Wexford General Chat / Thread.

it was great. its on again tomorrow.

allthedoyles wrote: »

What a bad forecast for tomorrow -

Raining all day

Nah it'll clear by lunchtime.

lolli wrote: »

I'm really creeped out by the fact that you are taking pictures of my Dad while he's working.

Is he the "supervisor" one leaning on the shovel

allthedoyles wrote: »

How many men do Wexford County Council employ to fill a pothole ?

In this photo it is 3 + a driver

Supervisor,foreman and operater,standard working procedure.

Yes, she has and although she does no harm to anyone, I cannot understand why she feels the need to sit in this most embarrassing and vulgar manner drawing attention to herself in this way, when she so obviously does not have to.

I heard a child say out loud last week ' Mammy I can see that lady's bottom' Does Maggie really need to sprawl like this on the street, one has to ask, or perhaps she just enjoys it.

I often see her sitting on the street quite close to the bank, which has a perfectly good bench in front of it, which she could use, but chooses not to. Tourists always ask why such an obviously over fed lady is doing begging and I just don't have the answer. The singing is the worst of all, bless her.

I have no objections to Maggie at all but feel sorry for her that she feels the need to so this, be stared at, laughed at and worse still, listen to abuse from some passers by. I always say hello to her and find her polite and friendly.

I am used to seeing people begging in the streets in most towns around the world, but rarely do they sit in the manner that Maggie does, as it just draws unwanted attention and abuse from men. One often hears them and it is not nice.

Yes, can certainly understand that. I was only speaking as someone who goes to town once a week from a rural location and I often have foreign students or visitors with me and to be honest, I do feel embarrassed, especially if they are very young and are exposed to Maggie's various unladylike positions on the street.

There has been the odd occasion where I have seen another side to her also, but felt that to comment on it could portray me as a biased or prejudiced individual, which I really am not, but people do tend to misinterpret things sometimes.

Does anyone know why she does this and do people really give of their hard earned money to her I wonder. I for one, prefer to give mine to charities whom I can trust to see that it is wisely used and even that is precarious at times.

In the case of street beggars, who say they are hungry, I generally buy them a sandwich and a coffee, but would not like to repeat the response I have often received from some of them. So, I guess it is very difficult to know who is really genuine and who isn't, but at least with Maggie, one can stroll on knowing that she is by no means hungry nor is she homeless either. I still cannot understand why she is there.

I understand better now and thank you for that.

It's just hard to understand how she can get away with her 'stories' and even with the best imagination in the world, it would be difficult to class her as a busker, as if anything her repetitive and predictable off key wanderings are hard to listen to, so you have to keep going.

I was shocked to hear she had a child.

Maggie I assume is known to Social Welfare and even from a health perspective, her arthritis for example, one would think they would go through the proper channels to make sure that she is not exposed to the elements for long periods in this manner. I believe she does have a family and her sister is seen collecting her in her car quite often. Just makes it all the more difficult to understand what she gets out of this daily routine; losing her dignity and self respect and leaving herself open to abuse from kids etc.

I am sure that if the powers that be cared enough, they could find a solution.

Nice to note that none of the other buskers loll around on the ground in this state and if they did, can you imagine what reaction that would get from the guards.

No, Maggie is certainly not an inspiration to others, but if she is blatantly cheating the public and visitors to our lovely town into thinking she is in need, then I think that is very very wrong. It also reflects badly on our local welfare resources, as she appears almost as though she is homeless with no decent clothing etc and nothing could be further from the truth. I honestly don't think anyone in Wexford has to be homeless or hungry today and support systems are there to help in every area of our lives.

ah good ole wexford,me ole man was born in ferns,id still head down from time to time,and every 2 mths id head to bunclody,stay in the hotel,and jst sit in redmonds bar for a whole day drinking the finest of beer,and chatting to the folk drinking there...bliss

funky fingers wrote: »

ah good ole wexford,me ole man was born in ferns,id still head down from time to time,and every 2 mths id head to bunclody,stay in the hotel,and jst sit in redmonds bar for a whole day drinking the finest of beer,and chatting to the folk drinking there...bliss

Are you there now? :pac::pac: