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4 Squad Cars called to the Social Welfare Office this morning.

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  • 12-11-2010 3:10pm
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    Aiel
    Registered Users Posts: 501 ✭✭✭


    Heard from a courier who was working in town earlier that 4 squad cars were outside the Dole Office down by the Libary this morning.Apparently a guy lost the head in there and others in the que joined in and it took 4 squad cars full of gardai to control the situation.Its important to note that theres nothing about this incident on Galwaynews.ie or anything yet so it may not have been all that much.Cant say im surprised by an incident like that happening though,there's an awfull atmosphere in that place at the best of times.


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    dolphin city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭dolphin city


    get used to it - these are the first rumblings in a very large thunder storm to hit these shores very very soon. I actually heard the sirens flying by this morning and thought it was an accident or somthing.


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    Wompa1
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    Wonder what they lost the head over


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    Dutchess
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭Dutchess


    My fella works in there. So apparently a guy came in wearing a balaclava and army gear. He opened his jacket to show a t-shirt underneath with some kind of protest slogan on it. He proceeded to set off the fire alarm and then just stood there until the Gardai took him away. He lost his head over the habitual residency conditions, he is Irish but lived in the UK for most of his life so must have been refused the dole because of it.


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    Edgedinblue
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    i'm bloody delighted someone kicked up a fuss in there, its about time. im surprised i havnt lost the plot a few times in there myself, they do nothing but eat the head of ya when ya go in. i'm sooo sorry you have a job and i dont, god forbid you have to do something :mad:


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    Redhairedguy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Redhairedguy


    Didn't someone try to burnt the dole office down recently?

    Just walked in and started pouring petrol on the floor....


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    Dutchess
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭Dutchess


    Edgedinblue wrote: »
    i'm bloody delighted someone kicked up a fuss in there, its about time. im surprised i havnt lost the plot a few times in there myself, they do nothing but eat the head of ya when ya go in. i'm sooo sorry you have a job and i dont, god forbid you have to do something :mad:

    never mind the fact that theyre working 5 people's jobs, get treated like crap by signers and co workers alike and might be losing their house come the next budget:rolleyes:


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    Dutchess
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭Dutchess


    Redhairedguy wrote: »
    Didn't someone try to burnt the dole office down recently?

    Just walked in and started pouring petrol on the floor....

    yep


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    Edgedinblue
    Registered Users Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Edgedinblue


    what about the people in the queue who havnt got a penny for the last 6 months (like myself), who might not have somewhere to live tomorrow never mind when the budget comes in. least they have jobs.

    All the times ive been in there i have never once seen someone who was there signing on giving out, they're getting their money theres no prob.


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    Redhairedguy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Redhairedguy


    The long haired bearded dude makes my time there a pleasure whenever he's serving me.


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    Dutchess
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭Dutchess


    Redhairedguy: that is the man that I have the pleasure of sharing my life with :)
    Edgedinblue: I know. It's just that most people have it rough right now and their hands are tied in a lot of the cases. To be fair, I did get treated like **** in there once when I was applying for a PPS no so there are some sh*theads in there but theyre not all like that.


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    skelliser
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭skelliser


    long haired bearded dude!!

    he's dead on, the other stuck up biddies workin in there could learn something from him!


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    Dutchess
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭Dutchess


    skelliser wrote: »
    long haired bearded dude!!

    he's dead on, the other stuck up biddies workin in there could learn something from him!

    this'll make his day now when I get him to read it:)


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    Tomebagel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Tomebagel


    the guy with the beard is the only good thing about that place


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    [Deleted User]
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    That's insane though, like someone has said, it's only the start. I can imagine things getting much worse.

    I do love how this thread has ended up with everyone complimenting this beardy guy. It just goes to show that being pleasant to people and treating them with respect really does pay off and it's what people need, especially during times like these. He should be proud of himself.


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    03046290
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    I love that bearded guy :)

    I'm always crossing my fingers I get him. Very sound guy and no bull****!


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    Edgedinblue
    Registered Users Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Edgedinblue


    I think ill have to make an appoinment with this beardy man, i always get stuck with the dried up angry at the world biddies!!


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    [Deleted User]
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    Can we just change the title to "Dole Office Beardy Guy Appreciation Thread"?


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    Dutchess
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭Dutchess


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055622172&page=6

    post 82;)

    had him on the phone there. he read it all and he's very chuffed:)


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    skelliser
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    Dutchess wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055622172&page=6

    post 82;)

    had him on the phone there. he read it all and he's very chuffed:)

    Ya thats him!!

    legend!!

    All hail the beardy dude!!

    HUZZAH!!
    HUZZAH!!


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    #21
    grosser
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭grosser


    Hey guys, thanks for the nice comments. really makes my day!


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    Kristopherus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Have you access to boards.ie at work???? Blocked for most PS workers:eek:


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    grosser
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭grosser


    I do.at home at the mo.


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    scoobygirl
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    Where did ye get the hedgehog?


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    Mrs OBumble
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    dolphin city wrote: »
    get used to it - these are the first rumblings in a very large thunder storm to hit these shores very very soon.

    Where do you get that from?

    My own signals are that things here are getting better. I've started getting emails about jobs in the UK that the recruiters are really struggling with (so they're trying anyone even vaguely possible). And calls about jobs in Dublin. And I've applied for 13 jobs in Galway in the last two months alone, and they were all reasonable jobs that I'd have a serious chance of getting (none of the silly ones that there was no chance of them hiring me) - two were even professional IT roles.

    Edgedinblue wrote: »
    I think ill have to make an appoinment with this beardy man, i always get stuck with the dried up angry at the world biddies!!

    It's a while since I was there, but there was only one old wan who I dreaded (usually took several tickets, so that if my number came up at her window I could just ignore it!)


    I can kinda sympathise with the lad this morning... except that there are other ways besides living here for two years to prove habitual residency.


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    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users Posts: 14,976 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    I don't live in Galway, haven't been there in years but............. go beardy guy.... yay!


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    distraction
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    change of direction in thread but...

    grosser you are a living hero! keep up the good work, might see you on Monday :D


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Wow... its amazing (and gratifying) to see a thread about a PS worker without the word "scum" in it :)

    (I had this thread on my watch-list for possible warfare :) )


    Ummm go go beardy guy I guess. :)

    DeV.


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    Edgedinblue
    Registered Users Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Edgedinblue


    So Mr.Beardy Man face, do tell why i'm waiting over 6 months for JSA?!!! otherwise i'll be the next to [ModEdit]voice my opinion in[/ModEdit] that place!


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    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,223 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Have never set foot in the Galway social welfare office but Long Haired Beardy Guy™ must be one hell of a dude to have people be complimentary about their experience in a SWO!


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    Dutchess
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭Dutchess


    Edgedinblue wrote: »
    So Mr.Beardy Man face, do tell why i'm waiting over 6 months for JSA?!!! otherwise i'll be the next to [ModEdit]voice my opinion in[/ModEdit] that place!

    if you have money for [ModEdit]placards[/ModEdit] or ingredients for [ModEdit]placards[/ModEdit] I'm sure you're grand.


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