yet there were seeds of greatness within it [Mormonism,] that have transferred to other sectors of the society besides the religious aspect. When the dust ever settles from the original church's fallout, there is still a living legacy it has left us in structures like the Marriott, and other institutions. Just not Mormon doctrine. That's what has become irrelevant as the fraud it is.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/21/2015 05:31PM by amyjo.

OK, you made some good points. You changed my mind about your hotels.

Good for them.

Stolen by a Mormon

I stole one once from Marriott because I had read all (I think) of the major scriptures of the world and thought I should read it. I still have it and I have never made it past the first 4 pages at which point I concluded it was bad fiction just based on the stupid made up names.

I once couldn't resist inserting some notes in the book during our stay.

I was recently at a Marriott in So Cal. They didn't have a Book Of M. and I looked everywhere. I was thrilled.

One thing I found out is that if there's a Starbucks in a Marriott, it's actually owned by Marriott since they don't accept Starbucks gift cards. I liked finding that out since it meant that the family is paying tithing on coffee sales.

Yes...the "kiosk" Starbucks inside other establishments are done under some type of licensing agreement to use the brand.

They also make money off of liquor/alcohol sales with the properties that have bars or restaurants that serve alcohol.

Also, don't forget the money they make (made) from PPV porn. The last I heard, Marriott was transitioning over to an internet based television provider and eliminating PPV porn through the hotel's television system.

Don't spread that around. If TBM's find out about it you know what will spread on FB.


First TBM "Ohh someone picked it up and started reading it. And now they know it's true. I'm sure they went and found missionaries once they got home."

Second TBM "You know, my sisters RF Pres had a friend who said someone in her ward met a guy who was just in Florida who found a BOM in the hotel. And they read it and new it was true. And they asked this friend of my sisters RF Pres if she could help him contact the local missionaries so he could be baptized. It's a Miracle."

First TBM "That's such a miracle! Heavenly father has a plan!"

Third TBM "Miracle! Every hotel room a missionary!"



My TBM Mom "Hey honey, just wanted to share this story I heard from someone in the ward. They read about it on FB."

We should really leave anti Mormon pamphlets in the Marriott's BOMs. Perhaps not blatantly anti, but material that will make Mormons think (I know, that's a long shot - worth a shot, though).

Just write-in some recommended web sites with "Find the Truth about Mormonism here:" on the cover page.

apparently one of the Marriotts has a gay son and they have

made a point to make the hotels gay friendly.

Isnt that rather unusual!!?

They also went against the Usual when Indiana was under siege

awhile back. The son who is gay is not a child but a grownup and

from what I heard he is adopted. Anyway, someone there has

had a "come to Jesus" about following dogma blindly. I say

good for them.