Yeah, that's rather typical, I just returned from vacation in Egypt a couple of weeks ago (and no, I wasn't eaten by a shark ), the hotel where I were was rather large (about 1500 rooms) and about 90% tourists were Russian, but still the signs in Russian were of similar ridiculousness and most staff (exept some barmen and animators) didn't speak Russian at all. For example, when I asked room-service to bring an ash-tray (пепельницу) in my room, they brought a toilet paper.