The Tapas Bookings

[stephen25000]

Is the notion of a holiday apartment being watched (cased) for several days before being entered illegally completely absurd, in the view of the sceptics of this forum?

So come on then, as you believe in  abduction, why wouldn't an abductor take her younger sibling ?

After all, she is of the same bloodline ?

[faithlilly]

I don't follow your logic sorry.  If the apartment was being watched over several days then yes, they would know the kids were being left unattended, so what's absurd about that?  No one is suggesting that the casing of Apartment 5a happened all night long, every night so those casing the joint wouldn't necessarily have known children inside had been crying, or have heard them even if they were still lurking in the area.  And so what if they had?  If someone is intent on taking a child from a room of small children, the possibility of one or all of them making a noise would surely already have been considered.  But if you knew that it would take a minimum of 2 minutes before a parent would come to investigate then that would give you enough time to take a child and leave the area, especially if traveling by car.  Nothing at all absurd about it is there really?

Why would anyone watch the apartment over several days ? What could they find out ? The family was on holiday so there routine would more than likely change from day to day. One night they might eat dinner out while the next they might decide to stay in and have a takeaway. Anyone watching could never be certain what the occupants of the apartment would do from night to night so what would be the point of watching ?

[mercury]

Why would anyone watch the apartment over several days ? What could they find out ? The family was on holiday so there routine would more than likely change from day to day. One night they might each dinner out while the next they might decide to stay in and have a takeaway. Anyone watching could never be certain what the occupants of the apartment would do from night to night so what would be the point of watching ?

It was planned cos maddie was jewish and due to be the new mther of god, do keep up
Returning to reality and sanity perhaps there were people watching, no one can peove it one way or the other or similarly think a pile  of fags on a nearby balcony means someone was watching vs smeone was a chain smoker outwith their apartment

And the mccanns shouldnt have allowed contamnation of the apartment in the first place  something frm their own admission they were aware of while tampering themsleves with the evidence

[pegasus]

Doesn't it state in KM's book that another guest had told the T9 that their every-night-booking of tapas was preventing others getting a table?

[ShiningInLuz]

Doesn't it state in KM's book that another guest had told the T9 that their every-night-booking of tapas was preventing others getting a table?

Yes.

[mercury]

Doesn't it state in KM's book that another guest had told the T9 that their every-night-booking of tapas was preventing others getting a table?

Yes it does but what wasnt stated in kMs BOOK was that they told total strangers they were leaving their kids alone but then had the brass neck to complain that the receptionist left a note for her tapas staff
In sharon osbournes words thats insane

 

So we have this scenario
2 babies and a toddler left alone
Back door and front door left unlocked
Windows not checked
five nights i n a row too
Total strangers told kids are alone
INSANE is the absolutely correct word

The family friend should be apologising to Sharon Osbourne not the other way around

[stephen25000]

Yes it does but what wasnt stated in kMs BOOK was that they told total strangers they were leaving their kids alone but then had the brass neck to complain that the receptionist left a note for her tapas staff
In sharon osbournes words thats insane

 

So we have this scenario
2 babies and a toddler left alone
Back door and front door left unlocked
Windows not checked
five nights i n a row too
Total strangers told kids are alone
INSANE is the absolutely correct word

The family friend should be apologising to Sharon Osbourne not the other way around

That sums up the situation very precisely.

[carlymichelle]

That sums up the situation very precisely.

sure does  too bad some  cant  see it

[Benice]

I'm presuming that the claim being made is  that telling a stranger that you are leaving your children alone is 'insane'  - because being a stranger - you would not know enough about them to trust them with that information - and so you are potentially putting your children in harms way.

And yet some see no potential danger at all in inviting a person who is also just as much a stranger to you and whom you know next to nothing about  -  to spend hours alone in your apartment babysitting your children? 

Strange logic IMO.

[G-Unit]

I'm presuming that the claim being made is  that telling a stranger that you are leaving your children alone is 'insane'  - because being a stranger - you would not know enough about them to trust them with that information - and so you are potentially putting your children in harms way.

And yet some see no potential danger at all in inviting a person who is also just as much a stranger to you and whom you know next to nothing about  -  to spend hours alone in your apartment babysitting your children? 

Strange logic IMO.

Different strangers is the answer. The baby-sitters were employees of the travel company, they were endorsed by the travel company and could be assumed to have been thoroughly checked out by them.

[stephen25000]

I'm presuming that the claim being made is  that telling a stranger that you are leaving your children alone is 'insane'  - because being a stranger - you would not know enough about them to trust them with that information - and so you are potentially putting your children in harms way.

And yet some see no potential danger at all in inviting a person who is also just as much a stranger to you and whom you know next to nothing about  -  to spend hours alone in your apartment babysitting your children? 

Strange logic IMO.

A babysitter was available from the creche, and the mccanns and co., had no problem doing that during the daytime.

Your ilogic is staggering.

[carlymichelle]

A babysitter was available from the creche, and the mccanns and co., had no problem doing that during the daytime.

Your ilogic is staggering.

anything to excuse the mccans

[Benice]

Different strangers is the answer. The baby-sitters were employees of the travel company, they were endorsed by the travel company and could be assumed to have been thoroughly checked out by them.

So on the one hand  we must assume that every stranger we meet is capable of harming  children and it is 'insane' to mention that you are leaving your children alone to them  -  but on the other hand strangers who are childminders are above suspicion as checks carried out are 100%  foolproof?    I presume Vanessa George was checked out by her employers  before she was allowed to look after children.

[Alice Purjorick]

So on the one hand  we must assume that every stranger we meet is capable of harming  children and it is 'insane' to mention that you are leaving your children alone to them  -  but on the other hand strangers who are childminders are above suspicion as checks carried out are 100%  foolproof?    I presume Vanessa George was checked out by her employers  before she was allowed to look after children.

You run a risk with either.
The question here is why the risk was acceptable during the day but not at night.

[G-Unit]

So on the one hand  we must assume that every stranger we meet is capable of harming  children and it is 'insane' to mention that you are leaving your children alone to them  -  but on the other hand strangers who are childminders are above suspicion as checks carried out are 100%  foolproof?    I presume Vanessa George was checked out by her employers  before she was allowed to look after children.

I wouldn't trust either of them but if I left my kids alone in an unsecured apartment every night I definitely wouldn't tell anyone.

The baby-sitters were endorsed by the holiday providers who would have been liable had their employees not been checked.

Anyone who trusts any stranger with their kids is 'insane' in my opinion, but I can understand parents trusting the employees of their holiday provider, just as parents trust that nurseries are properly run.