Polish people

niko2485

Maybe it's a little wierd but what do you think about the polish (foreign)people in Ireland? I am polish myself and sometimes I can hear that we are not really welcome here. Why do "we" have such a bad opinion here?Do you really think the polish people are taking away the irish jobs?


Sorry for my mistakes:)

Borneo Fnctn

Do you wanna be mates?

Mr Bloat

I'm Irish, born and bred and while I haven't met a lot of Polish people, I have liked and got on well with those that I have.
Don't listen to those that say you aren't welcome and are taking jobs, they are small minded bigots.
My job takes me to many different companies and businesses and from what I hear and have seen, amongst most business people the attitude is that Polish people are hard working and decent people.

ejmaztec

niko2485 wrote: »

Maybe it's a little wierd but what do you think about the polish (foreign)people in Ireland? I am polish myself and sometimes I can hear that we are not really welcome here. Why do "we" have such a bad opinion here?Do you really think the polish people are taking away the irish jobs?


Sorry for my mistakes:)

No problem with any foreigners, but then again I wasn't born here either.:pac:

Hazys

Give us back Dell and we'll call it quits

More Polish please, especially the ladies :pac:

TheZohanS

niko2485 wrote: »

Maybe it's a little wierd but what do you think about the polish (foreign)people in Ireland? I am polish myself and sometimes I can hear that we are not really welcome here. Why do "we" have such a bad opinion here?Do you really think the polish people are taking away the irish jobs?


Sorry for my mistakes:)

We like your wimmins.

waitinforatrain

Hmmm I thought pretty much everyone liked the polish, or at least has no problem with them. You'll get a few bigots no matter where you go though.

Kiera

Stop eating our swans!

Nah i kid, they're great people, very funny!

JONJO THE MISER

Well O.P ive lived with a few poilsh people and i have to say they were top notch Guys, however there are a lot of real Polish thugs in Ireland that give other Polish a bad name, i think a lot of Irish have mixed feelings about Polish people espically now the country is in recession but overall id say Polish people are welcomed here in Ireland.

PCPhoto

the only people who dont like the polish are the people who dont want a job !!!
(NOTE: The Scum of the Social Welfare)

- they only want someone to blame.

donglen

Have worked with quite a few Polish people and without meaning to generalise, I've found them to be a decent, honest hardworking bunch.........some traits the "new" Irish could do with taking on board (again, not meaning to generalise).

El Weirdo

*waits for the racists.

raah!

Ah, that type of thing happens everywhere there are immigrants.

dangerus06

we welcome you into our country.you got good jobs in construction and other areas .but now as poland is starting to build up and buildings have started the sign on the gate is no irish this was not just hear say it was in the papers .how would that make you feel if the roles were reversed

El Weirdo

That was quick...

Owen

Dzien Dobry moja kollega. Mam kochanie polkom I think having Polish people here is great, I've got a fantastic girlfriend, and a great country to explore each time she visits her parents and brings me. Most polish people I've met are very well educated, and easy to chat to, so I've no problem with any of them.

Of course, you could accuse my girlfriend of coming over here and stealing our fat ugly men if you want

AckwelFoley

niko2485 wrote: »

Maybe it's a little wierd but what do you think about the polish (foreign)people in Ireland? I am polish myself and sometimes I can hear that we are not really welcome here. Why do "we" have such a bad opinion here?Do you really think the polish people are taking away the irish jobs?


Sorry for my mistakes:)

you eat our swans.

You have better looking women

and your state leader isnt Brian Cowen.

Thats why we hate you. Dont take it personally.

newmills

My childminder (who has been with us nearly 3 years) is polish. She was the best educated, best spoken and had the best references of the dozen or so people we interviewed.
We pay her well above minimum wage and treat her like one of the family.
She is incredibly generous and very kind to me and my family....so for me i have nothing but respect and admiration for this polish girl who has travelled the world and has graced us with her presence.

P.S........she is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!

Pygmalion

I'm about to go looking for a job for when I move up to study in DCU next month.

So obviously I haven't made up my mind yet as to whether the Polish are human beings or the **** that keep me unemployed.

Pygmalion

Double post

AckwelFoley

newmills wrote: »

My childminder (who has been with us nearly 3 years) is polish. She was the best educated, best spoken and had the best references of the dozen or so people we interviewed.
We pay her well above minimum wage and treat her like one of the family.
She is incredibly generous and very kind to me and my family....so for me i have nothing but respect and admiration for this polish girl who has travelled the world and has graced us with her presence.

P.S........she is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!

Thats really nice

Pics or GTFO!

Nodin

niko2485 wrote: »

Maybe it's a little wierd but what do you think about the polish (foreign)people in Ireland? I am polish myself and sometimes I can hear that we are not really welcome here. Why do "we" have such a bad opinion here?Do you really think the polish people are taking away the irish jobs?


Sorry for my mistakes:)

These are Irish "begrudgers". Fuck them (not literally/in a friendly way).

barakus

I like em. Its fairly hypocritical to slag off people coming here to work when we've been doing the exact same thing in other countries for years and you could be sure we would have gone to poland if there was money to be made over there...

ejmaztec

El Weirdo wrote: »

*waits for the racists.

Hope they didn't keep you waiting too long.:pac:

jdivision

dangerus06 wrote: »

we welcome you into our country.you got good jobs in construction and other areas .but now as poland is starting to build up and buildings have started the sign on the gate is no irish this was not just hear say it was in the papers

Was that not a claim made by a guy which was picked up by certain parts of the media but when he was asked to produce any evidence he couldn't?

The_Kew_Tour

Most of the Polish I have met are hard working decent people.

There few bad apples in every country so dont worry about it.

As long as you here to work in this country the better it is for Ireland

brummytom

Most people are fine with 'foreigners' (for want of a better phrase)

Ignore anyone who isn't, they're bigoted pricks

Monkey_Pirate

Us Irish have that tendency to turn the watery 'aul eye of suspicion to anything we're not familiar with. Don't mind us. We're a lovely bunch really. Mostly, anyway (but then that can be said for all people from all walks of life )

El Weirdo

ejmaztec wrote: »

Hope they didn't keep you waiting too long.:pac:

I was actually worried that I wouldn't get my post in on time.

breadandjam

dangerus06 wrote: »

we welcome you into our country.you got good jobs in construction and other areas .but now as poland is starting to build up and buildings have started the sign on the gate is no irish this was not just hear say it was in the papers .

"It was in the papers" and that makes it true?:D

spurious

breadandjam wrote: »

"It was in the papers" and that makes it true?:D

This is After Hours, of course it makes it true.

Polish people are very like Irish people I think, though some of their jokes are seriously bad.
I wish they had brought their weather with them. I don't know how they stick the weather here.

Rented Mule

Hazys wrote: »

Give us back Dell and we'll call it quits

You first.

Kind Regards,

America.

Kintarō Hattori

Niko most Irish people are happy to have Polish and people of other nationalities here, you can see it in the replies people have given here. As with anything there will always be some people who don't want foreigners in their country but these people are the minority thankfully.

By and large we are delighted to have you Polish folk here. You work hard, are educated, have a good sense of humour and your ladies are stunning. Why wouldn't you be welcome.

procure11

niko2485 wrote: »

Maybe it's a little wierd but what do you think about the polish (foreign)people in Ireland? I am polish myself and sometimes I can hear that we are not really welcome here. Why do "we" have such a bad opinion here?Do you really think the polish people are taking away the irish jobs?


Sorry for my mistakes:)

I dont know if you have been living in Ireland for long...if you have,you would have noticed they are a very decent bunch and quite accommodating.The "bad opinion" you are talking about is sometimes grossly exagerated (especially when you read some posts on AH)..on the whole majority of Irish people are very nice people if you can undersatnd their jokes and wit.

Now that you are here ..can I ask you a simple question...is it true that some Polish employers advertise their jobs and ask Irish people not to apply ?:eek:

spurious

procure11 wrote: »

Now that you are here ..can I ask you a simple question...is it true that some Polish employers advertise their jobs and ask Irish people not to apply ?:eek:

From what I know from Polish friends, that was more along the lines of employers not wanting Poles who had worked in Ireland coming back with their fancy union ideas of rights and entitlements.

El Weirdo

spurious wrote: »

From what I know from Polish friends, that was more along the lines of employers not wanting Poles who had worked in Ireland coming back with their fancy union ideas of rights and entitlements.

No! There were signs on the gates of building sites! It was in the papers ffs!:pac:

herya

I for one feel very welcome in Ireland. Being a girl might help!

NBB Bohs wrote: »

a polish guy i know always thinks the weather is alright here and always says its crap back home, but maby he lives in an even wetter part of poland than dublin

The weather in Poland is quite extreme as compared to Dublin - very hot dry summers and often snowy winters. If you prefer milder conditions Ireland is brill. It feels like permanent spring/autumn here.

procure11 wrote: »

Now that you are here ..can I ask you a simple question...is it true that some Polish employers advertise their jobs and ask Irish people not to apply ?:eek:

Honestly I've never heard of it happening in Poland. The story was published in some rag and never substantiated plus I find it highly improbable - the Irish are not coming in droves anyway, if they wanted to discriminate against someone the Irish would be far far behind Belarussians, Ukrainians, Chinese and Vietnamese. But such a long signage would not look good in The Independent I guess.

This_Years_Love

I have nothing against Polish people in Ireland. In fact some of my best friends are Polish. They are the nicest, kindest, most generous people I have ever met. They are a very welcome change from the utter rudeness of most of the Irish people. (And I'm Irish).

wmpdd3

Hey Niko 2485 Wy jesteście więcej niż powitanie

6 out of my 9 staff are Polish. Where I work About 25% of staff and managers are polish. Of course I get on well with most people I work with no matter what nationality they are. I have used the opportunity to find out as much as possible about Poland and Polish as like most Irish I was useless at languages.

But daily they have to endure a barrage of offensive insults.

I have had customer refuse to be served by poles saying ' have you no one who speaks English here' ( all my staff have at least 3 languages and are fluent in English)

One manager who was dealing with a customer complaint was asked 'what right he had having a managers job when half the country is out of work'.

I have seen some of they guys treated as simpletons. Ironic as most have college educations. Very funny to see one customer trying to argue a legal point with a manager that was also a qualified solicitor in Poland.

The fact of the matter is the Polish working with me have started at the bottom and worked their way up and deserve their dues.

And yes I have heard the 'No Irish' rumor etc.

I find the most bitter against Polish are construction workers and self employed trades people. I am open to correction.

niko2485

procure11 wrote: »

I dont know if you have been living in Ireland for long...if you have,you would have noticed they are a very decent bunch and quite accommodating.The "bad opinion" you are talking about is sometimes grossly exagerated (especially when you read some posts on AH)..on the whole majority of Irish people are very nice people if you can undersatnd their jokes and wit.

Now that you are here ..can I ask you a simple question...is it true that some Polish employers advertise their jobs and ask Irish people not to apply ?:eek:

I have been living here for 4 years and yes I heve meet lots of nice irish people. Most of my polish friends have a bad english and I can't imagin somebody without the language in my country. It has to be really hard because polish(older) people are very unfrendlly(iin my opinion). Your culture is more open for something differend or new. I will check the adverts about work but I have never hear about it before.

P.s The weather in this country is like polish jokes -crap

wmpdd3

Hey Niko 2485 Wy jesteście więcej niż powitanie

6 out of my 9 staff are Polish. Where I work About 25% of staff and managers are polish. Of course I get on well with most people I work with no matter what nationality they are. I have used the opportunity to find out as much as possible about Poland and Polish as like most Irish I was useless at languages.

But daily they have to endure a barrage of offensive insults.

I have had customer refuse to be served by poles saying ' have you no one who speaks English here' ( all my staff have at least 3 languages and are fluent in English)

One manager who was dealing with a customer complaint was asked 'what right he had having a managers job when half the country is out of work'.

I have seen some of they guys treated as simpletons. Ironic as most have college educations. Very funny to see one customer trying to argue a legal point with a manager that was also a qualified solicitor in Poland.

The fact of the matter is the Polish working with me have started at the bottom and worked their way up and deserve their dues.

And yes I have heard the 'No Irish' rumor etc.

I find the most bitter against Polish are construction workers and self employed trades people. I am open to correction.

spurious

niko2485 wrote: »

I can't imagin somebody without the language in my country. It has to be really hard because polish(older) people are very unfrendlly(iin my opinion).

I spent most of July in Krakow (in UJ) on an intensive Polish course. I think Polish people are not used to the small talk that Irish people make with strangers and are quite suspicious of it. This makes some people here think that they are stuck up or cold.

I found that older people were a bit more work, but were usually highly amused at the idea of someone from Ireland trying to learn Polish. They were very patient. God knows what offensive things I was coming out with trying to speak to them.

niko2485

It was happen to me once as well. Im working on the phone 30 min every day and as a polish person I can't say the name of the company with the proper acent. The men on the phone ask me once what is the name of the company and after he just said "Can I talk to somebody who speaks english". He was annoyed and he pissed me of. I transfer the call to the other girl and nearly cried.:(

niko2485

spurious wrote: »

I spent most of July in Krakow (in UJ) on an intensive Polish course. I think Polish people are not used to the small talk that Irish people make with strangers and are quite suspicious of it. This makes some people here think that they are stuck up or cold.

I found that older people were a bit more work, but were usually highly amused at the idea of someone from Ireland trying to learn Polish. They were very patient. God knows what offensive things I was coming out with trying to speak to them.

Is it difficult to lern polish?

EdgarAllenPoo

Decent people are decent people and arseholes are arseholes, that goes for all nationalities. With that said all the Polish people I work with are great craic compared to some of the Irish people I work with.

Crann na Beatha

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fearandloathing

i love the polish, theres a good few polish girls in my office and they're all really cool. im dating a polish girl so i guess im biased. i find some of the polish guys ive met through her to be a bit unfriendly and unwilling to make much conversation with me but maybe the dont like to see an irish guy with one of their women? im not sure about that one, maybe im totally wrong there and they just cant stand listening to me banging on about the weather..

**** the haters niko, most of the people i know love the polish! i just hope a lot of you guys settle here long term cos it'll do the gene pool no harm at all!

spurious

niko2485 wrote: »

Is it difficult to lern polish?

It's not that difficult to make yourself understood, using words and sign language, but to speak it correctly is for a native English speaker quite hard.

w Krakowie, z Krakowa, do Krakowa
dobra, dobry, dobro, dobrym, dobrego - Jesus!
Jest bardzo trudnym jezykiem (?).

procure11

wmpdd3 wrote: »

Hey Niko 2485 Wy jesteście więcej niż powitanie

6 out of my 9 staff are Polish. Where I work About 25% of staff and managers are polish. Of course I get on well with most people I work with no matter what nationality they are. I have used the opportunity to find out as much as possible about Poland and Polish as like most Irish I was useless at languages.

But daily they have to endure a barrage of offensive insults.

I have had customer refuse to be served by poles saying ' have you no one who speaks English here' ( all my staff have at least 3 languages and are fluent in English)

One manager who was dealing with a customer complaint was asked 'what right he had having a managers job when half the country is out of work'.

I have seen some of they guys treated as simpletons. Ironic as most have college educations. Very funny to see one customer trying to argue a legal point with a manager that was also a qualified solicitor in Poland.

The fact of the matter is the Polish working with me have started at the bottom and worked their way up and deserve their dues.

And yes I have heard the 'No Irish' rumor etc.

I find the most bitter against Polish are construction workers and self employed trades people. I am open to correction.

I am not too sure if you are polish.

While I understand the constraints that Polish workers and most probably most foreign workers face ,I dont think it would just be an isolated problem in Ireland.You have to realise in difficult economic situations ..most..if not all countries tend to be a bit insular .

You cannot also deny the fact it can be a bit annoying for anyone to spend time trying to explain themselves to people that are supposed to be "customer service ".I am not trying excuse any bigoted views but sometimes you have look at it from both perspectives.

I am very certain that the same would be happening in Poland regarding their immigrant population.The distinction would be how the majority of people treat immigrants.My question to the OP would be ...how do Polish people treat immigrants in their country?

niko2485

spurious wrote: »

It's not that difficult to make yourself understood, using words and sign language, but to speak it correctly is for a native English speaker quite hard.

w Krakowie, z Krakowa, do Krakowa
dobra, dobry, dobro, dobrym, dobrego - Jesus!
Jest bardzo trudnym jezykiem (?).

Ja mieszkam w Krakowie:)-I 'm living in Krakow