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

[jassi]

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

Gerry wasn't though, was he? Could still find time to lift shutters and peer in cupboards. Clearly made of sterner stuff than you.

[Alfred R Jones]

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

whilst simultaneously knocking on every door in Portugal naturally.

[Alfred R Jones]

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.
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Did the receptionist that night, the one Matt "allegedly" asked to phone the police speak English or not?  A simple yes / no will suffice.

[Eleanor]

Gerry wasn't though, was he? Could still find time to lift shutters and peer in cupboards. Clearly made of sterner stuff than you.

Who are we talking about here?  Gerry or Kate?  Or any other English man who couldn't speak Portuguese?

Is this the pathetic best you can do to slag them off?

[jassi]

Who are we talking about here?  Gerry or Kate?  Or any other English man who couldn't speak Portuguese?

Is this the pathetic best you can do to slag them off?

Its quite clear in my post that I was referring to Gerry.  Kate never went anywhere near the reception that night.

[Alfred R Jones]

Would a sceptic kindly explain what this issue about the time of the phone call to the police and who went where and who didn't do what is actually supposed to prove?

[jassi]

No idea - just going with the flow.

[Alfred R Jones]

No idea - just going with the flow.

at least you're honest 

[G-Unit]

Did the receptionist that night, the one Matt "allegedly" asked to phone the police speak English or not?  A simple yes / no will suffice.

I thought you were the expert on the linguistic skills of the receptionist Alfred. If not why did you say;

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,
(snip)

[Alfred R Jones]

I thought you were the expert on the linguistic skills of the receptionist Alfred. If not why did you say;

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,
(snip)

Answer the question.

[carlymichelle]

Answer the question.

is jassi in a  court of law your honor?

[jassi]

I'm not even in the frame, let alone the dock   

[Alfred R Jones]

is jassi in a  court of law your honor?

I was talking to G- Unit, do keep up.

[Brietta]

I'm not even in the frame, let alone the dock   

When did you prove you are innocent?

[G-Unit]

Answer the question.

Not a chance.