Fake Firemen??

scudzilla

I went into town on Thursday and down Henry Street were a load of 'Firemen' (??) selling calenders.

They looked like Firemen as they were dressed the part, but i noticed they seemed a bit young, maybe 19/20.

On the way back i saw one guy walk up to what can only be described as a shopping trolley, pull some trousers and jacket out and start selling.

What i'd like to know is, are these guys chuggers or firemen?

Captain Chaos

Yeah 10 is a bit young for that alright. Have to start somewhere I suppose.

MyKeyG

Not always but very often the fire service do their charity drives at the station as opposed to on the street but it's not uncommon. Selling clothes is a strange one. If they weren't real firemen then they were taking a huge risk as the Fire Brigade and AGS are thick as thieves. Your average Joe the Garda would know if the firemen were legit or not.

scudzilla

MyKeyG wrote: »

Not always but very often the fire service do their charity drives at the station as opposed to on the street but it's not uncommon. Selling clothes is a strange one. If they weren't real firemen then they were taking a huge risk as the Fire Brigade and AGS are thick as thieves. Your average Joe the Garda would know if the firemen were legit or not.

Sorry, should have been more clearer, he pulled on the trousers and jacket (with the luminous stripes on) and started selling calenders.

scudzilla

scudzilla wrote: »

Sorry, should have been more clearer, he pulled on the trousers and jacket (with the luminous stripes on) and started selling calenders.

Dublin Fire Brigade so this every year. They usually have an appliance with them too.

MyKeyG

foreign wrote: »

Dublin Fire Brigade so this every year. They usually have an appliance with them too.

That's a fair point actually. I doubt the OP would have missed that.

MyKeyG

MyKeyG wrote: »

That's a fair point actually. I doubt the OP would have missed that.

He may have thought. I think I can remember them doing it at the Junction of O'Connell Street and Liffey Street and the appliance being at Liffey Street only.

scholar007

foreign wrote: »

Dublin Fire Brigade so this every year. They usually have an appliance with them too.

Were their "appliances" or "hoses" visible in da calander?

Bang Bang

scholar007 wrote: »

Were their "appliances" or "hoses" visible in da calander?

Hoses were photoshopped

scudzilla

foreign wrote: »

Dublin Fire Brigade so this every year. They usually have an appliance with them too.

MyKeyG wrote: »

That's a fair point actually. I doubt the OP would have missed that.

Definitely no Appliances around, i just thought that they may be chuggers (hate them fcukers) dressed up as Firemen

swiftblade

I noticed them there a few days to, when walking to college. Deffiently didn't look right...

They could well be legit, if so I apologise, but the shopping trolley was a bit weird alright.

Dave!

Saw them selling the calendar on Grafton Street last year... Didn't seem strange to me

MyKeyG

foreign wrote: »

He may have thought. I think I can remember them doing it at the Junction of O'Connell Street and Liffey Street and the appliance being at Liffey Street only.

I only ever saw them at the top of Grafton street and they always had the appliance. My brother is a sub officer I should ask him what the preferred method is.

The funny thing is he left one of those suits behind when he moved out. I wonder could I use it to flog a bunch of worthless crap?

starviewadams

Saw them on Grafton Street last week,no appliance and it didn't look like the DFB gear that they were wearing either.

scudzilla

My point is, Are these guys real Firemen who are using a day off (?) to raise funds, and everything raised will go to The Fire Brigade, or where they chuggers who get a commission/wage?

one2one

Nearly sure their actual firefighters and not 'chuggers'. The annual firefighters 2012 charity calender was realeased two weeks ago, with members of different brigades and services taking part to help raise funds. It is possible however that othe agencys are selling these on behalf of them.

mambo

I thought they looked suspicious too. Wearing firefighter gear, but not actually claiming to be real firefighters, or have any official logo. I thought they might be selling a generic fireman calendar (and therefore possibly not for charity), but didn't check out their, ahem, merchandise.