VIDEO: ‘Brazen’ woman steals flowers from city centre display

Lapin

From the Journal.ie

http://www.thejournal.ie/woman-robs-flowers-dublin-city-1047707-Aug2013/?utm_source=facebook_short


A FORMAL COMPLAINT is to be lodged with gardaí after an amateur cameraman captured footage of a woman stealing flowers from a public display in Dublin’s city centre yesterday.
The woman was seen vandalising the planter on Liffey Street for about an hour from around 4.30pm by passers-by and local staff members. According to one witness, a security guard and two women approached her and asked what she was doing but were told to ‘mind their own business’.


I'd love to see her telling a judge to mind their own business.

A holiday in the Dochas Centre or a fine is no good to this one.

She should be given community service planting shrubs and flowers around the city for the next year with a sign next to her at all times explaining why she is doing so.

Mr Benevolent

Why is this news? Do we need a blow-by blow of every minor criminal offence?

McDermotX

'Mind their own business'

love it.

The Master

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

DipStick McSwindler

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Lapin

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Why is this news? Do we need a blow-by blow of every minor criminal offence?

If more and more people like this were publicly shamed, there would be less and less minor criminal offences.

Mocha Joe

She's pretty much asking for a kick up the hole standing like that.

wil

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Why is this news? Do we need a blow-by blow of every minor criminal offence?

You're not allowed to discuss that here;) shhsssh

Clandestine

Maybe she''s broke, and is stealing the flowers to sell to get herself some bigger clothes.

Micky Dolenz

She doesn't look Brazilian.

McDermotX

Lidl bag.

KeithM89

She should go to a graveyard next time, less people around.

actuallylike

Amateur cameraman = Man with phone

wil

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

She doesn't look Brazilian.

M'first thought too, very disappointing.

BeerWolf

Thought I saw an article earlier of someone littering their cigarette butt on the street, how horrid!

Dravokivich

In fairness. It looked a right mess anyway.

Czarcasm

From the article linked in the OP -

Dublin City BID spends about €35,000 per year placing and maintaining about 40 such planters around the city city. They are changed twice a year to represent the seasons.

The cost of the damage from this week’s incident could run into hundreds of euro but the major problem is that the company in charge will have to grow the flowers again.

What I'd like to know is where the fcuk are they being charged that much for flowers?

wil

A hanging basket offence.
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Badum... tish

MarkR

Hmm... Wearing leggings and carrying a lidl bag. That should narrow things down.

conorhal

Anybody see 'the other video' on the youtube channel which posted the vid?

Jesus. It's seriously disturbing, and depicts the open drug use that goes on around O'Connell St and on major city center streets, including intravenous drug use into rather desturbing places.
FYI It really underlines what a hell we have allowed inner city dublin to become, though I warn those of a squemish disposition not to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=L17cF4HLIZk

MusicalMelody

This story reminds me of this video.

marketty

Disgraceful online bullying campaign...she was drunk...we've all made mistakes...think of her family...etc etc

SEPT 23 1989

"Brazen"

“absolutely shocked”

"immediate response crew"

did the aul one murder someone or take a few cuttings from a hanging basket?

and before i am jumped on i pay business rates in this city and 35,000 for 40 planters is bloody disgraceful

Plazaman

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

"Brazen"

“absolutely shocked”

"immediate response crew"

did the aul one murder someone or take a few cuttings from a hanging basket?

and before i am jumped on i pay business rates in this city and 35,000 for 40 planters is a bloody disgraceful

Ah that's how it starts you see, a few flowers here and a few flowers there. Next thing you know BAM!!!! you get a trowel through the back of your head from her and she has ya stuffed into a big bag of compost before you can say Rhododendron.

kilclon

I was briefly listening to late night talk on 98fm last night and they were discussing this incident and how Dublin city center has gone to cock in general. There was a lady on from a kind of take-back-the-city web site. Anyone know what it is? Cant find it on 98fm's website.

conor2469

I think they call that grazing

gjc

The real crime are those jeggings she's wearing ...

Duggy747

Death by lethal injection.

Nip it in the bud now, before you know it we'll have immi-gants coming over here eating all our jobs and applying for our swans.

shopaholic01

conorhal wrote: »

Anybody see 'the other video' on the youtube channel which posted the vid?

Jesus. It's seriously disturbing, and depicts the open drug use that goes on around O'Connell St and on major city center streets, including intravenous drug use into rather desturbing places.
FYI It really underlines what a hell we have allowed inner city dublin to become, though I warn those of a squemish disposition not to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=L17cF4HLIZk

Love the junkie injecting his penis, and the text telling us that he injected his girlfriend's vagina next.

gjc

Love to know the intended purpose of the flowers I'm no dermot Gavin but if she sticks them in a pot and expects them to grow .....Christ .....pot heads robbing pot plants .....

Gummy Panda

marketty wrote: »

Disgraceful online bullying campaign...she was drunk...we've all made mistakes...think of her family...etc etc

The person who recorded that video and put it online is the real scumbag...

Elbaston

Yes - I stole your flowers in that brief instant when you had your back turned.

And I shall do it again.

Good day.

123balltv

You cant go around recording a woman picking flowers :mad:
I'd like to see him or her record a real hard nut someday he'd knock the
head off the freak.

Systemic Risk

conorhal wrote: »

Anybody see 'the other video' on the youtube channel which posted the vid?

Jesus. It's seriously disturbing, and depicts the open drug use that goes on around O'Connell St and on major city center streets, including intravenous drug use into rather desturbing places.
FYI It really underlines what a hell we have allowed inner city dublin to become, though I warn those of a squemish disposition not to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=L17cF4HLIZk

The story about the flower stealer is just stupid, if a public warden or gard passed they would prob tell her to stop and send her on her way.

However this links with the open heroin injecting in the city centre is absolutely disgusting. They obviously know they are going to get away with it as if they feared being arrested they would go out of sight down an alley or to some squat. I am shocked by how brazen they are.

Fighting Irish

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Why is this news? Do we need a blow-by blow of every minor criminal offence?

thejournal.ie what do you expect

fryup

love the way she keeps the fag going....unique irish skill that

tin79

How the hell can it cost almost a grand to plant each of those each year? I have two in my garden which I change for spring, summer, autumn. costs less than 50 quid each year.

Anyone

Somebody should have just pointed out they weren't edible, I recon she would have stopped.

conorhal

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Love the junkie injecting his penis, and the text telling us that he injected his girlfriend's vagina next.

They should show that one in schools, it would be the most effective 'just say no' campaign ever!
Yep kids, you too could end up with your cacks around you ankles on Abbey St shooting junk into your junk becase those are the only veins you have left in your body....

Anyone

tin79 wrote: »

How the hell can it cost almost a grand to plant each of those each year? I have two in my garden which I change for spring, summer, autumn. costs less than 50 quid each year.

The price is to maintain them, not plant them. How long would it take you to clean 40 of those boxes, weed, water, plant etc. Remember now, they are in the city centre, so **** knows whats buried in them.

kowloon

This is why we can't have nice things.

April O Neill

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Why is this news? Do we need a blow-by blow of every minor criminal offence?

Yes, I mean I hope she's reprimanded, but in another way, who the fúck cares?

April O Neill

Lapin wrote: »

If more and more people like this were publicly shamed, there would be less and less minor criminal offences.

Hardly.

tin79

Anyone wrote: »

The price is to maintain them, not plant them. How long would it take you to clean 40 of those boxes, weed, water, plant etc. Remember now, they are in the city centre, so **** knows whats buried in them.

It wouldn't take me 35 grand worth of time per year. That's a full time salary. To weed and clean them out, water them 10 mins each twice a week.

That's 40 x 10 x 52 x 2 = 41,600 minutes per year. lets say each on is planted 3 times a year at 60 minutes per planting. 40 x 3 x 60 = 7200 minutes. So in total around 800 hours work per year. That's nearly €45 cost per hours work. Seems steep to me.

Also in the article it says there was hundreds of euro worth of damage. Cant see how replacing a few hanging plants could cost that. Tesco sell them for €5 for a tray of ten. Even mature ones don't cost much.

The local garden centre does large mature hanging baskets for €50 with as many plants as that whole display.

I have no doubt they do spend that much but I cant see how it should cost that must.

hatrickpatrick

Dear God. Our standards have really slipped if we bestow grand epithets like "brazen" to eejits like these.

April O Neill

Plazaman wrote: »

Ah that's how it starts you see, a few flowers here and a few flowers there. Next thing you know BAM!!!! you get a trowel through the back of your head from her and she has ya stuffed into a big bag of compost before you can say Rhododendron.

Yep, soon she'll be stealing stadiums and and and... quarrys!

April O Neill

kilclon wrote: »

I was briefly listening to late night talk on 98fm last night and they were discussing this incident and how Dublin city center has gone to cock in general.

TBH, I find Cork city centre way worse.

April O Neill

Duggy747 wrote: »

Death by lethal injection.

Nip it in the bud now, before you know it we'll have immi-gants coming over here eating all our jobs and applying for our swans.

Damn you! Was taking a drink as I read this!!!

tin79

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Dear God. Our standards have really slipped if we bestow grand epithets like "brazen" to eejits like these.

The journal wouldn`t be able to use words like Kµnt though.

gobnaitolunacy

It's their culture?

RachaelVO

conorhal wrote: »

Anybody see 'the other video' on the youtube channel which posted the vid?

Jesus. It's seriously disturbing, and depicts the open drug use that goes on around O'Connell St and on major city center streets, including intravenous drug use into rather desturbing places.
FYI It really underlines what a hell we have allowed inner city dublin to become, though I warn those of a squemish disposition not to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=L17cF4HLIZk

Holy shite, that's a fecking eye opener!

I'm such an innocent