Not only are the media facing horrible hotel rooms and faced with being spied on, but they are not happy with the lackluster goodie bags from Russia. Toronto Star‘s Cathal Kelly documented the greatness on Twitter, which probably will not do much to dampen the howls from those who are claiming that western journalists are whiny and pampered:
This is an Olympic media goodie bag. As in life, you know how much ppl care by the crap they give you. pic.twitter.com/vteV5Hhgpl
— cathalkelly (@cathalkelly) February 6, 2014
Postcards. Bad start. pic.twitter.com/T3bFDouloP
— cathalkelly (@cathalkelly) February 6, 2014
A passport holder. So they’ll know you at the airport when you’re expelled for writing homoerotic Star Trek fan fic. pic.twitter.com/3FhDg2A7rr
— cathalkelly (@cathalkelly) February 6, 2014
Suggestively phallic pen. Unholdable. pic.twitter.com/M2YZWogkJW
— cathalkelly (@cathalkelly) February 6, 2014
Assorted guides filled w/ ‘facts’. Useless. pic.twitter.com/IBzH8LoRHI
— cathalkelly (@cathalkelly) February 6, 2014
Creepy bear wearing bondage gear. Half your Christmas shopping now done. pic.twitter.com/FhD37pLbe8
— cathalkelly (@cathalkelly) February 6, 2014
Rainbow eye-shade. For a country that’s down on gays, there’s a lot of subliminal seepage here. pic.twitter.com/lOawbXLseW
— cathalkelly (@cathalkelly) February 6, 2014
Ethernet cord. This is the only reason I picked the bag up. The wireless is crap. pic.twitter.com/iaqophgYsv
— cathalkelly (@cathalkelly) February 6, 2014