Prison agency receives enquiry about room booking

To quote from a news report out of the Philippines:

A local tourist planning a weekend stay here mistakenly inquired about room availability at the female dormitory of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).

Sharing the exchange in a social media post on Friday, the BJMP said it received a message from a female netizen asking if it had “available units” for rent for her upcoming trip to the country’s summer capital.

The administrator of the jail’s official Facebook page had to explain to the tourist that “Ma’am, this is a jail for women,” punctuating the reply with a smiley.

“Ay, sori po,” came the room seeker’s apology, with a crying emoji for stress.

The BJMP did not name the tourist who made the inquiry but said it obtained permission to post a screenshot of the exchange.

It capped the post with a reminder to all that “BJMP’s jail facilities are not hotels.”