The Tapas Bookings

[mercury]

Your first line answers the question.

Do burglers molesters paedos and murderers wear labels?
Do high balconies and steep concrete steps have signs on them for 2 and 3 yr olds to read "pls dont come near here"?
Do...ad infnitum

[pegasus]

Precisely. It absolutely makes my stomach churn imagining those children trustingly falling asleep, safe in the knowledge that their parents would be there if they woke, only for those same parents to sneak out like thieves in the night unconcerned how distressed  their children would be on waking  in dark and unfamiliar surrounding and finding they weren't there.

Excellent post Faithliliy. Thanks heavens someone is capable of thinking what it was like from the childrens' perspective, waking up and discovering parents have sneaked out and left them alone.

[G-Unit]

Now, the tapas bookings. Were they made on Sunday by Russell or on Sunday and Monday or every day by Rachael. Did the receptionist write a note or did she not. How did Dianne confuse Russell and Rachael? Why did she say it was Rachael then change her mind when challenged? If she wasn't sure why offer an answer in the first place? 

[pegasus]

If that block booking hadn't been made and the T9 had eaten there on Sunday then let everyone else have a fair turn.... 9 other tourists could have eaten at Tapas on Mon night.
9 more on Tue night, 9 more on Wed night, 9 more on Thu night.
That adds up to about 36 guests who missed out on a fair turn at eating at Tapas.

[misty]

Yes now you are catching on...missing is more accurate than 'abduction' as there is no evidence of 'abduction'

 The plain fact that many people cannot understand is why they couldn't take the children with them for a meal or why not dine at tea time 5/6 o'clock and let the children fall asleep in their buggies  etc. Selfish/uncaring parents comes to mind.

I believe that neither the Tapas Bar nor the Millenium restaurant offered general dining as early as 5/6pm. If you'd paid for half board & children's high tea in the crèche costs, would you want to pay again to dine early outside the resort?
The parents had 2 options - the night crèche (get your children to sleep before you can leave them) or 4 nannies in the various apartments. I wonder if MW could have coped with 19 children in the night crèche during that particular week?

[mercury]

I believe that neither the Tapas Bar nor the Millenium restaurant offered general dining as early as 5/6pm. If you'd paid for half board & children's high tea in the crèche costs, would you want to pay again to dine early outside the resort?
The parents had 2 options - the night crèche (get your children to sleep before you can leave them) or 4 nannies in the various apartments. I wonder if MW could have coped with 19 children in the night crèche during that particular week?

4 options actually if you want to be correct, the two missing being
Eat in or take the kids with them, all four being a better option safety wise, not "putting the boot in"
And if the kids were sleepy/tired theyd fall asleep in buggies
A 5th option could  be taking it in turns to stay home combined with the night creche or nanny option
To those who say who would trust a female 20 something nanny, well is it logical to mistrust a nanny but trust kids that young ut of sight and hesring wouldbe ok?

[pegasus]

(snip) The parents had 2 options ... (snip)

You missed out a very good and completely safe option Misty.
Takeaway from Tapas.
The group had seen other guests collecting takeaway meals from Tapas.
They knew Tapas takeaway was available.
Exactly the same choice of great food, and it included the free wine too !

[misty]

4 options actually if you want to be correct, the two missing being
Eat in or take the kids with them, all four being a better option safety wise, not "putting the boot in"
And if the kids were sleepy/tired theyd fall asleep in buggies
A 5th option could  be taking it in turns to stay home combined with the night creche or nanny option
To those who say who would trust a female 20 something nanny, well is it logical to mistrust a nanny but trust kids that young ut of sight and hesring wouldbe ok?

Again, Merc - they'd paid for half board. Why pay again to eat in (they didn't know about the Tapas takeaway)
Take the children with them - the elder ones wouldn't fall asleep in buggies, they'd be running around.
Take in turns - how would that work? All the cots & bed in one apartment, move them in then move them back out?
As for the nanny option - well, folk are saying the group monopolised the Tapas Bar. They'd have been even more riled if both the Bar & most of the nannies had been monopolised.
I don't think the group actually got the holiday package they believed they had paid for, especially in relation to dining arrangements - but I doubt cancellation was a financial option.

[mercury]

Again, Merc - they'd paid for half board. Why pay again to eat in (they didn't know about the Tapas takeaway)
Take the children with them - the elder ones wouldn't fall asleep in buggies, they'd be running around.
Take in turns - how would that work? All the cots & bed in one apartment, move them in then move them back out?
As for the nanny option - well, folk are saying the group monopolised the Tapas Bar. They'd have been even more riled if both the Bar & most of the nannies had been monopolised.
I don't think the group actually got the holiday package they believed they had paid for, especially in relation to dining arrangements - but I doubt cancellation was a financial option.

Doesnt matter anymore,waste of time discussng it but them leaving their toddlers in an unsecure flat cant be whitewashed

[G-Unit]

Again, Merc - they'd paid for half board. Why pay again to eat in (they didn't know about the Tapas takeaway)
Take the children with them - the elder ones wouldn't fall asleep in buggies, they'd be running around.
Take in turns - how would that work? All the cots & bed in one apartment, move them in then move them back out?
As for the nanny option - well, folk are saying the group monopolised the Tapas Bar. They'd have been even more riled if both the Bar & most of the nannies had been monopolised.
I don't think the group actually got the holiday package they believed they had paid for, especially in relation to dining arrangements - but I doubt cancellation was a financial option.

They'd paid for breakfast but didn't eat it allegedly. Do you have a cite that they didn't know about the takeaway? What do you mean they didn't get the package they thought they paid for in relation to dining arrangements? Their main 'complaint' was the lack of the listening service which led to much correspondence. They also had correspondence about dining arrangements but I suspect that was related to 'listening'.

[Miss Taken Identity]

Precisely. It absolutely makes my stomach churn imagining those children trustingly falling asleep, safe in the knowledge that their parents would be there if they woke, only for those same parents to sneak out like thieves in the night unconcerned how distressed  their children would be on waking  in dark and unfamiliar surrounding and finding they weren't there.

Heart and stomach churning indeed Faith. And to think Little 3 year old Maddie challenged her mother about that very thing when her brother woke up crying and found the parents not there for comfort.

 We never did get that whole story, Kate brushes it off... you know the  verbatim conversation missing. I wonder why. What are we not being told about that conversation, how it began and how it ended. It obviously wasn't that important to the parents because they totally blanked her and went out the next night. The act of loving parents who 'felt it was safe' to leave children who could wake up and .....well....

That episode really does bring home the callous nature of those Tapas group towards their babies and children.

[Miss Taken Identity]

Poor you, try not to take these things to heart so, you'll make yourself ill.

Protect the parents honour and reputation as you believe them deserving of it, but to show contempt for those little babies and children is gut wrenching to be honest.


Perhaps you could take  your own advice when adults challenge parents behaviour regarding their childrens welfare being put at risk.

Beating Kate with sticks well...
Poor you, try not to take these things to heart so, you'll make yourself ill.

[mercury]

Protect the parents honour and reputation as you believe them deserving of it, but to show contempt for those little babies and children is gut wrenching to be honest.


Perhaps you could take  your own advice when adults challenge parents behaviour regarding their childrens welfare being put at risk.

Beating Kate with sticks well...
Poor you, try not to take these things to heart so, you'll make yourself ill.

Miss Kate and her hubby were the perpetrators of all this crap ie not the victims , their child was, well said

Kate bleated on crimewatch...we never did anythng wrong!


Yes you left your three babies alone out of site out of hearing and pretended it was ok just so you could have adult time, well, guess what, you would have had better adult time with a taps meal in your balcony with your kids within 20 m and them beng safe and you feeling better and relaxing proper instead of playing musical chairs, dumbos all of them