Why not report the abduction at the Tapas Bar rather than Main Reception?

[Mrs. B]

And the thing is too, Gilet makes a big deal of her claim that nobody spoke English in the tapas or would have wanted to get involved.  I find this utterly ridiculous.  We know that Jeronimo for instance was Portuguese but had lived in the UK since he was 10 years of age.  As well as being able to speak English just as well as you or I he was also fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.  Jeronimo even told Gerry that he would contact the workers at the Millennium Restaurant which sort of rendered Matthews trip there a wild goose chase.  Confusion personified!

http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/JERONIMO-SALCEDAS.htm

So how would the McCann or any of the Tapas group have known that was the case?

[John]

Did they not converse with Jo every single night and even during the day sometimes?   They all knew that he could speak English perfectly well.   What I fail to comprehend is why didn't they elicit the help of a staff member like Jo at the tapas instead of running off down town like headless chickens?  Jo was the perfect candidate as he could speak both languages perfectly.

Jo also states that he was often asked to attend to the British guests as he was bilingual whereas the other waiters only had a smattering of English.  There you have it, the perfect guy right there and he was ignored!!

[DCI]

Did they not converse with Jeronimo every night and even during the day sometimes?   They all knew that he could speak English perfectly.

Seems not John. He got the times, they ate wrong too.

I began working as a functionary at the Ocean Club on the 4th of April 2007 and my charge was to serve the bar and the Tapas Bar tables. My hours were 16h00 to 24H00, five days per week and the two days off were rotated weekly. The other employees of the Tapas Bar on my schedule were Ricardo, Ze and Tiago?all of them Portuguese and with little knowledge of the English language. As a result of this, I was frequently called to attend British clients.

I remember being at work in the Tapas the night of the disappearance. I also remember the group of adults that holidayed with Madeleine, including the parents as they were frequent Tapas Bar dinner guests.

I would normally see them during the day if I went to the complex for a swim, or when they were going to get their children for lunch in the zone next to the Tapas. Nothing in their behaviour called my attention. They dined in the restaurant every night from Sunday until Thursday when Madeleine disappeared. The table was booked then for 19H30 to 20H00. It was nine adults in total, four couples and an older woman who was also with them. I always found them educated, good clients. They appeared to get along well amongst each other and each time I served the table they would comment on the food. It was a happy group who would often laugh during dinner. There was a man who particularly stood out from the rest of the group as she spoke a lot and told many jokes. At this time, I did not know who he was, but later found out it was Madeleine McCanns father.

Frequently, when I served the table I noticed that one or two elements of the group had left the restaurant. I could not imagine where they had gone to. After seeing the news stories, I figured that they had gone to check on their children. On some occasions, I also saw some infant monitors on the same table but never related this to the facts.

http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/JERONIMO-SALCEDAS.htm

[John]

Balderdash to borrow a term used by AN Other earlier.  The table was booked, not the time that they ate.

[DCI]

Balderdash to borrow a term used by AN Other earlier.  The table was booked, not the time that they ate.

I see, so they kept table free for more than an hour, before meals were served. 9 spaces that wouldn't be used, BS.

[Mrs. B]

So in other words, in case of an emergency, the guests at the OC were best advised to get in touch with the waiter in the Tapas bar, not reception. In fact, they should have KNOWN that the waiter was the best option & totally ignore reception. Is that the general idea?

I'm sorry, but no, it just doesn't work that way. 

[Redblossom]

So in other words, in case of an emergency, the guests at the OC were best advised to get in touch with the waiter in the Tapas bar, not reception. In fact, they should have KNOWN that the waiter was the best option & totally ignore reception. Is that the general idea?

I'm sorry, but no, it just doesn't work that way.

Should have rung the emergency  number in their hotel literature then first im sure it didnt say run to reception

[Mrs. B]

Aww, what a model hotel guest, you take the hotel information book with you wherever you go when on holiday abroad? You are to be commended for such foresight, pity nobody else seem to follow your example/

[Redblossom]

Aww, what a model hotel guest, you take the hotel information book with you wherever you go when on holiday abroad? You are to be commended for such foresight, pity nobody else seem to follow your example/

It normally in the hotel room duh!!!! And literature and advice wouod havebeen given them on registering, duh

[Redblossom]

So in other words, in case of an emergency, the guests at the OC were best advised to get in touch with the waiter in the Tapas bar, not reception. In fact, they should have KNOWN that the waiter was the best option & totally ignore reception. Is that the general idea?

I'm sorry, but no, it just doesn't work that way.

Of course it doesnt youre justing making thngs up and being ridiculously facetious

[Mrs. B]

No, it's just that NOBODY carries around the hotel information book around with them while on holiday, to suggest they do is quite comical.

[Redblossom]

No, it's just that NOBODY carries around the hotel information book around with them while on holiday, to suggest they do is quite comical.

I never suggested they did, why skew others posts? oh hang on......

they  were all in the flat,/flats, they must have had contact numbers in a manual, or hotel brochure, tapas resort was first port of call if  they had  no idea what to do as would have been immediate neighbours, to suggest they thought NO ONE apart from main reception could help immediately is absurd

[Mrs. B]

Yes, as they were not carrying around the hotel information book, reception is exactly where most hotel guests would turn.

[AnneGuedes]

I think I'm really hallucinating ! A little girl's lost, might be harmed, might suffer, surely wants her mummy. Every preoccupation one can have vanishes in a nutshell. Enemies unite, only one thing counts : find her !

[Redblossom]

Yes, as they were not carrying around the hotel information book, reception is exactly where most hotel guests would turn.

Blinkered response and ignoring every point made, to be expected zzzzzz