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Posted by Dr.Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) Sep 16 '09, 14:42

It's a valid review to point out that they don't speak English. It's the international language of business, sorry.

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I am not a world traveler - so it would freak me out a lot if I went to say a Marriott and no one spoke English - Epiphany Sep 16, 14:54 12
- I can't imagine this happening at a Marriott, Hilton, etc. The clerks are normally rather fluent. - ty97 Sep 16, 14:55 11
  - I stayed at a boutique in Puerta Vallerta - we made sure someone could talk to us before we booked - Epiphany Sep 16, 14:58 2
    - I can teach you... -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 14:59 1
      - with BEEF! see, I am getting the hang of it. - Epiphany Sep 16, 15:05
  - yeah, at a big American chain it would be a requirement. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:56 7
    - I'm trying to recall any hotel I've stayed at where I could say the clerk 'hardly spoke English' and can't think of one. - ty97 Sep 16, 14:57 6
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        Yep, for work. I've never traveled outside the US on a non-work trip. - ty97 Sep 16, 15:00 3
        
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        you're thinking of the wrong cherry. - ty97 Sep 16, 15:13 1
        
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      - it happened to me at a tiny family-run place in Madrid. that's when I pulled out my barely existent Spanish. Even then the owner woke up his son who - loosilu Sep 16, 14:58
*implodes* -- nm - Multiverse si Sep 16, 14:45
Also, if it's in a hotel review section and I'm reading about where to stay, it could be a determining factor of where to book a room. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 16, 14:44 10
- it's a valid *observation*, it's not a valid *complaint*. -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 14:45 9
  - Right. I want to know how many stars that reviewer gave the hotel because of his "complaint." -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 14:47 5
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      - my mother, in ireland, had to explain to a woman why the ATM there didn't give her American dollars. - Andie Sep 16, 14:52 3
        
        it's a service the ATM gives you the money that don't deflate every day -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 16, 15:04
        
        Probably wasn't wearing her thinking pants. (Coincidentally, they are also her Wal-Mart Pants). -- nm - Beryllium Sep 16, 14:54
        
        maybe she thought the money was printed on demand. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 14:52
  - I want to have your babies -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 14:46
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  - this -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:45
so what? he says 'the staff doesn't speak english" - the entire staff doesn't need to. and in europe they probably get as many if not more - Andie Sep 16, 14:43 7
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  - i know, and i read reviews like that too - those people are complaining that the maid doesn't understand their convoluted instructions or something. -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 14:46 3
    - it's humpday, so I can't resist - but I don't know who to SI as, so you'll have to invent your own. "How hard can it be to understand 'bend over'?!" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 16, 14:47 1
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    - that's unreasonable. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:46
- They needed to to please that customer. - Dr.Vermin Sep 16, 14:44
- it's standard for service people in Europe to have minimum proficiency in a few select languages (French, German, English, Spanish). other languages - loosilu Sep 16, 14:44

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