Shake my hand. No you Scumbag.

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

All you had to do was humour him and he would have thought you a great lad altogether. "I know, man. Celtic Tiger prices during a recession, wha?"

I bet you were condescending as f*ck to the chap.

You where not in the office. You where in a Dublin chipper late at night. Gotta act accordingly. Some head the ball engages you in conversation: humour them.

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

Anything for an easy life. You wouldn't have got into a straightner if you humoured the chap. Might have had the ears waffled off you for a few minutes, mind. Still, better than getting into a fight wearing what I imagine was an expensive suit. F*ck it though. If you wanna get into unnecessary scraps, be my guest.

There's a lot more to communication than the spoken word, btw.

Hang on the **** there. Since when did we have to start humouring the little scobie ****ers? It's bad enough that we have to sidestep the vast gobs of phlegm they hack up all over the place, have to try not to knock them down when they swagger/stumble out in front of traffic, have to hear their nasally whining around the main streets, but now we're supposed to kowtow to the little ****ers as well? **** that ****. Why don't they apologise to me for once for getting in my way? Why don't they modify their behaviour to fit in with civilised society, instead of dragging us down to their disgusting level?

AngryHippie wrote: »

That whole situation could have been avoided fairly easily. No harm in a bit of banter with the local scobies.

Did you ever wonder if their attitude and substance abuse was somehow linked to the despair they might have felt their entire lives since the day they realised they were have-nots and were going to be left behind by an ever increasing level of snobbery and disdain from a thoughtless middle class anduntouchable upper class ?
Most random rows I have seen involving drunks or junkies are down to someone treating them like they were a piece of sh1t, and there have been times when I was glad to see some stuck-up bellend getting a little reminder that there but for the grace of god go you or I.
Treat people with dignity and respect and you usually get it back.

Maybe it's time that you started looking at the uncomfortable truths about that gap in society between the well-heeld and educated, and the track-suited negelcted(whether by themselves or society), Rather than slapping yourself on the back for being suited and tied.

I don't look down on people because of their clothes or accents (no matter how much they go through my head. I look down on people because of their behaviour. If you're badly behaved in public I'll label you a scobie, whether you pronounce the word "right" as "riot" or "roysh". Spitting in public, aggressively starting conversations with strangers, which is completely different from striking up a conversation, and being a general nuisance will make me think less of you.

The "have-nots" are primarily there of their own choice, sometimes that of their parents. For every drug-addled lad on the street, there are another 10 where he came from who made different choices and didn't end up like that. For the last 20+ years there has been a lot of effort put into getting people from working class communities into 3rd level education of whatever kind suits them best. There is both moral and financial support given. Many take advantage of the educational opportunities, and others can't be arsed. For those who aren't academically inclined there are other options being shown to them. There is no reason for anyone to think of themselves as a permanent "have-not". Yes, people go through some awful bad patches, yes, there are a lot of people struggling financially, but they still know right from wrong, and are still aware of how to behave in public.

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

If you humoured him and engaged him in some small talk; nothing would have happened. Now you're going to be looking over your shoulder everytime you waddle in and out of the office.

Humouring, humouring, humouring. Why aren't they humouring us, the civilised majority? Why are we still tolerating and excusing this ****e?

Thoie wrote: »

Hang on the **** there. Since when did we have to start humouring the little scobie ****ers? It's bad enough that we have to sidestep the vast gobs of phlegm they hack up all over the place, have to try not to knock them down when they swagger/stumble out in front of traffic, have to hear their nasally whining around the main streets, but now we're supposed to kowtow to the little ****ers as well? **** that ****. Why don't they apologise to me for once for getting in my way? Why don't they modify their behaviour to fit in with civilised society, instead of dragging us down to their disgusting level?


Humouring, humouring, humouring. Why aren't they humouring us, the civilised majority? Why are we still tolerating and excusing this ****e?

It's a pretty rubbish environment when you have to summon your inner Steve Irwin to become a Naturalist to stop from at best getting hassled for minding your own business, at worst ending up being attacked or ending up with a Stingray Barb Knife in you...

But thats scummy Dublin for you, wouldn't spit on it if it was on fire.

MarkAnthony wrote: »

Some scumbags came in to the chipper and had a go at the guy behind the counter and then tried to start something with me. Launched one across the place and gave them both a few smacks. I didn't shake their hands at the end.

Reminds me of a story from years ago, a couple of the local na'er-do-wells went in to the chipper on Capel st. (up near the pawn shop) and started a row with the owner. Followed up very quickly by the owner pulling out a 2 x 4 with a 6 inch nail sticking out of it and chased them out of the shop and down the road.

There was never any rows in his chipper.

I sure as fcuk wouldn't have been messing with Tony.

Good chips too.

Maybe chipper owners have gone soft.

Compared to what, Johanasburg?

It's not friendly/hospitable, most people in the hospitality industry are, but they are paid to, I've been abroad since the late 90's so I think I've seen a City or two in that time:rolleyes:

There is no need to get precious about Dublin, fact is it ain't that great, and the local fauna can get feral...