The guards are absolute f**kin....Gents

Bonito

Came up to a checkpoint. No tax displayed on the car as I've only bought it, asked me to pull in. No problem guard. Do ya mind if I sit in out of the cold. Not at all guard hop in. Had a lovely chat in my nice cozy car. Showed my license and the photocopy of the cars log book to show it'd been changed to my name and been sent off so just waiting to receive it from Shannon.

Complemented my car and said I was a gent and asked did I happen to have my insurance cert, which I didn't but had the disc. He ran the reg etc and he said he was happy enough. I asked did would he like me to pop into the station durin' the week with my cert and he said not at all I'm happy enough with ya and everything checks out. Safe drive home now and be good.

Thanks very much guard have a nice evenin'.

The guards are lovely people

Agricola

Well it seems like standard procedure to me. Any guard that would make a big song and dance about it is just being a cnut.

El Weirdo

You sound pissed. In which case they're even sounder.

Bonito

Agricola wrote: »

Well it seems like standard procedure to me. Any guard that would make a big song and dance about it is just being a cnut.

Yeh but it's nice when they're not contrary aul monotonous feckers at the same time :pac:

Bonito

El Weirdo wrote: »

You sound pissed. In which case they're even sounder.

Shhhhhhh

Mena

And in six months the summons arrives for not displaying your tax and insurance at your local Garda station

cian1500ww

We need more guards like that...

brian ireland

Bonito wrote: »

Came up to a checkpoint. No tax displayed on the car as I've only bought it, asked me to pull in. No problem guard. Do ya mind if I sit in out of the cold. Not at all guard hop in. Had a lovely chat in my nice cozy car. Showed my license and the photocopy of the cars log book to show it'd been changed to my name and been sent off so just waiting to receive it from Shannon.

Complemented my car and said I was a gent and asked did I happen to have my insurance cert, which I didn't but had the disc. He ran the reg etc and he said he was happy enough. I asked did would he like me to pop into the station durin' the week with my cert and he said not at all I'm happy enough with ya and everything checks out. Safe drive home now and be good.

Thanks very much guard have a nice evenin'.

The guards are lovely people

What did you expect? a flogging? Normal Joe doing nothing wrong so no problem!!. Are you paranoid about something you have done in the past ? and afraid they may catch you out?

Bonito

brian ireland wrote: »

What did you expect? a flogging? Normal Joe doing nothing wrong so no problem!!. Are you paranoid about something you have done in the past ? and afraid they may catch you out?

My car wouldn't exactly be quiet

brian ireland

Bonito wrote: »

My car wouldn't exactly be quiet

See!!! you never mentined your back seat before. Enought said. :eek:

Cookie_Monster

Wow, a guard did exactly what he was supposed to do :eek:

You should've sped off with him in the car, see how much of a gent he would've been then

CrazyRabbit

I told ya they never check the boot for bodies. And you were soo worried!

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Wow, a guard did exactly what he was supposed to do :eek:

You should've sped off with him in the car, see how much of a gent he would've been then

Well if he was following procedure he shouldn't have done that. But still, it is fair to say that if didnt he would have been a bit of a dick

Look at it from their point of view aswell though, he lets you off and god forbid there's an accident, said cop is screwed, fired and whole force in disrepute

Same reason why they put people in the cells for drunk and disorderly, they have a duty of care.
Blame tabloid Ireland

Anyway I'm rambling, cops are great, if you're friendly enough you can get seized lush

Buceph

Typical sneaky behaviour from a guard.

He was trying to get a better smell off you, because he thought you were drinking. And instead of telling you to do a breathaliser, which would have been fine if he was given permission from higher ups, he probably wasn't following the rules and was looking for a reason to investigate further. Because you looked dodgy, or you looked like someone who kicked his dog once, or because you just happened to have a type of car that really pisses him off.


Guards are the most untrustworthy of sorts. And while I fully admit a few of them are perfectly nice people, others will lie and deceive to get their own way.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Buceph wrote: »

Typical sneaky behaviour from a guard.

He was trying to get a better smell off you, because he thought you were drinking. And instead of telling you to do a breathaliser, which would have been fine if he was given permission from higher ups, he probably wasn't following the rules and was looking for a reason to investigate further. Because you looked dodgy, or you looked like someone who kicked his dog once, or because you just happened to have a type of car that really pisses him off.


Guards are the most untrustworthy of sorts. And while I fully admit a few of them are perfectly nice people, others will lie and deceive to get their own way.

are you for real?

Son Of A Vidic

I hope he didn't put his nice 'friendly' hand on your lap?;)

Buceph

Erika Shapely Brow wrote: »

are you for real?

You really think he wanted to sit into the car for a chat and to warm his toes?


Grow up.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Buceph wrote: »

You really think he wanted to sit into the car for a chat and to warm his toes?


Grow up.

Some people are just kinda sound and go through life thinking it's easier to be nice to people than not.

Perhaps you aren't one of them

tech77

Bonito wrote: »

Came up to a checkpoint. No tax displayed on the car as I've only bought it, asked me to pull in. No problem guard. Do ya mind if I sit in out of the cold. Not at all guard hop in. Had a lovely chat in my nice cozy car. Showed my license and the photocopy of the cars log book to show it'd been changed to my name and been sent off so just waiting to receive it from Shannon.

Complemented my car and said I was a gent and asked did I happen to have my insurance cert, which I didn't but had the disc. He ran the reg etc and he said he was happy enough. I asked did would he like me to pop into the station durin' the week with my cert and he said not at all I'm happy enough with ya and everything checks out. Safe drive home now and be good.

Thanks very much guard have a nice evenin'.

The guards are lovely people

Good robust sample of 1 there.

jared86

El Weirdo wrote: »

You sound pissed. In which case they're even sounder.

lol!

citizen_p

i dont mind gardai....there is just 1 in my area who is a total prick and would do you on anything....

Jumpy

Mousey- wrote: »

i dont mind gardai....there is just 1 in my area who is a total prick and would do you on anything....

You mean like the kitchen table or the washing machine?

Glico Man

Mousey- wrote: »

i dont mind gardai....there is just 1 in my area who is a total prick and would do you on anything....

Even a cactus??:eek:



/gets coat

Dudess

Buceph wrote: »

You really think he wanted to sit into the car for a chat and to warm his toes?

No, just that he wasn't up to the stuff you paranoidly described?

artanevilla

Give me a lift home one night, couldn't find a taxi anywhere. Fair play.

K-9

Buceph wrote:

Guards are the most untrustworthy of sorts. And while I fully admit a few of them are perfectly nice people, others will lie and deceive to get their own way.

Just substitute Guards for AH posters and you are spot on.

Glico Man

artanevilla wrote: »

Give me a lift home one night, couldn't find a taxi anywhere. Fair play.

I'm sure I read somewhere that if you cannot get home then they are legally obliged to give you a lift.

Pittens

Are you paranoid about something you have done in the past ? and afraid they may catch you out?

He is happy to live in a country where the polis leave people off where they dont have to. In this situation he would be facing a "fine" ( read bribe) in many countries of the world - and int he Worlds Freest Democracy an Angry Cop asking him to Get Out Of The Car Sir with a gun to his head.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

aaronh007 wrote: »

I'm sure I read somewhere that if you cannot get home then they are legally obliged to give you a lift.

It's a myth, up there with they can't arrest you if they haven't their hat on

Glico Man

Erika Shapely Brow wrote: »

It's a myth, up there with they can't arrest you if they haven't their hat on

Maybe they just give you a lift to the station?

artanevilla

aaronh007 wrote: »

I'm sure I read somewhere that if you cannot get home then they are legally obliged to give you a lift.

I was walking up and down the seafront at the end of the Kilbarrack Road at 4 in the morning. They drove by three times before pulling over to see what I was up to. Once they sussed I was: a.sober and b.sound, they asked did I want a lift.

heviballs

Bonito wrote: »

The guards are lovely people

yeah you're right,they're sooo sound that one of them who used to live with my bro would regularly call in with his partner(also a guard)to their apartment,whilst on duty with cans of beer in tow,stay there untill about 4 or so,do their rounds(Dun Laoighaire area),get the chewing gum into them before clocking off
on the other hand i have a friend who is a guard and he is str8 down the middle,a very good guard indeed
on the whole i find them to be arrogant,on edge and difficult to deal with,

not to mention corrupt,check out their stash of cans at Christmas time in our local station from the Junior/Leaving cert confiscations,it's a form of robbery imo

Xluna

You're going to get good and bad guards just like you get good and bad Irish,black,gay and Protestant people. No point generalising one way or the other.

Rycn

Bonito wrote: »

Came up to a checkpoint. No tax displayed on the car as I've only bought it, asked me to pull in. No problem guard. Do ya mind if I sit in out of the cold. Not at all guard hop in. Had a lovely chat in my nice cozy car. Showed my license and the photocopy of the cars log book to show it'd been changed to my name and been sent off so just waiting to receive it from Shannon.

Complemented my car and said I was a gent and asked did I happen to have my insurance cert, which I didn't but had the disc. He ran the reg etc and he said he was happy enough. I asked did would he like me to pop into the station durin' the week with my cert and he said not at all I'm happy enough with ya and everything checks out. Safe drive home now and be good.

Thanks very much guard have a nice evenin'.

The guards are lovely people

One in a million.

Red_Marauder

There's something very reassuring about pleasant gardaí. I started a thread recently about my experience with them... I think we appreciate them more than we appreciate nice waiters or nice shopkeepers.

The thing about Gardai is that they aren't trying to sell you anything. And just like ambulance men, or nurses, who don't have anything to gain from being extra helpful or being particularly engaging, that gesture is especially appreciated.

I think a lot of it is also down to relief that you aren't in trouble. When my house was broken into and the Guards came to the door to check up on things, I felt like I'd done something wrong.

I've never committed a crime as far as I am aware, but every time I get pulled over by the Guards, or a Guard approaches me, I always have that doomed feeling, and have to start recollecting any possible legal indiscretions.

sdanseo

Buceph wrote: »

You really think he wanted to sit into the car for a chat and to warm his toes?


Grow up.

I love people like you who just have to believe there's a conspiracy or ulterior motive behind everything, no matter how innocent. Gardaí are humans too, you know.

I go into my job most days (bar maybe when I've been out before :P ) and do my best cos' if it's worth doing it's worth doing right. No reason a Guard shouldn't and wouldn't do the same.

donvito99

Bonito wrote: »

Came up to a checkpoint. No tax displayed on the car as I've only bought it, asked me to pull in. No problem guard. Do ya mind if I sit in out of the cold. Not at all guard hop in. Had a lovely chat in my nice cozy car. Showed my license and the photocopy of the cars log book to show it'd been changed to my name and been sent off so just waiting to receive it from Shannon.

Complemented my car and said I was a gent and asked did I happen to have my insurance cert, which I didn't but had the disc. He ran the reg etc and he said he was happy enough. I asked did would he like me to pop into the station durin' the week with my cert and he said not at all I'm happy enough with ya and everything checks out. Safe drive home now and be good.

Thanks very much guard have a nice evenin'.

The guards are lovely people

nice change from the usual sorta Garda threads.

donvito99

Buceph wrote: »

Typical sneaky behaviour from a guard.

He was trying to get a better smell off you, because he thought you were drinking. And instead of telling you to do a breathaliser, which would have been fine if he was given permission from higher ups, he probably wasn't following the rules and was looking for a reason to investigate further. Because you looked dodgy, or you looked like someone who kicked his dog once, or because you just happened to have a type of car that really pisses him off.


Guards are the most untrustworthy of sorts. And while I fully admit a few of them are perfectly nice people, others will lie and deceive to get their own way.

Conspiracy Theories >>>

Personal Issues >>>

heviballs

Xluna wrote: »

You're going to get good and bad guards just like you get good and bad Irish,black,gay and Protestant people. No point generalising one way or the other.

well in that case is there any point of this thread,surely this forum would be dead if we applied the above to all topics

donvito99

heviballs wrote: »

well in that case is there any point of this thread,surely this forum would be dead if we applied the above to all topics

He makes a better argument than you. he's perfectly right.

Bob Z

aaronh007 wrote: »

I'm sure I read somewhere that if you cannot get home then they are legally obliged to give you a lift.

What!??!...and all this time ive been getting taxis?

xw2lj9uspm1eyh

It all depends on who you meet OP.I was in a car with a guy who got done for 2 points for having no tax one night fair enough.But he needed the car for college so he was coming back in from college and got pulled.He explained to the guard what happened and she said if your story is true I wont give you any points.Following week he gets a letter out 2 extra points for him.

caseyann

Most are great No problems with them.


I only ever came across one **** and he turned out to be on the take.So no surprise he was scum:mad:

Dartz

I said hello to a Gard once.

He said hello back.

I hadn't even realised he was a Gard until afterwards, I mistook him for a colleague.

D.Q

id say he'd probably heard about the toothpick.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

mendusa wrote: »

It all depends on who you meet OP.I was in a car with a guy who got done for 2 points for having no tax one night fair enough.But he needed the car for college so he was coming back in from college and got pulled.He explained to the guard what happened and she said if your story is true I wont give you any points.Following week he gets a letter out 2 extra points for him.

Thats typical beurocracy overlaps, can happen anywhere. You can appeal that and win without a shadow of a doubt

Still a pain in the arse though...

sesna

Its great to have courteous, friendly guards when they are undertaking routine checks such as tax and insurance on law-abiding citizens

But it should be recognised that more robust Jack Bauer type guards are needed also to deal with hardened thugs, or if gangland criminals came into possession of depleted uranium. Don't be offended if they dont compliment you on being a gent - they've probably had a long day.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

sesna wrote: »

Its great to have courteous, friendly guards when they are undertaking routine checks such as tax and insurance on law-abiding citizens

But it should be recognised that more robust Jack Bauer type guards are needed also to deal with hardened thugs, or if gangland criminals came into possession of depleted uranium. Don't be offended if they dont compliment you on being a gent - they've probably had a long day.

Very true, everyone can have a crap day at work and be a bit ratty

I have a mate who is a garda and said one of the best days he had at work was going to a nice area and setting up a random breath/tax and insurance check.
Every car that went through complimented on how great it is to see you out, its a shame you haven't more numbers, enjoy the rest of your day etc etc

It made his week and he was a pleasure to be around that week

Contrast that to when he may arrest someone outside Abra for fighting, egts spit in his face and gets told the whole way home about what a cnut his sister/mother is.

You deal with scum every day and its very easy to have a jaded view of people. Says a lot for the lads who can rise above it

Pdfile

Bonito wrote: »

Came up to a checkpoint. No tax displayed on the car as I've only bought it, asked me to pull in. No problem guard. Do ya mind if I sit in out of the cold. Not at all guard hop in. Had a lovely chat in my nice cozy car. Showed my license and the photocopy of the cars log book to show it'd been changed to my name and been sent off so just waiting to receive it from Shannon.

Complemented my car and said I was a gent and asked did I happen to have my insurance cert, which I didn't but had the disc. He ran the reg etc and he said he was happy enough. I asked did would he like me to pop into the station durin' the week with my cert and he said not at all I'm happy enough with ya and everything checks out. Safe drive home now and be good.

Thanks very much guard have a nice evenin'.

The guards are lovely people

near enough the same thing happened to me as i dont have any discs in the window, Their dent enough, the only bad guards ive met are few and far between tbvh.

Sea Sharp

The vast majority of Guards I've talked to were sound.

Dudess

Yep, any dealings I've ever had with unpleasant gardai are far outweighed by those with very nice ones.