What would you do?

Ann22

About 5yrs ago I was walking home from town with my 13yr old son. A Nigerian girl (i'm not being racist or anything, just describing her to set the scene) of about 16 was walking ahead of me with a younger boy, prob her brother. She was carrying a bag of shopping. They were getting on my nerves 'cos they were eating sweets and throwing the wrappers away as they walked, even passing bins. I was getting angrier and angrier and I wasn't in the best of moods this day so I caught up with her and pointed to a bin we happened to be passing and said 'there's a bin there if you need it'. She totally ignored what I said just walked on and continued to drop her wrappers willy nilly on the pavement. After a minute or two my young fella turned to me and said 'Mam, look, she should be careful what she throws away', in his hand he had €20 that he'd spotted blowing among her sweet wrappers. I took a few quick steps to catch her up to give her her money but just before I reached her she turned right round, smirked at me, held her arm outstretched and dropped the empty packet on the ground.
Well I was in a total dilemma but the turn for my home was coming up , I dithered and fretted and we ended up keeping the money. Is that terrible?

I promised my son we'd give it to charity, can't remember what I did with it.

MooseJam

I would have kept the money and slapped the b1tch

The Master

Ann22 wrote: »

About 5yrs ago

Jaysus who would care at this stage:rolleyes:

I hope you spent it on something useless

Photi

Ann22 wrote: »

A Nigerian girl (i'm not being racist or anything, just describing her to set the scene) .

Jebus, what's wrong with 'A girl'?

" I'm not being racist but.." I love it.

Beamish

Ann22 wrote: »

About 5yrs ago I was walking home from town with my 13yr old son. A Nigerian girl (i'm not being racist or anything, just describing her to set the scene) of about 16 was walking ahead of me with a younger boy, prob her brother. She was carrying a bag of shopping. They were getting on my nerves 'cos they were eating sweets and throwing the wrappers away as they walked, even passing bins. I was getting angrier and angrier and I wasn't in the best of moods this day so I caught up with her and pointed to a bin we happened to be passing and said 'there's a bin there if you need it'. She totally ignored what I said just walked on and continued to drop her wrappers willy nilly on the pavement. After a minute or two my young fella turned to me and said 'Mam, look, she should be careful what she throws away', in his hand he had €20 that he'd spotted blowing among her sweet wrappers. I took a few quick steps to catch her up to give her her money but just before I reached her she turned right round, smirked at me, held her arm outstretched and dropped the empty packet on the ground.
Well I was in a total dilemma but the turn for my home was coming up , I dithered and fretted and we ended up keeping the money. Is that terrible?

I promised my son we'd give it to charity, can't remember what I did with it.

I'd have used the money to teach them how to write in reasonable english. Using paragraphs and that type of fancy stuff.

That kind of education stays with one for life.

admiralofthefleet

i would have put on the 3.30 at kempton

peanuthead

The Master wrote: »

Jaysus who would care at this stage:rolleyes:

I hope you spent it on something useless

haha, yeah it is a long time ago alright!! Yeah you should give it to charity. Or maybe put it in a card for your son's 18th!!

Heyes

Would have kept it, you were manerly to her once, she didnt deserve you to be manerly twice.

Ann22

Photi wrote: »

Jebus, what's wrong with 'A girl'?

" I'm not being racist but.." I love it.

It's terrible but I think I was more aggravated 'cos she was foreign. It was like a visitor coming into your home and making a mess. At the time I worked with a lovely Kenyan lady, who was one of the nicest people I've known. She would think nothing of putting down tools and spending a shift helping others and end up getting feck all done herself. It takes all sorts I suppose.

MIN2511

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i would have put on the 3.30 at kempton

Actually 2.30 Sunderland may have been a better deal


OP, so this happened 5yrs ago and you decide to start a thread in AH about it:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

A few suggestions for you

• Knitting
• Cleaning
• Cooking

Kiera

What would i do? I would have gotten over it 5 years ago

shenanigans1982

Would have adopted an African kid with it through Goal or concern and made sure he knew better than to throw papers on the ground.

Gran Hermano

OP, after five years I sincerely hope this thread gives you closure.

Ann22

Kiera wrote: »

What would i do? I would have gotten over it 5 years ago

I haven't been fretting about it ever since, just been posting here since the summer. I was just wanted to tell everybody my wee story.:o

Kiera

Ann22 wrote: »

I haven't been fretting about it ever since, just been posting here since the summer. I was just wanted to tell everybody my wee story.:o

Ah i'm only having a laugh, hon

Turd Ferguson

I dont condone sexual abuse, but....

marcsignal

Ann22 wrote: »

I haven't been fretting about it ever since, just been posting here since the summer. I was just wanted to tell everybody my wee story.:o

very wise;), you'd have been eaten alive for saying anything negative about foreigners 5 years ago...

CtrlSource

Get very annoyed when i see people littering. Went through a "cool" phase of littering, in about my early teens i'd say. Got over it pretty quick though and now i absolutely abhor anyone littering!

Have to comment as others have however, that her race isn't of any relevance. Also i dunno why people say "Nigerian" when they really could only mean black (unless you knew she was from Nigeria from other evidence). *shrug*

Would have kept the money. She clearly couldn't have given a fiddlers about it

Varkov

I told em!

"We've got a litter problem" says them.

"It's the blacks" says I.

MooseJam

CtrlSource wrote: »

Have to comment as others did however, that her race isn't of any relevance.

and her sex is ?

CtrlSource

MooseJam wrote: »

and her sex is ?

Let's not go nuts!

Ann22

CtrlSource wrote: »

Get very annoyed when i see people littering. Went through a "cool" phase of littering, in about my early teens i'd say. Got over it pretty quick though and now i absolutely abhor anyone littering!

Have to comment as others have however, that her race isn't of any relevance. Also i dunno why people say "Nigerian" when they really could only mean black (unless you knew she was from Nigeria from other evidence). *shrug*

Would have kept the money. She clearly couldn't have given a fiddlers about it

She looked Nigerian. Tall and slim.

Beamish

Ann22 wrote: »

She looked Nigerian. Tall and slim.

They all look like that. Black and poor. no food = skinny.

trout

Ann22 wrote: »

She looked Nigerian. Tall and slim.

Racist AND sizeist.

*harummph*

Gran Hermano

MooseJam wrote: »

and her sex is ?

Or her age?
We need less emphasis on race, sex and age.

Oshare Bones

I would have shot her. Shot her dead. Twice.

Ann22

Ah Jeeeebus!!!!!!!! I'm sorry I opened my mouth now.:D She was very pretty I hasten to add. My Kenyan pal decribed how African races differ in appearances. Strangely she struggled to tell me apart from some of our co-workers 'til she really got to know me.

Gran Hermano

Ann22 wrote: »

Ah Jeeeebus!!!!!!!! I'm sorry I opened my mouth now.:D She was very pretty I hasten to add. My Kenyan pal decribed how African races differ in appearances. Strangely she struggled to tell me apart from some of our co-workers 'til she really got to know me.

You saying all us paddys are crackers and look the same?

MooseJam

which are the ones with the huge asses ?

Turd Ferguson

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Or her age?
We need less emphasis on race, sex and age.

And more emphasis on their religion and beliefs

Sharpshooter

Would this be a good time to mention that twenty quid you owe me Ann?

Ann22

Quote'which are the ones with the huge asses ?'


They are all inclined to have curvy bums. I saw a Nigerian woman at a neighbours childs birthday party. She was really beautiful-like some kind of statue. Don't know what her bum was like. Her wee fella was cute, mad Dundalk accent.:)

Ann22

sharpshooterH wrote: »

Would this be a good time to mention that twenty quid you owe me Ann?

Darn! Me and my big mouth:rolleyes::D

rediguana

This wins the award for dumbest opening post I ever saw. Stiff competition, so praise where praise is due. Anna, or whatever, I salute you.

Ann22

rediguana wrote: »

This wins the award for dumbest opening post I ever saw. Stiff competition, so praise where praise is due. Anna, or whatever, I salute you.

Sorry if you thought it was dumb. I know it's a long time ago but at the time I felt uncomfortable that maybe the young one got into trouble for arriving home without her change.

marcsignal

NOT a Racist

Naos

Photi wrote: »

Jebus, what's wrong with 'A girl'?

" I'm not being racist but.." I love it.

She was setting a scene. If you were telling a story would you say a "car" hit a tree or a "nissan almera" hit a tree?

It's called being descriptive, get off your PC high horse.

OP: If she'd have done that, I'd have kept it and probably thrown a tenner into a charity box.

taidghbaby

i would have spent it on heroin......wel me havin the problem and all!!

Mark200

I'd have kept it. Maybe would have given it to charity but if I spent it on absolute rubbish instead it wouldn't bother me at all.

You were about to give it to her and she turned around and acted like that. I don't think anyone in your situation would give her her money after that

ScumLord

You need to have more compassion, she was just making sure she could find her way home again using the Hansel and Gretel method. She's probably still wandering around completely lost to this day because you broke the link

nice1franko

fake story

Sharpshooter

nice1franko wrote: »

fake story

Fake post.

nice1franko

sharpshooterH wrote: »

Fake post.

fake hair

chickenhawk

I would have let her seen the money she dropped and when she went to grab it back.....c unt punt.

The_B_Man

My taxes paid for that twenty!!

Dave147

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i would have put on the 3.30 at kempton

You could buy that horse of yours, let alone back it!!

Bob the Builder

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i would have put on the 3.30 at kempton

same as...


yanno ...but with this recession going on now....

marcsignal

ScumLord wrote: »

You need to have more compassion, she was just making sure she could find her way home again using the Hansel and Gretel method. She's probably still wandering around completely lost to this day because you broke the link

*contemplates feasibility of constructing paper trail all the way to Lagos*

Darragh29

MooseJam wrote: »

I would have kept the money and slapped the b1tch

I'd have shown her the 20 Euro she just threw away, that would have wrecked her head!!!

Turd Ferguson

nice1franko wrote: »

fake story

sharpshooterH wrote: »

Fake post.

nice1franko wrote: »

fake hair

Wait a minute...those are fake hands!!!

Xavi6

Bah, beaten to it!