Why are some people so averse to parental involvement in this case

[G-Unit]

So, faced with the choice of running to reception where you know there will be an English speaking person sat in front of a phone, who probably has the local police number on speed  dial, or a waiter serving in a restaurant that has taken your order for wine and food, you would gravitate towards the latter would you?

I think you may find you're wrong in your assumption;

We walked towards the supermarket and ended up at the 24 hour reception where some men tried to speak to some Portuguese employees in the attempt to make a phone call, but communication became complicated because the employee did not speak English and the man did not speak Portuguese.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/STEPHEN-CARPENTER.htm

[Mr Gray]

Interesting article in the mail where a boy died because australian emergency services could not understand his scottish father which delayed them......it seems most aussies are fluent in indonesian but not the scottish accent...how neglectful of this father not to learn to speak without an accent when going on holiday

[Alice Purjorick]

Interesting article in the mail where a boy died because australian emergency services could not understand his scottish father which delayed them......it seems most aussies are fluent in indonesian but not the scottish accent...how neglectful of this father not to learn to speak without an accent when going on holiday

A bit like in the UK with the rest of the population trying to understand Brummy and Yam Yam.

[Mr Gray]

A bit like in the UK with the rest of the population trying to understand Brummy and Yam Yam.

so you can see why the mccanns did not make the phone call themselves

[Alice Purjorick]

so you can see why the mccanns did not make the phone call themselves

I would have had someone else do it for me and would have stood next to them to ensure they did.

[jassi]

I would have had someone else do it for me and would have stood next to them to ensure they did.

Too right and also to be able to answer any questions that the police might have.

[Mr Gray]

I would have had someone else do it for me and would have stood next to them to ensure they did.

Bully for you...are you ...along with others ...criticising the mccanns  because they didn't do what you would

[Mr Gray]

Too right and also to be able to answer any questions that the police might have.

I certainly wouldn't have stood by them whilst they phoned

[Eleanor]

I would have had someone else do it for me and would have stood next to them to ensure they did.

Have you seriously no idea of how daft that comment is?

[carlymichelle]

Too right and also to be able to answer any questions that the police might have.

exactly its callled  personal reponsibilty  is it not?

[Eleanor]

Too right and also to be able to answer any questions that the police might have.

Which Language would you prefer?

[jassi]

Have you seriously no idea of how daft that comment is?

So you would just delegate and hope for the best, would you?

[Eleanor]

So you would just delegate and hope for the best, would you?

I would have been comatosed by terror.  How would you have been?

[G-Unit]

LOL - but EVERYONE in PdL speaks English!!!!

It was you, Alfred who said the receptionist would speak English and have the police on speed dial, when I said they could have asked Joe, their waiter, to tell them the phone number. If, as Kate said, her friends were running back to the Tapas begging for help, did those organising the searches ignore them? They were English. She says Gerry sent Matt off again (Matt doesn't mention this);

At 10.35 the police had still not arrived, so Gerry asked Matt if he would go back down to the twenty-four-hour reception and find out what was happening.
Madeleine chapter 5

[Alfred R Jones]

I think you may find you're wrong in your assumption;

We walked towards the supermarket and ended up at the 24 hour reception where some men tried to speak to some Portuguese employees in the attempt to make a phone call, but communication became complicated because the employee did not speak English and the man did not speak Portuguese.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/STEPHEN-CARPENTER.htm

You just can't get the staff can you?  Nevertheless, Shining In Luz who has boots on the ground has told us that everywhere the McCanns went that holiday they spoke to and were responded to in English, indeed it would seem that the person on reception at the time Matt "allegedly" raised the alarm also spoke English, so what is wrong with my assumption, exactly...?