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It is very common to go to a beautiful hill station during holidays and search for a room online, but just imagine that the place you were thinking of booking as a luxury resort or homestay, turns out to be not a hotel but a ‘women’s prison’! One such very strange and funny incident has come to light in the famous tourist destination Baguio city of Philippines. A female tourist was planning to spend her weekend holidays here. While searching for a cheaper and better place to stay on the internet, she came across the social media page of ‘Baguio City Jail Female Dormitory’. Seeing the word ‘dormitory’ in the name, the woman thought it was a hostel or backpackers homestay. Then, without thinking, he sent a message directly to Paige’s inbox – “Hello! Do you have any room available for the coming weekend?”
Cool reply of jail staff: ‘Madam! There are no rooms here, you get straight bars’
As soon as this message reached the inbox of the official page, the jail staff present on the other side of the screen were perplexed. However, the staff, without any anger and in a very polite and cheeky manner, corrected this huge mistake of the tourist. The reply came from the jail administration – “Madam, thank you very much! But for your information, let us tell you that this is not a hotel, homestay or resort to stay in. This is a women’s jail!” As soon as she read this reply, the ground slipped under the feet of the female tourist. He realized his grave mistake and immediately apologized to the jail staff for his mistake.
Jail administration shared chat, memes and jokes flooded social media
Instead of hiding this entire funny incident, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) shared the screenshot of this chat on its official Facebook page with the consent of the tourist. Along with the post, he wrote a light-hearted caption, ‘Our main work is to rehabilitate and reform prisoners, not to provide tourists with holidays! However, we can assure that our prisons are as clean and completely safe as any hotel. As soon as this chat went viral, social media users started posting memes in the comment section. One user wrote, ‘Oh wow! Here, along with free uniform, you will also get free food all three times a day. While another quipped that ‘The hotel staff may not reply, but the jail staff provided immediate service.’ The third user wrote that ’24 hour security and free food, such a place is not found even in a 5-star hotel!’
Why did this mistake happen? Know the whole truth about this famous address of Baguio City
Let us tell you that this much-discussed women’s prison is located on Abanao Road in the main area of Baguio City, right in front of the Police Headquarters and City Hall. Since its name ends with ‘dormitory’, tourists coming from outside often get confused by its name. However, this innocent mistake of the tourist and the prompt response of the jail officials on it has made this matter the biggest viral topic in the Philippines.