Some people need to get a serious grip on themselves

knucklehead6

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/we-felt-so-discriminated-against-mother-furious-after-shes-told-no-buggys-at-choir-service-35305519.html

This woman is claiming that she (and other mothers) is/are being discriminated against because she can't bring her baby's buggy into a choir service.

Well at least her family know what to buy her for christmas, a nice dictionary where she can look up words like discriminated.

Outlaw Pete

Particularly single men.

knucklehead6

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Particularly single men.

Well we haven't seen a picture of her yet, so she might be too ugly to toss one off to.

bear1

Drama queen.
Wonder what the pay out will be.

They went to listen to a choir during their son's nap time?

Bloody hell, what next, drum practice while he snoozes?

Roar

Bringing a 10 month old to a carol service at his nap time is irresponsible parenting TBH. I hope social services were called.

bear1

We are forgetting that this is the Indo reporting...

Special Circumstances

Ah... Indo.

Even the irish times wouldn't go this far to make out that a female was being discriminated against. Or maybe they would.... only they're still too busy crywanking over Hillary losing.

Is there any paper worth reading in this country?

bear1

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Ah... Indo.

Even the irish times wouldn't go this far to make out that a female was being discriminated against. Or maybe they would.... only they're still too busy crywanking over Hillary losing.

Is there any paper worth reading in this country?

the Dear Deirdre section in the Sun get's my vote.

Outlaw Pete

Maybe it's just impractical to have buggies in that particular area. I'm sure they don't just hate babies. Sure Jesus was a baby.

First Mary and Joseph were turned away from that Inn and now this.

Although in fairness, if I had an Inn and a woman who claimed she was impregnated by a ghost wanted to stay the night, I might turn her away too.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Imagine the horror, being expected to carry your own child, and leave your precious bugaboo unattended. The therapy that will be needed to get over that!

biko

Beaches be crazy

somesoldiers

Posting links to their "articles" just feeds the click bait beast

seamus

Yep, Indo.

Whoever decided this woman's irrational rant was worth of publishing needs to rip up their qualifications and go do something they're actually competent at.

Sam Kade

She seemed more worried about her bugaboo than the baby, what if someone ran off with her bugaboo while she were inside? The woman would never recover from the ordeal :rolleyes:

Special Circumstances

somesoldiers wrote: »

Posting links to their "articles" just feeds the click bait beast

If ever I'm forced to I usually add an explicit "Caution: Indo" before the link in case people click through blindly.

hatrickpatrick

Can people please stop repeating the word "bugaboo", my sides hurt more than after doing a hundred sit-ups











It's all lies, I've never done even half that many in fairness

maxwell smart

Can we get Niamh Horan to do an interview (I use that term loosely) perhaps about the injustice of it all?

Maybe a nice piece in the Sindo with Barry Egan perhaps?

Sam Kade

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Can people please stop repeating the word "bugaboo", my sides hurt more than after doing a hundred sit-ups











It's all lies, I've never done even half that many in fairness

I've never heard of a bugaboo until this thread but it seems to be the pinnacle of the story.

quickbeam

And yet nobody seems concerned about the poor discriminated against photographers who aren't allowed to bring their cameras in either. For shame people! For shame!!

Special Circumstances

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Can people please stop repeating the word "bugaboo", my sides hurt more than after doing a hundred sit-ups











It's all lies, I've never done even half that many in fairness

WEEEE are the knights who say BUGABOO!
We will continue to say bugaboo until you brings us a shrubbery.

LordSutch

I don't get it, what's her problem

The sign says ...

No Flash Photography.
No Food/ Drinks.
No Buggies Allowed Inside.

PS 'Bugaboo' is the Rolls Royce of the pram world.

Special Circumstances

LordSutch wrote: »

I don't get it, what's her problem

The sign says ...

No Flash Photography.
No Food/ Drinks.
No Buggies Allowed Inside.

PS 'Bugaboo' is the Rolls Royce of the pram world.

Maybe it's part of her culture? Would that be grounds to challenge this?
RTE could surely commission a series where every misfortune that befalls bugaboo owners could be laid at the door of the bugaboo discriminators?

Toto Wolfcastle

This is not a new thing in Farmleigh. The halls in the house are not wide enough to handle the amount of people who go on there without adding buggies too. It's not just a carol service. You can wander around the house too. People just leave their buggies outside. They also have singing outside, as well as free child-friendly activities.

LordSutch

Why is the brand/make of pram even relevant?

tritium

Devastatwd and angry over that, christ whats her reaction to something serious?

machiavellianme

seamus wrote: »

Yep, Indo.

Whoever decided this woman's irrational rant was worth of publishing needs to rip up their qualifications and go do something they're actually competent at.

What qualifications?
Assuming that anyone writing for that rag is qualified is a big stretch of the imagination.

Special Circumstances

LordSutch wrote: »

Why is the brand/make of pram even relevant?

I think it's pretty much the core of the story, the whole "outrage" thing is all a thinly veiled excuse to let people know she has a bugaboo.

No, I don't get it either.

Sam Kade

LordSutch wrote: »

Why is the brand/make of pram even relevant?

It's a bugaboo FFS, she must tell the world.

SVJKarate

Roar wrote: »

Bringing a 10 month old to a carol service at his nap time is irresponsible parenting TBH. I hope social services were called.

Most babies sleep through music at concert-style volume, unless there's a strong drumbeat. Choir music is unlikely to waken the baby.

El_Duderino 09

Roar wrote:

Bringing a 10 month old to a carol service at his nap time is irresponsible parenting TBH. I hope social services were called.

Well that's nonsense. If you have rain the child to sleep while real life is going on, then it doesn't matter if the hoover is going, you're at a carol service or you're around the table having a chat. No need to find offense at her bringing the child to a noisy place

Grayson

Does it have anything to do with the carol service or is that sign just always there?

Boom_Bap

I wonder if she would get all upity if she wasn't allowed bring a buggy onto an airplane with her.

It's obviously a space issue and buggies do get in the way and take up space and cause hazards.

somesoldiers

LordSutch wrote: »

Why is the brand/make of pram even relevant?

Points to the credibility of the owner, Bugaboo or iCandy = likely to be rich and therefor credible. Anything less, probably got it free off the state in the first place and likely to leave at the next bus stop and go get another free one off the social....I jest of course

sbsquarepants

Hold on, lets get to the core issue - is she a yummy mummy?
Cos if not she can fúck right off:mad:

suicide_circus

There are three gowls involved in this story;

Gowl 1: the whinging drama queen of a woman wit her poxy buggy

Gowl 2: the semi literate shıt stirrer who penned the "article"

Gowl 3: myself for clicking on and reading this clickbait rubbish

RhubarbCrumble

"A mother has described how she was left feeling 'devastated' after being told she was not permitted to bring her child's pram into a choir service at the weekend"

Devastated, actually DEVASTATED. Seriously? I'd love to know how on earth she'll cope if she ever has any real worries in her pampered little life?

Jawgap

[RANT] Come the revolution all those stupid buggies will be banned.....especially the ones done up like they're ATVs or MRAPs for use in Afghanistan.....some of them look like they're designed to take a hit from an IED or anti-tank missile!

......can't even go for a quite cup of coffee but cafes etc are like buggy parking lots.....

i don't understand* why they can't just leave them outside with the kid in them like they do in Scandinavia and let the childers get some fresh air. [/RANT]







*actually I do - you can't show darling Sorcha and Englebert off and tell everyone in a loud voice about their latest advanced calculus achievements if they are happily dozing in the fresh air

lawred2

knucklehead6 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/we-felt-so-discriminated-against-mother-furious-after-shes-told-no-buggys-at-choir-service-35305519.html

This woman is claiming that she (and other mothers) is/are being discriminated against because she can't bring her baby's buggy into a choir service.

Well at least her family know what to buy her for christmas, a nice dictionary where she can look up words like discriminated.

Why were no buggies allowed? I presume that there is a reason beyond 'no childrenz here'. I presume that there was nothing to stop her carrying her child in!

As for newsworthy - seriously?

sbsquarepants

quickbeam wrote: »

And yet nobody seems concerned about the poor discriminated against photographers who aren't allowed to bring their cameras in either. For shame people! For shame!!

And what about the poor fatties, or the alcos.

I wanted to listen to the choir while eating my kebab and supping a luke warm karpackie - it's devastating so it is:mad::mad:

theteal

Can we stop providing clicks to that rag, please?

They might be forced to do some actual journalism in place of these social media "shock" product placement stories

eviltwin

I'd have some sympathy for her if she bought her tickets and there was no mention of lack of space but I've bought tickets for events in Farmleigh before and it always had in the fine print that buggies had to be left outside. I'd be surprised if they haven't mentioned that in the fine print.

Grayson

lawred2 wrote: »

Why were no buggies allowed? I presume that there is a reason beyond 'no childrenz here'

If you look at farmleigh's website they have a load of events, including stuff for children, over the xmas period. That choral service was located inside the house itself in the ballroom.

http://www.farmleigh.ie/TourofFarmleigh/TheBallroom/

It has been said that Farmleigh's Ballroom is a good example of turn-of-the-century social architecture. The Guinness' guests could not fail to be impressed with the superb decoration in the style of Louis XVI with swags, wreaths, musical trophies, urns, sphinxes, and Corinthian pilasters.

The rich decoration is executed in plaster that is applied to wood panelling, and the whole room, including the ceiling, is painted off-white to resemble plaster. The chimney piece is also made of wood and this, together with the overmantel, the ceiling, and the elegant portieres, were all part of an integrated scheme designed by Young. The Edinburgh-based interior design company Morrisons probably supplied the portieres as they had done so for the Young-designed ballroom at Iveagh House.

The floor is made from Solid oak.


I'd say that the reason buggies aren't allowed in is because they'd destroy the place.

rainbow kirby

No sympathy for her - she could have made her life a hell of a lot easier by using a sling for the baby.

osarusan

Roar wrote: »

Bringing a 10 month old to a carol service at his nap time is irresponsible parenting TBH. I hope social services were called.

A job at the Indo awaits you.

Dixie Chick

A very similar story was all over Cork radio facebook recently. But in this case, the lady had to pay for a ticket for the infant and took an stance by pulling her 4 year old daughter from the play and then cribbing on the radio. Where she got no support ether. Because drama.

Special Circumstances

rainbow kirby wrote: »

No sympathy for her - she could have made her life a hell of a lot easier by using a sling for the baby.

They had them in aldi there last week.

Wait... I foresee a problem with that particular solution.





Whoever put this in a paper rather than laughing down the phone at the woman and telling her "get a grip" as the thread title suggests really is a disgrace.

Big Bag of Chips

eviltwin wrote: »

I'd be surprised if they haven't mentioned that in the fine print.

Yeah..... But this was a Bugaboo. Different rules apply. She shouldn't be lumped in with "regular" buggy users. It's ok that other buggies be left outside.

But this was a Bugaboo.

sbsquarepants

rainbow kirby wrote: »

No sympathy for her - she could have made her life a hell of a lot easier by using a sling for the baby.

I think they're called johnnies:D

lawred2

Grayson wrote: »

The floor is made from Solid oak.

I'd say that the reason buggies aren't allowed in is because they'd destroy the place.

well that makes no sense I'm afraid - round wheels will do a damn sight less damage to a wooden floor than the ladies and their high heels..

I'd say it's possible more likely a fire regulation thing.. buggies would only end up blocking exit points.

This lady should have checked out the venue beforehand.

jester77

ah, the poor woman, her Christmas has been ruined. She might as well take down the Christmas tree and return the turkey.

How does nonsense like this make the front page of a national newspaper #firstworldproblems