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In response to "Next time I travel, the hotel better know how to speak TFox. Or I'm going batshit. -- nm" by TFox

If the hotel is in, say, Ibiza, not having English speaking staff is pretty much incompetant management. -- nm

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Sep 16 '09, 14:42

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or any city in Spain. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:43 19
- On B2, you said they ought to learn a second language in school. So, are you saying that language needs to always be English? -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 14:46 10
  - I didn't say they ought to. I said they do. There are enough people who know english that the hotel can make it a hiring requirement. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:48 9
    - Loosi, part of the reason people end up working at a hotel is they are *uneducated* -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 14:49 8
      - thoose people rarely meet guests -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 16, 14:54
      - you have to be kidding. I don't mean the housekeeping staff. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:49 6
        
        I don't either. Also, English is frickin hard. I think we all know this. It just doesn't seem that far fetched to me that not everyone knows it. -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 14:53 5
        
        English is easy. No conjugations. Simple verb tenses. No gendered nouns. The most difficult part is pronounciation. -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 15:02 2
        
        *relatively* easy I should say (and the pronunciation is fiendish) -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 15:03
        
        yep, it is very easy to speak English badly and still be understood. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 15:03
        
        you don't have to be able to write a scholarly article. People all over Africa function very well in pidgin English. - loosilu Sep 16, 14:54 1
        
        ...and I guarantee they have not been to secondary school. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:55
- nope - Danedukenuuk Sep 16, 14:46 7
  - then that would not be a "city". -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:49 6
    - so a "city" is a place where there are loads and loads of English speaking turists? - Danedukenuuk Sep 16, 14:51 5
      - all I'm saying is, in an area where they DO get English speaking tourists, the service people should learn a little English for better business. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:52 4
        
        This is a depressing concept. You know, part of the reason people travel is to get away from their own cultures and be confronted with new ones. -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 15:17 2
        
        I expect tourists would be more likely to ask for hotel staff recommendation on good local restaurants, attractions etc if those staff speak the same - Roger More Sep 16, 15:27
        
        "Man, those Spanish people have such a unique way of checking out in a hotel!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 15:21
        
        i just hate it when i visit a shop in my hometown and gets served in gernan - Danedukenuuk Sep 16, 14:56

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