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Primetime last night

  • 11-05-2012 11:53am
    #1
    Chazz Michael Michaels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭


    So, in case you missed it, the show was about dodgy landlords. What stood out for me, on a personal level, was a guy who was living in this awful bedsit with mould and damp everywhere, ruining his clothes, belongings and lungs. Alone. The thing that got to me the most was that it was someone I went to school with. A peer, if you will.

    Since leaving school, I got a couple of degrees, got engaged to a beautiful, educated woman and I am now lucky enough to have a decent job with a future. I am very grateful for where I'm at right now. It just stunned me how we both went on such different paths from seemingly equal positions. I'm not gloating, I actually felt really bad for the guy.

    Has anyone ever had a similar experience, perhaps pulling up to McDonalds in a fancy car to be served by an old classmate? Did you feel bad/glad/indifferent?


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  • #2
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    You should let him move in with you.


  • #3
    Chazz Michael Michaels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Chazz Michael Michaels


    smash wrote: »
    You should let him move in with you.

    Hehehe.


  • #4
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,331 ✭✭✭Guill


    Couple of my class mates turned out to be Heroin Junkies, a few are in the Joy, one is locked up in Porlaise, I don't feel bad for them, they were always scumbags.


  • #5
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Poor Homeless bloke in Tallaght had to sleep in a lorry tyre. :(




    Some skanger punctured it on him last week, now he's livin in a flat. :cool:


  • #6
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,580 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    Perfect time to arrange a class reunion. You'll know for sure that you aren't going to be the least successful in the room.

    This is a gift you've been given, use it.


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  • #7
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sq8VDXlWQk


  • #8
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    A peer, if you will.

    I will not, but thank you.


  • #9
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    I've seen a couple of guys from primary school and secondary school working menial jobs many years ago.
    One in a garage in Shankill, another in the Sony Centre in Grafton street.
    They were dickheads, so I was suitably smug.


  • #10
    Kosseegan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 987 ✭✭✭Kosseegan


    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    So, in case you missed it, the show was about dodgy landlords. What stood out for me, on a personal level, was a guy who was living in this awful bedsit with mould and damp everywhere, ruining his clothes, belongings and lungs. Alone. The thing that got to me the most was that it was someone I went to school with. A peer, if you will.

    ?

    Must have been a very bad school if he couldn't even make a complaint and get his rights.


  • #11
    Dr.Strange
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 181 ✭✭Dr.Strange


    I got a job in McDonald's a few years after I left school.

    One guy I never got along with in school came in and when he saw me started making a show out of me calling me a waster and loser and boasting of how he was loaded and how he drove a Merc and all this kind of balony.

    I dragged him accross the counter and all the staff jumped on him and started stuffing Big Macs in his face and expensive suit.


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  • #12
    Ush1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,476 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    What if you're in a sh*t job with a hot wife?


  • #13
    paddyandy
    Site Banned Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭paddyandy


    I went to School with a fellah who is now in his later years and has been a very successful criminal who is very likely awaiting a long period in hell .I lived in an awful bedsit too in Rathmines though my circumstances have greatly improved .Nobody should envy anybody because we all get it in the end ....if not sooner then later .He's very wealthy and
    i'm not a 'sour grapes ' merchant because i worked in industries that gave me a good insight .
    There are stranger facts in life than your heart can ever imagine .


  • #14
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    Dr.Strange wrote: »

    I dragged him accross the counter and all the staff jumped on him and started stuffing Big Macs in his face and expensive suit.

    pics of assault charge sheets or GTFO


  • #15
    christmas2012
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭christmas2012


    I think its awful how they are allowed to get away with anything,if there is accomadation that is not fit for purpose,ie humans to live in it,with no water/sanitary facilities,it should be illegal to rent it..
    I thought the last case where the guy who kept the deposit and started shouting at the tenant ''ill ****ing kill ya'',''ill cut your ****ing head off'',should be banned from renting..


  • #16
    Dr.Strange
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 181 ✭✭Dr.Strange


    Nothingbetter2d wrote: »
    pics of assault charge sheets or GTFO

    Would you like fries with that?


  • #17
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Nothingbetter2d wrote: »
    pics of assault charge sheets or GTFO


    CCTV footage


  • #18
    Faolchu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Faolchu


    christmas2012 wrote: »
    I thought the last case where the guy who kept the deposit and started shouting at the tenant ''ill ****ing kill ya'',''ill cut your ****ing head off'',should be banned from Life..


    fixed your post for you


  • #19
    RubyRoss
    Registered Users Posts: 302 ✭✭RubyRoss


    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    I've seen a couple of guys from primary school and secondary school working menial jobs many years ago.
    One in a garage in Shankill, another in the Sony Centre in Grafton street.
    They were dickheads, so I was suitably smug.

    Wow, being smug about their 'menial jobs' - and they are the dickheads, you say?


  • #20
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,111 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    A guy I went to school with was as thick as sh1t and was always beating people up. He went on to set up his own security company and is now a thick as sh1t multi-millionaire who gets paid to beat people up, and if he can't manage it, one of his thick as sh1t employees gets paid to do it for him.


  • #21
    Dr.Strange
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 181 ✭✭Dr.Strange


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    A guy I went to school with was as thick as sh1t and was always beating people up. He went on to set up his own security company and is now a thick as sh1t multi-millionaire who gets paid to beat people up, and if he can't manage it, one of his thick as sh1t employees gets paid to do it for him.

    Doesn't sound like he's 'thick as sh1t' to me.


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  • #22
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,111 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Dr.Strange wrote: »
    Doesn't sound like he's 'thick as sh1t' to me.

    Some people don't need any education to make piles of money, especially if they've got a big meathead and a passion for violence.


  • #23
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    Dr.Strange wrote: »
    Would you like fries with that?

    its "Would you like fries with that SIR?" :mad:

    and yes without the spit and ass crack juice


    Jeez ya just can't get the staff these days :rolleyes:


  • #24
    Gentelman_dub
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Gentelman_dub


    smash wrote: »
    You should let him move in with you.

    My two mates who I went to school with moved in with me, they are taking the piss, they never pay rent on time and in full but I still love them, great fun lads but I can't wait for them to move out:pac:


  • #25
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    No mention on the programme about deadbeat tenants who wreck the property, are always late with or behind with the rent. Who are always having parties and disturbing the neighbours.
    Then they cry foul when you don't give them back all of their deposit because they have left the place in sh1t.
    Or tenants who do a runner owing a fortune in elec and gas bills.

    That programme must be on next week ;)


  • #26
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,507 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    I'm sure most of the people I went to school with would, or could, look down on me if they met me. I'm not exactly the paragon of success.

    There are a few people I hope were knocked down a peg or two, but I'd like to think it was just a learning experience for them and made them better people.

    Does anyone really want to see someone truly shattered as a person?

    Of the people I went to secondary school with at least two have killed themselves and one has killed someone else.


  • #27
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Dr.Strange wrote: »
    I got a job in McDonald's a few years after I left school.

    One guy I never got along with in school came in and when he saw me started making a show out of me calling me a waster and loser and boasting of how he was loaded and how he drove a Merc and all this kind of balony.

    I dragged him accross the counter and all the staff jumped on him and started stuffing Big Macs in his face and expensive suit.

    Now, i'm not calling you a liar, but.........

    No fúck it i am, you're lying!


  • #28
    Bullchomper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 365 ✭✭Bullchomper


    kowloon wrote: »
    I'm sure most of the people I went to school with would, or could, look down on me if they met me. I'm not exactly the paragon of success.

    There are a few people I hope were knocked down a peg or two, but I'd like to think it was just a learning experience for them and made them better people.

    Does anyone really want to see someone truly shattered as a person?

    Of the people I went to secondary school with at least two have killed themselves and one has killed someone else.

    Holy ****! It's a bit nuts. No-one I went to school with actually killed anyone but I did date this guy who had been in jail for armed burglary. To be honest, he was the same as anyone else you would meet despite the history (or I'm just blind to these things which is wholly possible).


  • #29
    BuzzFish
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭BuzzFish


    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    Has anyone ever had a similar experience, perhaps pulling up to McDonalds in a fancy car to be served by an old classmate? Did you feel bad/glad/indifferent?

    You might have a fancy car but they work in a great place :D
    http://www.greatplacetowork.net/best-companies/europe/ireland/best-workplaces-in-ireland/360-2011


  • #30
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    Has anyone ever had a similar experience, perhaps pulling up to McDonalds in a fancy car to be served by an old classmate? Did you feel bad/glad/indifferent?

    If I worked in McDonalds I imagine my day would be full of the sensation of endless sadness for the people who ate there.


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  • #31
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,397 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    So, in case you missed it, the show was about dodgy landlords. What stood out for me, on a personal level, was a guy who was living in this awful bedsit with mould and damp everywhere, ruining his clothes, belongings and lungs. Alone. The thing that got to me the most was that it was someone I went to school with. A peer, if you will.

    Since leaving school, I got a couple of degrees, got engaged to a beautiful, educated woman and I am now lucky enough to have a decent job with a future. I am very grateful for where I'm at right now. It just stunned me how we both went on such different paths from seemingly equal positions. I'm not gloating, I actually felt really bad for the guy.

    Has anyone ever had a similar experience, perhaps pulling up to McDonalds in a fancy car to be served by an old classmate? Did you feel bad/glad/indifferent?
    You need to post up bikini shots if we're to believe you


  • #32
    trooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭trooney


    There's a good documentary series that's been running since 1964 and filmed every 7 years thereafter which has followed the lives of fourteen kids from aged 7 up. The latest series is being shown on teevee next week (I think?) - 56 up.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Series


  • #33
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,397 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    kowloon wrote: »
    Of the people I went to secondary school with at least two have killed themselves and one has killed someone else.
    A guy in my class killed his dad, then killed himself. Beat that


  • #34
    Chazz Michael Michaels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Chazz Michael Michaels


    Paparazzo wrote: »
    kowloon wrote: »
    Of the people I went to secondary school with at least two have killed themselves and one has killed someone else.
    A guy in my class killed his dad, then killed himself. Beat that

    That's a tough one to beat. Any challengers?


  • #35
    Chazz Michael Michaels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Chazz Michael Michaels


    Paparazzo wrote: »
    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    So, in case you missed it, the show was about dodgy landlords. What stood out for me, on a personal level, was a guy who was living in this awful bedsit with mould and damp everywhere, ruining his clothes, belongings and lungs. Alone. The thing that got to me the most was that it was someone I went to school with. A peer, if you will.

    Since leaving school, I got a couple of degrees, got engaged to a beautiful, educated woman and I am now lucky enough to have a decent job with a future. I am very grateful for where I'm at right now. It just stunned me how we both went on such different paths from seemingly equal positions. I'm not gloating, I actually felt really bad for the guy.

    Has anyone ever had a similar experience, perhaps pulling up to McDonalds in a fancy car to be served by an old classmate? Did you feel bad/glad/indifferent?
    You need to post up bikini shots if we're to believe you

    Bikini shot whilst holding a degree, surely?


  • #36
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    That's a tough one to beat. Any challengers?

    It's quite sad, why would you want to beat it.
    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    Bikini shot whilst holding a degree, surely?

    I say naked with degree wedged between the boobies ;)


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  • #37
    Dr.Strange
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 181 ✭✭Dr.Strange


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    Now, i'm not calling you a liar, but.........

    No fúck it i am, you're lying!

    Ah OK, you got me, maybe it didn't happen exactly like that.

    Tears were running down my face, but I held my smile, gave him his order and bid him 'Have a nice day'.


  • #38
    fishy fishy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭fishy fishy


    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    So, in case you missed it, the show was about dodgy landlords. What stood out for me, on a personal level, was a guy who was living in this awful bedsit with mould and damp everywhere, ruining his clothes, belongings and lungs. Alone. The thing that got to me the most was that it was someone I went to school with. A peer, if you will.

    Since leaving school, I got a couple of degrees, got engaged to a beautiful, educated woman and I am now lucky enough to have a decent job with a future. I am very grateful for where I'm at right now. It just stunned me how we both went on such different paths from seemingly equal positions. I'm not gloating, I actually felt really bad for the guy.

    Has anyone ever had a similar experience, perhaps pulling up to McDonalds in a fancy car to be served by an old classmate? Did you feel bad/glad/indifferent?


    how do you know he's not looking at you and saying......jeez, look at that poor sod, spent all his young time indoors reading books for his degree, got tied up with one woman for the rest of his life, slogging away at a 9 - 5 job every day to pay for the blood diamond he got for his woman. Thank goodness I didn't follow his path. :D:D:D

    moral of the story: don't judge others by the standards of your own head. Because somewhere, someone is judging you and probably getting it all wrong.


  • #39
    Sir Gallagher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    Paparazzo wrote: »
    A guy in my class killed his dad, then killed himself. Beat that
    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    That's a tough one to beat. Any challengers?

    Marvin Gaye's aul fella says hello.


  • #40
    Fran1985
    Registered Users Posts: 470 ✭✭Fran1985


    I just did a search on daft for studio apartments. I was shown a number of pictures of absolute dumps, ranging FROM 400 PM, and they were the real dumps.

    I also did a search for sharing properties, in blanch (with plenty of public transport, there's an en suite room with a sofa for 325. Looks a lot more comfortable than the other kips. There's other places closer to town which are still within range, and at least you'll have someone to talk to

    I wouldn't give the blame totally to landlords. If mugs are gona pay to live in that type of squaller, then thats there stupidity.

    And don't give me the strawman arguement maybe they don't want to share with someone, cos i'm not asking them to share a bed with anyone. just rent a room.

    Feel sorry for people tho who get stuck in ruts like that. Hopefully they can turn things around


  • #41
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,507 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    That's a tough one to beat. Any challengers?

    My one got dropped to a lower charge (manslaughter?). Sometimes you intend to beat someone within an inch of their life and overstep by an inch or so.

    He might not have been the most shy and peaceful type but there were quite a few people I'd have expected it from sooner.


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  • #42
    fishy fishy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭fishy fishy


    Fran1985 wrote: »
    I just did a search on daft for studio apartments. I was shown a number of pictures of absolute dumps, ranging FROM 400 PM, and they were the real dumps.

    I also did a search for sharing properties, in blanch (with plenty of public transport, there's an en suite room with a sofa for 325. Looks a lot more comfortable than the other kips. There's other places closer to town which are still within range, and at least you'll have someone to talk to

    I wouldn't give the blame totally to landlords. If mugs are gona pay to live in that type of squaller, then that's there their stupidity.

    And don't give me the strawman arguement maybe they don't want to share with someone, cos i'm not asking them to share a bed with anyone. just rent a room.

    Feel sorry for people tho who get stuck in ruts like that. Hopefully they can turn things around

    I fixed your post for you. How apt, that your stupid mistake is in the sentence where you call someone else stupid. :p:p


  • #43
    Sappa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Sappa


    Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »
    So, in case you missed it, the show was about dodgy landlords. What stood out for me, on a personal level, was a guy who was living in this awful bedsit with mould and damp everywhere, ruining his clothes, belongings and lungs. Alone. The thing that got to me the most was that it was someone I went to school with. A peer, if you will.

    Since leaving school, I got a couple of degrees, got engaged to a beautiful, educated woman and I am now lucky enough to have a decent job with a future. I am very grateful for where I'm at right now. It just stunned me how we both went on such different paths from seemingly equal positions. I'm not gloating, I actually felt really bad for the guy.

    Has anyone ever had a similar experience, perhaps pulling up to McDonalds in a fancy car to be served by an old classmate? Did you feel bad/glad/indifferent?
    Never look down on anyone,I got thought this lesson as a young lad on holidays in France,I was 17 walking with my dad and there was a homeless fella in decent clothes begging off the Champs Elysee,I made a snide remark to my dad immaturely thinking I would get a laugh but he turned round and really took me down a peg or two.
    He said in 5 10 or 20 yrs that could be you,as life does not always go to plan and you never know that persons situation.
    At the time I was humiliated but since that day I have met two guys I went to school with homeless and asking for money,I gave them cash had a chat and just looked beyond there situation to the person and the two fellas are actually decent guys.


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