€750 odd a week..

MidlandsM

I was listening to the radio this morning and there was beggars/tappers/junkies on being interviewed in Dublin City Centre saying they make €80 a day - and then they'd get the dole also ....

Thoughts?

Biggins

Yea. Your post is 666.

YIKES!!! :eek:

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1179/capturesyk.jpg

stovelid

MidlandsM wrote: »

I was listening to the radio this morning and there was beggars/tappers/junkies on being interviewed in Dublin City Centre saying they make €80 a day - and then they'd get the dole also ....

Thoughts?

In keeping with the general premise of the thread: very little.

FreudianSlippers

I only give sandwiches to hungry people now if at all. 50% of the time they are totally grateful but some are bastards about it. So guess those bastards are the ones making €750 a week

super_furry

MidlandsM wrote: »

Thoughts?

A child's got more bones than a grown-up's got!
A child's got more bones than a grown-up's got?
A child's got more bones than a grown-up's got!
And that's a natural law!

chin_grin

MidlandsM wrote: »

I was listening to the radio this morning and there was beggars/tappers/junkies on being interviewed in Dublin City Centre saying they make €80 a day - and then they'd get the dole also ....

Thoughts?

Always a reputable source of information.

Dravokivich

chin_grin wrote: »

Always a reputable source of information.

We should check it out with their accountants.

SugarHigh

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

thebigbiffo

my thoughts are this:

i wonder if there is a ship big enough to take the junkies and general scum of ireland 5 miles out into the atlantic and dump them overboard...

i'm not in the humour for giving sympathy to junkies this morning at all. actually, that's most mornings...

thebigbiffo

SugarHigh wrote: »

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

where did it say they were homeless?

FreudianSlippers

SugarHigh wrote: »

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

hostel?

jtsuited

SugarHigh wrote: »

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

they get homeless allowance if they don't have an address. Far easier to get than dole, and easier to swindle. Knew some people on it years ago. Was pretty shocked how easy it was for them to get it.

VampiricPadraig

Big Issue Please?

starbelgrade

It's a well known fact that a large percentage of beggars in Dublin city are "professional" beggars.

I thought everybody knew that.

kfallon

I wouldn't give beggars the steam off me piss!

Thanks!

NothingMan

SugarHigh wrote: »

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

They would probably use a bill from their Sky HD package they have set up in their 4 bedroom house that we pay for too.

SugarHigh

jtsuited wrote: »

they get homeless allowance if they don't have an address. Far easier to get than dole, and easier to swindle. Knew some people on it years ago. Was pretty shocked how easy it was for them to get it.

How does that work?

Isn't it possible that a homeless person wouldn't have any ID. So I'm not surprised it's so easy to swindle.

Aidric

starbelgrade wrote: »

It's a well known fact that a large percentage of beggars in Dublin city are "professional" beggars.

This is true. You need to watch out for the guys wearing Kurt Geiger slip-ons.

RoadKillTs

I wouldn't give beggars the steam off me piss!

Apparently a fart in the face is the done things these days.

bonerm

MidlandsM wrote: »

I was listening to the radio this morning and there was beggars/tappers/junkies on being interviewed in Dublin City Centre saying they make €80 a day - and then they'd get the dole also ....

Thoughts?

I know one of the fellas who was on that show. In fact I passed by him yesterday and was about to give him 20cent, but he abruptly stopped me and said "No thanks. I don't work on Sundays".

BaZmO*

It's easy to find out what they earn, just check their tax returns.

FreudianSlippers

BaZmO* wrote: »

It's easy to find out what they earn, just check their tax returns.

Oh, I see what you did there.

chordtype

On Thursday I was walking past a beggar outside of Spar in Drumcondra. I did the usual thing I do and walk past but the guy asked me what time was it. Since it's free for me to tell him the time I said 6.55. The guy got up and hailed down a bloody taxi to take him to Temple Bar.

stovelid

chordtype wrote: »

The guy got up and hailed down a bloody taxi to take him to Temple Bar.

Did it have 'Temple Bar' written on it?

Or did the beggar just have a kinda unmistakable Temple Bar-bound feel off him.

gurramok

It explains why they all disappear(bar the real hardship cases) off the streets once darkness falls as they are not really homeless. Con artists is the more appropriate description.

Crazy Taxi

SugarHigh wrote: »

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

Do you seriously think its only homeless people who beg?? I know of at least two people who own their homes and go out "tapping". It is a very lucrative business but not one I'd deliberately get into:D

DHYNZY

750 a week... thats *does quick calculation* more than the average industrial wage!

I am sick to my teeth of getting accosted on the street. Its getting ridiculous in this country.

hidinginthebush

NothingMan wrote: »

They would probably use a bill from their Sky HD package they have set up in their 4 bedroom house that we pay for too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QINzmRPfMCU

chordtype

stovelid wrote: »

Did it have 'Temple Bar' written on it?

Or did the beggar just have a kinda unmistakable Temple Bar-bound feel off him.

No I heard him say Temple Bar as he was getting into the taxi. Although he did seem speak with an english accent and looked like he'd fit in at a bachelor party.

stateofflux

stovelid wrote: »

Did it have 'Temple Bar' written on it?

Or did the beggar just have a kinda unmistakable Temple Bar-bound feel off him.

lol that made me laugh....

i always say 'never give a begger money if he is wearing better clothes than you....because he probably isnt a beggar...

mikemac

jtsuited wrote: »

they get homeless allowance if they don't have an address. Far easier to get than dole, and easier to swindle. Knew some people on it years ago. Was pretty shocked how easy it was for them to get it.

Got to a link to that? As I've certainly searched and can't find a reference on it

I think your friends were telling your stories

orourkeda

They make more money than I do.

f*ckers

Chaotic_Forces

Well I'm off to get begging, who's coming?

Sonnenblumen

Don't get fooled by the cover!;)

SugarHigh

Biggins wrote: »

Yea. Your post is 666.

YIKES!!! :eek:

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Biggins what theme are you using?

It looks like cat puke.

Dudess

Ah seriously guys, come on, be more critical in your thinking instead of all "Someone said something, it must be true!" and believing beggars earn €750 a week, ffs...

grizzly

I've heard it more like <€300. Not bad money (if you enjoy sitting out in the elements all day).

shefra

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

Well I'm off to get begging, who's coming?

Be with you soon. Got to change out of my 'designer' gear.
Hope I did'nt throw out my combats, loads of pockets for the cash.
Got my eye on a Prada bag:D

Chaotic_Forces

shefra wrote: »

Be with you soon. Got to change out of my 'designer' gear.
Hope I did'nt throw out my combats, loads of pockets for the cash.
Got my eye on a Prada bag:D

Well I might not be able to make it, I've to collect me dole and then go get a new tv, the 60 inch is a bit small. :rolleyes:

shefra

I got me dole, rent allowance, nurofen on the black market, so I hope to flog the nurofen after I get the prada.
You must be blind from squinting at that 60''. I know someone who will give you a great deal on a 140'' if you are interested. I'll have to go to get a good spot, any ideas the best place to beg?:D

Chaotic_Forces

shefra wrote: »

I got me dole, rent allowance, nurofen on the black market, so I hope to flog the nurofen after I get the prada.
You must be blind from squinting at that 60''. I know someone who will give you a great deal on a 140'' if you are interested. I'll have to go to get a good spot, any ideas the best place to beg?:D

Best spot is wherever you can get the idiots to give you the money.:P
I mean... nice people that help us. Sure yeah I need a better tv and I like how to the idiots are paying for it. Lovely isn't being in this country.

Calibos

Dudess wrote: »

Ah seriously guys, come on, be more critical in your thinking instead of all "Someone said something, it must be true!" and believing beggars earn €750 a week, ffs...

Believe it.

I work in a shop in a large North Wicklow Town. We often run short of change so I change coin for a local junkie/beggar several days a week. On average he comes out with about 60 euro a day. With his dole he makes more in a week than I do. So if he can make what he is making where he is making it I can well believe that the guys in Dublin are making 750+

If these people didn't have a drug or drink problem and spend all their money that way they could live very comfortable lives.

shefra

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

Best spot is wherever you can get the idiots to give you the money.:P
I mean... nice people that help us. Sure yeah I need a better tv and I like how to the idiots are paying for it. Lovely isn't being in this country.

I don't know why everyone is getting so caught up in the recession, what's that about? There's loads of freebies out there. Then again people are depressed about the recession cos they never had money in the banks to invest in property during the celtic tiger. Kind of feel sorry for them that they missed out

Chaotic_Forces

shefra wrote: »

I don't know why everyone is getting so caught up in the recession, what's that about? There's loads of freebies out there. Then again people are depressed about the recession cos they never had money in the banks to invest in property during the celtic tiger. Kind of feel sorry for them that they missed out

Ah sure I was just a kid then when that happened. But mammy and daddy took care of me and I just go on the streets working for me money. I don't get why people say there aren't any jobs, there's loads on the street like!

shefra

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

Ah sure I was just a kid then when that happened. But mammy and daddy took care of me and I just go on the streets working for me money. I don't get why people say there aren't any jobs, there's loads on the street like!

I don't get that either. It's great craic and a great social outlet. I've met people from all over the world, better than any facebook or bebo.
The beauty is that it's not a Nine to Five type of job.
A lot depends on the night before and whether the gear was any good:D

yaaaboy

kfallon wrote: »

I wouldn't give beggars the steam off me piss!

Why not? Thats about the only thing id give them..also i would piss on them if they were on fire but only if i was sure it wouldnt put it out.