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MidRomney@lemmy.world 7 months agoThen her dad called the hotel where the event was being held, was told Julie had “run away” to this event, and that I was somehow responsible.
Why would the hotel tell her dad that Julie had run away?
Venat0r@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think he meant that the dad told the hotel.
Llewellyn@lemm.ee 7 months ago
English keeps confusing me as a foreigner
Octavio@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If it make you feel better, I don’t think the misunderstanding was on your end. Although I agree probably the dad told the hotel that, it was actually phrased like the hotel told the dad that.
Llewellyn@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It does, thank you.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
“Was told” clearly suggests the father was given this information, not vice versa.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Occam’s razor. Which is more likely: Punkie made a mistake in wording when describing the situation, or the security team, who is very likely completely unaware of Punkie and Julie’s relationship plus as noted later has no idea who Julie is made up out of thin air that Punkie convinced a stranger on the phone that one of their junior staff convinced said strangers daughter to run away?
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Of course it is more likely. That’s not in question though.
Just that the wording suggests the opposite