What if they all left?.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Immigrants.

How would you feel if they all left this week?.

Would you miss them?.

Would you miss a certain sector more than others?. (Yea the hot east-EU chics )

I wondered this after visiting an apartment I own, and let out. Alot of the residents have left and returned to Eastern Europe for the Christmas season & the place is dead!.

biko

Emigrants have already left.

All fast food joints would come to a halt.

Joliegood

Do you mean immigrants ?

Dave!

Oh yeah, there'll probably be a mass exodus over the Christmas period... Should be interesting.

I guess we'll rediscover what it's like when Irish people serve you in a shop/restaurant/anywhere

"Yehh, wha??? Alroy..."

Cathmandooo

Mairt I thought you found Irish girls foxy enough

I'm sure a lot of people like yourself would miss them. As in people who bought houses / apartments as investments and have them rented out.

Having said that maybe them leaving would force people to sell their investments as they can no longer get tenants, then there would be a huge suply of houses for sale leading to a drop in house prices, meaning I can finally afford to buy my own hurrah!!! (sorry for all who have lost tens of thousands dropping the price of your house cos of my plan there)

I'd miss scaring eastern europeans on the nitelink by talking too much to them. Theyre usually sober on their way home from work

cance

fast food restaurants would come to a halt.
all the remedial jobs that students used to do, but are too good to do now would also come to a halt.
there would be far less eye candy thats for sure.
The irish would go back to hating each other again.

connundrum

I'd miss them as much as I'd miss all Cavan people were they to leave.

Some I'd miss terribly as they were good craic and you could talk to them, despite the difficulty with the accent.

Some I'd not miss too much as they probably never contributed to our society in the first place.

Some I'd be glad to be rid of - nobody likes a tight fukcer. Fordiners now, not Cavan peoples

Mossy Monk

DaveMcG wrote: »

I guess we'll rediscover what it's like when Irish people serve you in a shop/restaurant/anywhere

You will get a look of 'how dare you interrupt me while I am texting someone' or have your change thrown at you.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Cathooo wrote: »

Mairt I thought you found Irish girls foxy enough

I'm sure a lot of people like yourself would miss them. As in people who bought houses / apartments as investments and have them rented out.

Having said that maybe them leaving would force people to sell their investments as they can no longer get tenants, then there would be a huge suply of houses for sale leading to a drop in house prices, meaning I can finally afford to buy my own hurrah!!! (sorry for all who have lost tens of thousands dropping the price of your house cos of my plan there)

I'd miss scaring eastern europeans on the nitelink by talking too much to them. Theyre usually sober on their way home from work

I'm lucky in so far as I bought property when it was dirty cheap (by todays standards) so I don't have to worry about letting to EU workers.

Oh and regards the comment re. hot EU chic's, I was just taking the wind out of the sails of the few here who constantly sing their praises.

meditraitor

What if we all left...............

arybvtcw0eolkf

meditraitor wrote: »

What if we all left...............

We're in a minority in alot of area's already, so just wait awhile!.

"will the last person to leave please switch off the lights!"

Pherekydes

cance wrote: »

all the remedial jobs that students used to do, but are too good to do now would also come to a halt.

Or do you mean menial?

Rob_l

yeah damn immigrants i love it when the culchies go home for christmas, dublin feels like a nice place again

6th

I love multicultural Ireland! I love that my kids will go to school with kids from different background, who speak different languages.

When I was in school I only got to be ignored and knocked back by Irish girls, 6th jnr will have a future of rejection from girls of all race, colour & creed - thats my boy!

marcsignal

Mairt wrote: »

Immigrants, How would you feel if they all left this week?.

Before the week was out, someone would post on Boards :

"Typical Foreigners ! not coming here, not taking our jobs/women!!"

ojewriej

Taxi drivers would have to find another issue they don't know anything about to bore their passengers with.

biko

I'd miss all the cool new spicy food in the foreign shops.

Trojan911

cance wrote: »

fast food restaurants would come to a halt.
all the remedial jobs that students used to do, but are too good to do now would also come to a halt. there would be far less eye candy thats for sure.

Dunnes Stores & Tesco's would also grind to a halt.

Bavaria & Dutch Gold sales would slump dramatically.

But on a brighter note, the Irish lads 'n' ladies would jump back behind the bars & restaurants and we would be able to order our beers & meals without difficulty anymore.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Speaking for myself I'd miss all my east EU friends, of which I'm many.

I wouldn't miss the west African's or the Roma people as I truely don't believe they've contributed a thing to Irish society.

And although I've never eaten in the many Asian eateries in Parnell St. (Dublin) I'd miss driving through there and wafting in the lovely smells of Asian cooking and the amazing window displays.

I'd also miss the crack I have trying my hand at the little Russian and Polish I've learned.

kf1920

Mairt wrote: »

I wouldn't miss the west African's or the Roma people as I truely don't believe they've contributed a thing to Irish society.

Says it all! I think we as a nation would miss those who actually contribute to the country and economy, but on the other hand would be quite glad to be rid of the scroungers!

arybvtcw0eolkf

kf1920 wrote: »

Says it all! I think we as a nation would miss those who actually contribute to the country and economy, but on the other hand would be quite glad to be rid of the scroungers!

Absolutely, hard to argue with that.

Pherekydes

kf1920 wrote: »

Says it all! I think we as a nation would miss those who actually contribute to the country and economy, but on the other hand would be quite glad to be rid of the scroungers!

So half of the Irish population, then?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Slow coach wrote: »

So half of the Irish population, then?

The difference is they (the Irish) didn't come here to scrounge.

I fvcking detest a scrounger, Irish or otherwise.

There is absolutely no reason why any able bodied person in this country should not be in full time employment or school/college.

liljenny

i work in mc d's with alot of non nationals and i think iw ould miss them cos they are lovely people that i work with

cance

on the plus side, we may actually get what we order in mc donalds?

liljenny

any of them that have good english are better workers than us sometimes

arybvtcw0eolkf

liljenny wrote: »

i work in mc d's with alot of non nationals and i think iw ould miss them cos they are lovely people that i work with

deadly buzz, or wha

Kintarō Hattori

cance wrote: »

on the plus side, we may actually get what we order in mc donalds?

I've never once not gotten what I ordered in a fast food place. Dunno why people keep saying this has happened to them.

On topic I'd miss them and everything they have brought to the country. Ireland would take a step backwards were they to leave and would certainly be a duller place.

Pherekydes

Mairt wrote: »

The difference is they (the Irish) didn't come here to scrounge.

I fvcking detest a scrounger, Irish or otherwise.

There is absolutely no reason why any able bodied person in this country should not be in full time employment or school/college.

A scrounger's a scrounger. Simple. Nationality is irrelevant. There are lots of Africans working in the health services. Paying their taxes. Check out any hospital or nursing home. See if you "truely [sic] don't believe they've contributed a thing to Irish society."

kf1920

Mairt wrote: »

Absolutely, hard to argue with that.

Exactly!

Slow coach wrote: »

So half of the Irish population, then?

I actually meant the immigrants not irish scroungers

Mairt wrote: »

The difference is they (the Irish) didn't come here to scrounge.

I fvcking detest a scrounger, Irish or otherwise.

There is absolutely no reason why any able bodied person in this country should not be in full time employment or school/college.

Yeah, scroungers are annoying no matter what nationality but when they come to country to scrounge it just p1sses me off more

Slow coach wrote: »

A scrounger's a scrounger. Simple. Nationality is irrelevant. There are lots of Africans working in the health services. Paying their taxes. Check out any hospital or nursing home. See if you "truely [sic] don't believe they've contributed a thing to Irish society."

I've nothing against any hard working decent foreigner fair play to them etc, some do contribute enormous amounts to us as a whole, but others are trying to bleed us dry, they are succeeding too!

Pigman II

I'd miss the chinese and the polaks, but not so much the black africians (or the white africans either come to think of it). I guess I just don't like Africans.

KingOfFairview

Service industry would be fkucked. construction industry would be fckucked. Health service would be in far, far worse state than it already is, believe it or not. LUAS journey would be less fun with less attractive girls to leer at. ATM scams would drop off. House rental prices would probably drop.

big b

Mairt wrote: »

Immigrants.

How would you feel if they all left this week?.

Would you miss them?.

Would you miss a certain sector more than others?. (Yea the hot east-EU chics )

I wondered this after visiting an apartment I own, and let out. Alot of the residents have left and returned to Eastern Europe for the Christmas season & the place is dead!.

Hey Mairt, your posts here are very positive.
I assume they left the furniture, then?


Seriously, I've given a few Europeans a job here & they've all been decent hard-working people. Let's face it, they got off their arse & tried to better their lot. Such a pity a few malingerers came along for the ride, and lower people's perceptions of incomers in general.

*Lees*

I would miss this lovely foreign guy who always serves me at mac donalds, he's always so nice and happy and he puts the drinks in a cup holder and puts everything into a carrier bag to make it easier to carry to the car and drive home!!
I would also miss the lady who makes my sandwhiches!

Terry

cance wrote: »

fast food restaurants would come to a halt.
all the remedial jobs that students used to do, but are too good to do now would also come to a halt.
there would be far less eye candy thats for sure.
The irish would go back to hating each other again.

When did we stop?

biko wrote: »

I'd miss all the cool new spicy food in the foreign shops.

Me too.

big b wrote: »

Seriously, I've given a few Europeans a job here & they've all been decent hard-working people. Let's face it, they got off their arse & tried to better their lot. Such a pity a few malingerers came along for the ride, and lower people's perceptions of incomers in general.

You could say the same about the Irish in other countries.


Mairt, would not be lonely?

It just means we probably would go back to hating Travelers a whole lot more.

I'd miss if all of these immigrants left, I've become quite friendly with a lot of them.

On a side-not; my dad used to have his own business and he used to hire mostly Lithuanians (this was a few years before they used to come over) just for the reason that he got so fed up with hiring Irish people, whom he found to be lazy, irresponsible, and generally just bad workers.

Morlar

Mairt wrote: »

Immigrants.......Alot of the residents have left and returned to Eastern Europe for the Christmas season & the place is dead!.

I think we should all hide behind the sofa for when they come back.

Seriously though in the long run I think the ones who are likely to leave are the socially mobile ones (polish and other east european). Most people I know would be of the opinion that they are the ones we would rather stay and the scroungers are the ones we are more likely to be left with as an ongoing drain on our resources.

arybvtcw0eolkf

big b wrote: »

Hey Mairt, your posts here are very positive.
I assume they left the furniture, then?

Dunno, I've two apartments let. One is occupied by a lovely Polish couple, the other by two Irish girls.

Quality

Who would clean my house?

ScumLord

I think the country's much better off from having them around. They showed us that there's more to life than bacon and cabbage (not that I don't love me B&C an so do the Poles too).

20 or 50 years from now Irish people are going to look damn sexy too. It's a fact that mixing with gene pools far away from your own is a good way to improve the health and looks of a people.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Quality wrote: »

Who would clean my house?

Star Pants, Dudess, Pretty-in-Pink, Irishgirl.... There's alot of wimmin folk on boards.ie for that kind of work.

Pigman II

Mairt wrote: »

Star Pants, Dudess, Pretty-in-Pink, Irishgirl.... There's alot of wimmin folk on boards.ie for that kind of work.

I heard Dudess's house-cleaning is quite shoddy actually. She should really buck up her ideas.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Pigman II wrote: »

I heard Dudess's house-cleaning is quite shoddy actually. She should really buck up her ideas.

Its obvious she was spared the rod then.

Pigman II

Mairt wrote: »

Its obvious she was spared the rod then.

Nah I heard she gets the rod twice a night, three times on Sunday.

KingOfFairview

Quality wrote: »

Who would clean my house?

you would, proper order

DawnMc

I want them to all leave.

I'm a raving racist.

I let it out online as I am very PC in public.

Quality

KingOfFairview wrote: »

you would, proper order

Sorry darling, but I would rather be out enjoying myself with my kids and spending my husbands money than in scrubbing my house.

kf1920

Quality wrote: »

Who would clean my house?

U could always employ some irish person on the dole to do it? We hav enough of our own scroungers lik!

Quality

kf1920 wrote: »

U could always employ some irish person on the dole to do it? We hav enough of our own scroungers lik!

They are way too lazy, they would be stopping for smoke breaks every five minutes and they would probably end up sueing me if something happened to them....

biko

Have one of the fat boys in BGRH to do it. They need the exercise.
*runs off*