"Not one cent"...I am ferociously sick of beggars annoying me

crazyjim

I live in the city centre of Dublin. I am ferociously sick of beggars everywhere looking for money.

It seems the only people in the city centre at the middle of the day are tourists and beggars.

They are more and more aggressive and brazen. I saw one approaching people sitting outside Citibar on Dame Street right in front of a police car. The useless Ban Garda walked over to him and said "you really shouldn't be doing that" but let him off.

He was a typical scumbag in a tracksuit bottoms and wooly jumper.
They are all so self centered and feral and aggressive. Their eyes dart around the place looking for easy target.

Is this a rational choice by beggars. Have they just decided that it makes more sense to beg all day then run the risk of doing a handbag snatch. Is this an Irish way to keep crime down?

It just makes day to day life in Dublin so horrible. I hate it.

If the law and the poverty/addiction industry refuse to deal with this..then it is up to the public. Anyone who gives money to a beggar under any circumstances bears a responsibility for perpetuating the problem. If no-one gave them money they wouldn't do it.



Crazyjim

starbelgrade

That's a crazy story Jim.

El Weirdo

Welcome to boards.

jimi_t2

El Weirdo wrote: »

Welcome to boards.

Welcome to Dublin

starbelgrade

It beggars belief.

SIX PACK

crazyjim wrote: »

I live in the city centre of Dublin. I am ferociously sick of beggars everywhere looking for money.

It seems the only people in the city centre at the middle of the day are tourists and beggars.

They are more and more aggressive and brazen. I saw one approaching people sitting outside Citibar on Dame Street right in front of a police car. The useless Ban Garda walked over to him and said "you really shouldn't be doing that" but let him off.

He was a typical scumbag in a tracksuit bottoms and wooly jumper.
They are all so self centered and feral and aggressive. Their eyes dart around the place looking for easy target.

Is this a rational choice by beggars. Have they just decided that it makes more sense to beg all day then run the risk of doing a handbag snatch. Is this an Irish way to keep crime down?

It just makes day to day life in Dublin so horrible. I hate it.

If the law and the poverty/addiction industry refuse to deal with this..then it is up to the public. Anyone who gives money to a beggar under any circumstances bears a responsibility for perpetuating the problem. If no-one gave them money they wouldn't do it.



Crazyjim

thats 1 of the main reasons i moved to portlaoise... its actually so bad up there since the recession i wouldn't drop my guard at all... The Roma gipsies are very Brazen ud see them on Talbot st trying to mug tourists in dayLight
:mad:

artanevilla

All legal now buddy.

crazyjim

jimi_t2 wrote: »

Welcome to Dublin

Man I've been in the city centre most days since the 80s. This is not the way Dublin has to be - or ever really was.

Half the people the people who try to downplay this live in Foxrock or Malahide and never encounter it. The other half start sound like they're quoting 'Dublin in the Rare Auld Times' and pretend it was always like this. It wasn't.

All the examples of manifest child abuse from women begging with children really annoys me. Those children are obviously neglected. The State tolerates it.

starbelgrade

SIX PACK wrote: »

thats 1 of the main reasons i moved to portlaoise... its actually so bad up there since the recession i wouldn't drop my guard at all... The Roma gipsies are very Brazen ud see them on Talbot st trying to mug tourists in dayLight
:mad:

Hasn't Portlaoise got a massive halting site?

molloyjazz

most of my mates normaly lie to them and say they have no change on them!.. i just slam my hands against my jean pockets, as they hear my money moving around i say... 'yes m8! i have fúcking loads of change, and ur not having any of it!' .. the look on their little faces is priceless!

poisonated

molloyjazz wrote: »

i just slam my hands against my jean pockets, as they hear my money moving around i say... 'yes m8! i have fúcking loads of change, and ur not having any of it!' .. the look on their little faces is priceless!

haha would love if that story was true!

I would give them a euro a lot of the time, obviously if I didn't have much I wouldn't give them anything though.

starbelgrade

poisonated wrote: »

haha would love if that story was true!

I doubt it;


molloyjazz
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Location: The Midlands

SIX PACK

ANY SPARE CHANGE

BigBenRoeth

Would ye not give the poor auld divils a few cent and say notten

starbelgrade

BigBenRoeth wrote: »

Would ye not give the poor auld divils a few cent and say notten

You even type in a Wexford accent - how cool is that?!!!

BigBenRoeth

starbelgrade wrote: »

You even type in a Wexford accent - how cool is that?!!!

Extremely:)

Sharpshooter

OP, your post is more of a rant, maybe PM dr bollocko or another mod of Ranting and Raving for Access.