The Letter In The Metro This Morning

Orando Broom

Any one see it? Some woman is claiming there is a sex pest on the No.16?

Apparently this 'young fella' gropes women from under the cover of his coat!

I would have thought that the proper forum for such a complaint would be the Guards as opposed the letters page of The Metro.

subway

metros "letter pages" = boards.ie "after hours"

for any letter printed, assume that its either troll bait, scare mongering or a piss-take

Orando Broom

subway wrote: »

metros "letter pages" = boards.ie "after hours"

for any letter printed, assume that its either troll bait, scare mongering or a piss-take

Not always, I used to travel on the Maynooth CIE line and the letters page was essentially the narrative of that commute. I thought it was a fascinating social experiment in human interaction!

Cookie_Monster

surely the on board cameras would catch this easily once reported.

Sounds like some busy body writing crap to me, if it was a serious issues it'd be reported to DB or AGS rather than a letter page of some rag

Orando Broom

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

surely the on board cameras would catch this easily once reported.

Sounds like some busy body writing crap to me, if it was a serious issues it'd be reported to DB or AGS rather than a letter page of some rag

Yeah, it's probably some lunatic alright.

Victor

http://www.ihollaback.org/

The offending "letter". http://e-edition.metroherald.ie/2011/10/13/ (Page 10)

Are there any other regular users of the No.16 bus who are aware of the groper? He’s a young man who, under the guise of moving his coat, likes to grope the legs of young ladies he sits beside. Concerned

old hippy

I imagine any outlet that alerts young women to potential perverts should be applauded.

My own sister and her friend were rigid in fear and in tears (many years ago at the age of 13) when some bloke was tossing off opposite them on the upper deck of the 46A.

thomasj

there was an item on fm104 phone show a few weeks ago where a girl was explaining that a bloke got on the bus went upstairs sat beside her despite noone else being on the upper deck and sniffed her hair. she got off at the next stop despite only being halfway to her destination

old hippy

thomasj wrote: »

there was an item on fm104 phone show a few weeks ago where a girl was explaining that a bloke got on the bus went upstairs sat beside her despite noone else being on the upper deck and sniffed her hair. she got off at the next stop despite only being halfway to her destination

Wouldn't surprise me. I was around 10 when a bloke in his 20 or 30s approached me at the bus stop outside the US embassy and asked us if we knew what a prick was and had we seen one...

30 years later and the city's still awash with perverts :rolleyes:

lainey316

Not sure if it's this one or the man arrested in the summer (linky), but I've encountered the groper on the 16 :mad:. However the whole thing was so bizarre and because of where I had my bag there wasn't a huge amount of space so I never copped it was an actual groping until he legged it when I said "excuse me" intending to get off the innocence

Flukey

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

surely the on board cameras would catch this easily once reported.

Absolutely. Anyone seen reading the letters in Metro should certainly be reported.

old hippy wrote: »

Wouldn't surprise me. I was around 10 when a bloke in his 20 or 30s approached me at the bus stop outside the US embassy and asked us if we knew what a prick was and had we seen one...

I know you were only 10, but did you look him in the eye and say "Yes, I am looking at one."

foggy_lad

Orando Broom wrote: »

Any one see it? Some woman is claiming there is a sex pest on the No.16?

Apparently this 'young fella' gropes women from under the cover of his coat!

I would have thought that the proper forum for such a complaint would be the Guards as opposed the letters page of The Metro.

This type of thing is common enough in the UK and will be more common here because of crowding of services.

corktina

people like this need to be altered surgically.
A couple of years ago my wife (in her 50s) told me of a guy flashing her when she was in her early teens and alone and vunerable walking home. In all those years she never ever told anyone and we had been married well over 20 years before she told me even. The damage it did to her was huge and it was like a light going on in my brain explaining a few things to me about her. She even told me his name as he was a neighbour and but for the fact he is now old and feeble , Id have called round...

old hippy

Flukey wrote: »

I know you were only 10, but did you look him in the eye and say "Yes, I am looking at one."

I shoulda done but your mind tends to go blank or panic in these situations.

old hippy

foggy_lad wrote: »

This type of thing is common enough in the UK and will be more common here because of crowding of services.

As my previous posts have stated, this type of thing has been common enough here for many, many years.