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Whats the laziest or "ah sure, thats grand" attitude you've seen in Ireland/abroad?

  • 21-09-2014 8:58pm
    #1
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭


    This picture is going around today, from River Island in Blanchardstown.

    http://i.imgur.com/X6yBq52.jpg

    Now it could be argued that a whole escalator cant be taken out to finish a wall, but that could be countered with it was poor planning to begin with.

    Whats the laziest or "ah sure, thats grand" attitude you've seen in Ireland or abroad?


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  • #2
    Fat Christy
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    Getting a serious case of deja vu.


  • #3
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    Getting a serious case of deja vu.

    Links?


  • #4
    DazMarz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    The new symbol of Ireland is the harp with one broken string: Ah sure, it'll do! :P


  • #5
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    A wonky plastic chair on a corridor of the oncology ward in St Vincent's Hospital, with a sign saying "chair broken - do not use".

    It would have been quicker to just move it.


  • #6
    Shakespeare's Sister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭Shakespeare's Sister


    It's great to have all these superior Irish folks among us peasants though in fairness.


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  • #7
    foggy_lad
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    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    This picture is going around today, from River Island in Blanchardstown.

    http://i.imgur.com/X6yBq52.jpg

    Now it could be argued that a whole escalator cant be taken out to finish a wall, but that could be countered with it was poor planning to begin with.

    Whats the laziest or "ah sure, thats grand" attitude you've seen in Ireland or abroad?

    It is very obvious that the main bulk of the wall was painted using a large brush or roller and that a different method is now required for the section behind the glass side wall of the escalator.


  • #8
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »
    It's great to have all these superior Irish folks among us peasants though in fairness.

    Sssh! And fetch me my supper.


  • #9
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    foggy_lad wrote: »
    It is very obvious that the main bulk of the wall was painted using a large brush or roller and that a different method is now required for the section behind the glass side wall of the escalator.

    Obviously. A "skinny roller brush yoke-a-ma-chig" will do it. But the point is they didnt use it.


  • #10
    0byme75341jo28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,571 ✭✭✭0byme75341jo28


    The Late Late Show's guest selection, I'm convinced they're just too lazy to ask genuine celebrities/people of interest to come on it so they keep asking Aengus Mac Grianna, Bob Geldof and Shane Filan.


  • #11
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    But, but.. it is grand? Don't see what the problem is myself.

    If I was painting it I might be tempted to go up the escalator holding the end of a paint brush down onto the handrail just so it follows the curve a bit better but that would be it.


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  • #12
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    Obviously. A "skinny roller brush yoke-a-ma-chig" will do it. But the point is they didnt use it.

    Painters only work about the same hours per day as everyone else, Maybe they will come back and do it another day?


  • #13
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    But, but.. it is grand? Don't see what the problem is myself.

    If I was painting it I might be tempted to go up the escalator holding the end of a paint brush down onto the handrail just so it follows the curve a bit better but that would be it.

    Or just paint the glass of the escalator:D


  • #14
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    foggy_lad wrote: »
    Painters only work about the same hours per day as everyone else, Maybe they will come back and do it another day?

    From the comments Ive seen elsewhere I believe its like that weeks. So I think that was the look they were going for ;)


  • #15
    gobo99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 566 ✭✭✭gobo99


    Id say they will just put a sticker or decal on the glass to cover the brick.


  • #16
    foxy farmer
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    This is the latest craze. Whitewashing a natural finish. Next door neighbour just whitewashed her whole house. Clad completely in stone when built 12 years ago. Looks awful. What was wrong with the natural brick finish? Likely a hygiene issue. Stop dust accumulation or something.


  • #17
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    foxy farmer wrote: »
    This is the latest craze. Whitewashing a natural finish. Next door neighbour just whitewashed her whole house. Clad completely in stone when built 12 years ago. Looks awful. What was wrong with the natural brick finish? Likely a hygiene issue. Stop dust accumulation or something.

    Clear sealer, ftw. They took a no-maintenance finish and created a wall that needs painting every year or two. Eejits. Simple as.


  • #18
    bigtimecharlie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭bigtimecharlie


    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    This picture is going around today, from River Island in Blanchardstown.

    http://i.imgur.com/X6yBq52.jpg

    Same applies to the Debenhams store off Patrick's street in Cork.


  • #19
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    Getting a serious case of deja vu.

    Ah sure it's grand. Nothing wrong with a bit of déjà vu.


  • #20
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    bigtimecharlie wrote: »
    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    This picture is going around today, from River Island in Blanchardstown.

    http://i.imgur.com/X6yBq52.jpg

    Same applies to the Debenhams store off Patrick's street in Cork.

    And the white looks shyte compared to the expensive brick too. Next lad hired will be there to strip it back, for the "natural" look.


  • #21
    ChunkyLover54
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭ChunkyLover54


    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    This picture is going around today, from River Island in Blanchardstown.

    http://i.imgur.com/X6yBq52.jpg

    Now it could be argued that a whole escalator cant be taken out to finish a wall, but that could be countered with it was poor planning to begin with.


    It looks like the bricks were never meant to be painted over to begin with.


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  • #22
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    ChunkyLover54 wrote: »
    It looks like the bricks were never meant to be should never have been painted over to begin with.


    Fixed your post!


  • #23
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,857 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    They have just started painting those white bricks in attractive shades of brown and orange. Obviously started at the bottom. Will be grand when it is finished.


  • #24
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Local shop has one of those traffic cone style wet floor signs covering a hole in the ground that must be there a year at this stage.


  • #25
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    Senna wrote: »
    Local shop has one of those traffic cone style wet floor signs covering a hole in the ground that must be there a year at this stage.

    A lot of places leave them around permanently to avoid lawsuits too.


  • #26
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    They have just started painting those white bricks in attractive shades of brown and orange. Obviously started at the bottom. Will be grand when it is finished.

    All laziness and lack of planning aside, can you imagine the cost of painting a few walls that size?!


  • #27
    Kevin McCloud
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    I blame the water charges.


  • #28
    jill_valentine
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    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    A lot of places leave them around permanently to avoid lawsuits too.

    Yeah. A place I used to work, the staff had to set out wet floor signs in the bathroom first thing in the morning as part of their open procedure. It was purely as a kind of magic lawsuit deflector.


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