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In response to "honestly, they should. -- nm" by loosilu

some of them. not every hotel. -- nm

Posted by TFox Sep 16 '09, 14:29

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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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