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I love reading hotel reviews like "staff hardly spoke English!!!"

Posted by ty97 Sep 16 '09, 14:28

The hotel is in Spain, dumbass.

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it all depends on WHERE in spain that hotel is - Danedukenuuk Sep 16, 14:41
honestly, they should. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:29 53
- business-wise, if I'm managing the hotel? Certainly, a good idea. But if I'm in a foreign country, I respect that maybe their language is - ty97 Sep 16, 14:34 18
  - yep. -- nm - kelly Sep 16, 14:38
  - Outside of the hotel sure. Inside the hotel it is their job. I don't expect them to speak every language on earth. - loosilu Sep 16, 14:35 16
    - you expect *hotel clerks* to speak 4-6 languages? -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 14:36 8
      - you know what? They often do and it's very good for the hotel. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:36 7
        
        They often do? What hotels do you stay at? - ty97 Sep 16, 14:37 6
        
        In Europe it wouldn't be uncommon, especially for the limited vocabulary you need for guests needs -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 14:39 1
        
        I needed just a dozen words or so to be able to book a room. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:39
        
        i wonder how many languages the average american hotel clerk speaks? -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 14:38 2
        
        I'm just talking based on numbers. I am sure there are many many English speaking visitors at a Spanish hotel in a major city. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:39
        
        .7 -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:39
        
        I dunno, many kinds. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:38
    - not every language on earth, no...just yours. - znufrii Sep 16, 14:36 6
      - hello, I already said I've learned enough of other languages to get a room. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:37 5
        
        $50!! good time!! fuckee fuckee!! ? - peglegpete Sep 16, 14:39 1
        
        Even if it was, I think she'd still be waiting... -- nm - kelly Sep 16, 14:42
        
        it. was. a. joke. - znufrii Sep 16, 14:37 1
        
        well, I liek to think I'm a good traveler so was kind of insulted there. ;P -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:38
        
        sure, but that's not 'speaking italian'. -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 14:37
- some of them. not every hotel. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:29 33
  - They probably do speak English - just not enough to meet the complainer's standards - Roger More Sep 16, 14:32 2
    - ok, that is another issue. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:32 1
      - Ive read a lot of hotel/restaurant reviews and for me spotting the reviewers who are inveterate complainers is part of the process :) -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 14:36
  - it's a hotel. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:29 29
    - in Spain. -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 14:33 5
      - which gets visitors who are not from spain. that is their business. If it was a car repair shop, that would be different. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:33 4
        
        True, they get visitors from outside Spain. Like Germany, Japan, Indonesia, Russia. - ty97 Sep 16, 14:34 3
        
        as a traveler, you know that English is the most common language used as a passe-partout. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:36 2
        
        certainly. I also know to leave my entitlement at home. - ty97 Sep 16, 14:37 1
        
        I'm just talking about smart business. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:38
    - so i read. so they should hopefully provide places for guests to sleep, with clean towels and shit. - TFox Sep 16, 14:30 8
      - dude, it's a hotel. They should do it as good business practice. The hotel I stayed at in Guam had staff who spoke Japanese and Korean. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:32 6
        
        Teaching your employees any skill raises costs. This gives an advantage to those hotels who choose not to do it. - con_carne Sep 16, 14:38 1
        
        who needs to teach them? Foreign languages are required at secondary schools around the world. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:40
        
        and, i bet SOMEONE in the hotel spoke english, but, not the entire 'staff'. - Andie Sep 16, 14:34 1
        
        fair enough. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:36
        
        i can't imagine every hotel in a major city has a full suite of translation drones. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:33 1
        
        English is so common, of course they can do that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:33
      - they supply clean shit? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 16, 14:31
    - plus, even if you think they don't need to, it is helpful to other travelers to know that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:30 6
      - yes, but a traveller shouldn't leave feedback as if they are entitled to it. -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:32 3
        
        If a hotel doesn't have AC or a pool, I'd like to know that. Not that I think I'm entitled to it. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:33 2
        
        and you likely wouldn't leave a feedback comment of the same tone as the one that originated this thread. -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:34 1
        
        well, I don't know the tone. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:37
      - yes, i agree with that. but it should give them one star for it or whatever. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:31 1
        
        -n't -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:31
    - so, should they speak chinese and german too? -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 14:30 6
      - If they get a lot of visitors who speak those languages, yes. But English has become the lingua franca. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:31 5
        
        I like how that literally means "french language" -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 14:33 4
        
        I know. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:34
        
        English is the new French. get with it Reagen! -- nm - Guy Sep 16, 14:33 2
        
        I'm not criticizing. I just find language amusing. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 14:35
        
        empanadas are the new unicorns. -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:35

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