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Old 7th Jul 2011, 10:38
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barrymah
 
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Adding a 6c worth.

Last week, French friends of mine arrived on the FR from Bergamo at 21.30 They were booked into the Radisson for the night 'cos of late arrival.

They speak little English so they asked at the Information if there was anybody who spoke French, the answer - no. They managed to work out that the phone alongside the information desk was for the Radisson, and they tried to get a pickup, but there was nobody French speaking there either, and they didn't understand that they needed to actually ask for the van to come.... it didn't so they had to wheel their luggage there..... Not happy bunnies.

Simple stuff, a multilingual message from the hotel on the phone box? A multilingual message at the desk on getting a lift to your hotel??

AFAICS there are only two languages on the public signs in Cork Airport, English and Irish..... too bad if your cannot manage either of them..... and we want to encourage tourists.....

Rant over, Barry
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