Scumbags in city centre

Zipppy

Left work this eve in city centre to walk home. Walking along South quays I was met with 'You looking' 'You looking bud' by two scummers hanging about.
I ignored and walked on..'Not first time I been asked that'..but this time I was met with 'Looking to get your head kicked in' and ' Looking to get fcu*in battered' etc probably cos I was ignoring them...
So I know they're just scummers but surely folk should be able to walk home after work without being abused? Why can't they all not just be 'put down' or something...

Lost implants

Something similar happened me in Sligo this evening!

Well by similar I met two oulwans jogging and a kid with a poodle that was ****ting all over the pavement.

World had gone mad.

Omackeral

Which city are you talking about?

thee glitz

Which quay?

Omackeral

Zipppy wrote: »

Left work this eve in city centre to walk home. Walking along South quays I was met with 'You looking' 'You looking bud' by two scummers hanging about

Were you looking though? Were you? Bud?

SEPT 23 1989

Do you have a punchable looking face?

MaryBrosnan

The consequences of certain people having children to get them free house, benefits etc.

DontThankMe

Ask them if they want a hug next time you have an encounter with them kill them with kindness.

Cutie 3.14

Where was this, Waterford?

Yeah some scummers down there alright..

tuxy

Omackeral wrote: »

Which city are you talking about?

Kilkenny, OP's looking to get his head kicked in with statments like that. Kilkennys not even a city!

Infini

Guess we need a Scrote Patrol to drive these vermin back under their rocks. You'd never get this shíte in any other European City because the local law will make sure they're "properly pacificed"....

Omackeral

Infini wrote: »

You'd never get this shíte in any other European City because the local law will make sure they're "properly pacificed"....

Yeah just the old acid attacks in London.

vicwatson

Zipppy wrote: »

Left work this eve in city centre to walk home. Walking along South quays I was met with 'You looking' 'You looking bud' by two scummers hanging about.
I ignored and walked on..'Not first time I been asked that'..but this time I was met with 'Looking to get your head kicked in' and ' Looking to get fcu*in battered' etc probably cos I was ignoring them...
So I know they're just scummers but surely folk should be able to walk home after work without being abused? Why can't they all not just be 'put down' or something...

We need a few Brazilian body builders from Talbot street to walk down there. Leave it out

tuxy

Infini wrote: »

Guess we need a Scrote Patrol to drive these vermin back under their rocks. You'd never get this shíte in any other European City because the local law will make sure they're "properly pacificed"....

Ever actually been to any of these utopian cities?

El_Bee

Zipppy wrote: »

Left work this eve in city centre to walk home. Walking along South quays I was met with 'You looking' 'You looking bud' by two scummers hanging about.
I ignored and walked on..'Not first time I been asked that'..but this time I was met with 'Looking to get your head kicked in' and ' Looking to get fcu*in battered' etc probably cos I was ignoring them...
So I know they're just scummers but surely folk should be able to walk home after work without being abused? Why can't they all not just be 'put down' or something...

You were clearly at fault here, how dare you complain about it.

DaverageJoe

The revenue should send out free cattle prods once you pay a certain amount of tax. We could use the cattle prods to keep the filth at bay while we go about our business.

Anesthetize

I'm still waiting to find out which city this is.

Nuuk?

Andrew00

Dirty rotten junkies

“Giz a Euro for the Luas”
“Any moneeey for the homeless”

harry Bailey esq

thee glitz wrote: »

Which quay?

I'd hazard a guess and say wood quay

Spleerbun

Zipppy wrote: »

Left work this eve in city centre to walk home. Walking along South quays I was met with 'You looking' 'You looking bud' by two scummers hanging about.
I ignored and walked on..'Not first time I been asked that'..but this time I was met with 'Looking to get your head kicked in' and ' Looking to get fcu*in battered' etc probably cos I was ignoring them...
So I know they're just scummers but surely folk should be able to walk home after work without being abused? Why can't they all not just be 'put down' or something...

You weren't 'lookin' at his girlfriend op were you? She could have heart problems, be a bit more considerate yeah https://youtu.be/-CBVTSXcH90

Purple Mountain

Do you watch Coronation Street?
You need to take a Paul approach (Princess Leias twin).
Next time you're in the street and someone starts mouthing at you, pull them into the alleyway (all the better if the scrote has a dog collar on) and give them one of Paul's special surprise moves.

Mardyke

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I'd hazard a guess and say wood quay

Is that over near Penrose Wharf / Horgans Quay ??

Birneybau

Omackeral wrote: »

Infini wrote: »

You'd never get this shíte in any other European City because the local law will make sure they're "properly pacificed"....

Yeah just the old acid attacks in London.

And the stabbings. In London.

pauliebdub

The same thing happened to me this evening as well, on the quays near Capel St two strung out scrotes shouting at each other and at the passers by. What can be done with them they're such a pain in the arse.

KevRossi

thee glitz wrote: »

Which quay?

Torquay

Zipppy

harry Bailey esq wrote:

I'd hazard a guess and say wood quay

Spot on bud

Robocop Corcoran

From Aston quay all the way down to the bond, you'll be offered anything and everything. Happens in every city and Dublin is not as bad as other cities in Europe for this carry on.

Barcelona and Prague are much worse, only difference is the drugs you get here are real.

Just say no thanks and walk on, ignoring them is making a beating more likely.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Did this happen 'in town'?

dhaughton99

Over the weekend, a junkie on Dame st said to me, “your dog is fluffy, does he lick your balls”.
I hate scummy tack-heads.

tuxy

pauliebdub wrote: »

The same thing happened to me this evening as well, on the quays near Capel St two strung out scrotes shouting at each other and at the passers by. What can be done with them they're such a pain in the arse.

Chapel street in Cork or Limerick city?

Why are people so cryptic on details? The street can't sue you for making unfounded accusations.

Ronaldinho

Zipppy wrote: »

Why can't they all not just be 'put down' or something...

Robocop Corcoran

tuxy wrote: »

Chapel street in Cork or Limerick city?

Why are people so cryptic on details? The street can't sue you for making unfounded accusations.

CAPEL STREET, read the thread and dont be asking stupid questions

Mr_Muffin

I have to admit, I kinda like seeing the junkies and the likes around. It reminds me that my life isn't so bad after all.

tuxy

Robocop Corcoran wrote: »

CAPEL STREET, read the thread and dont be asking stupid questions

The original post was about cork and limerick AFAIK. I'm not aware of a street by that name in either of those cities.

Robocop Corcoran

tuxy wrote: »

The original post was about cork and limerick AFAIK

The OP was talking about Wood Quay, Dublin.

orourkeda1977

Zipppy wrote: »

Left work this eve in city centre to walk home. Walking along South quays I was met with 'You looking' 'You looking bud' by two scummers hanging about.
I ignored and walked on..'Not first time I been asked that'..but this time I was met with 'Looking to get your head kicked in' and ' Looking to get fcu*in battered' etc probably cos I was ignoring them...
So I know they're just scummers but surely folk should be able to walk home after work without being abused? Why can't they all not just be 'put down' or something...

Next time, start a fight with them.

I guarantee, after you land the first punch they'll never bother you again

Robocop Corcoran

orourkeda1977 wrote: »

Next time, start a fight with them.

I guarantee, after you land the first punch they'll never bother you again

Thats ok if you have knockout power in your fists, the crew along aston quay and wood quay are dealers they arent all weak junkies.

They carry knives. Best advice would be to avoid conflict with them.

Anesthetize

Robocop Corcoran wrote: »

They carry knives. Best advice would be to avoid conflict with them.

Or bring a bigger knife.

Robocop Corcoran

Anesthetize wrote: »

Or bring a bigger knife.

Thank you Mick Dundee.

Folkstonian

Robocop Corcoran wrote: »

Thats ok if you have knockout power in your fists, the crew along aston quay and wood quay are dealers they arent all weak junkies.

They carry knives. Best advice would be to avoid conflict with them.

Dealers don’t want to attract attention to themselves by pointlessly starting fights in the street. Most of them are very stupid, but not that stupid

Its the junkies with brains scrambled by years of pumping themselves full of heroin that pester and intimidate ordinary members of the public

Robocop Corcoran

Folkstonian wrote: »

Dealers don’t want to attract attention to themselves by pointlessly starting fights in the street. Most of them are very stupid, but not that stupid

Its the junkies with brains scrambled by years of pumping themselves full of heroin that pester and intimidate ordinary members of the public

Well the OP stated he ignored their offer of drugs and thinks that's the reason why they threatened him physically. Maybe they were junkies and dealers, either way, conflict is best avoided with these types, speaking from my own personal experience, ive the scars as a reminder.

OP, if you have to walk that way home maybe walk on the opposite side of the road along the liffey wall then cross the street only when you have to.

Birneybau

dhaughton99 wrote: »

Over the weekend, a junkie on Dame st said to me, “your dog is fluffy, does he lick your balls”.
I hate scummy tack-heads.

Yes, but does he?

Thomas_IV

Omackeral wrote: »

Which city are you talking about?

Not sure which city he was referring to, Dublin came to my mind first.

Thomas_IV

Zipppy wrote: »

Left work this eve in city centre to walk home. Walking along South quays I was met with 'You looking' 'You looking bud' by two scummers hanging about.
I ignored and walked on..'Not first time I been asked that'..but this time I was met with 'Looking to get your head kicked in' and ' Looking to get fcu*in battered' etc probably cos I was ignoring them...
So I know they're just scummers but surely folk should be able to walk home after work without being abused? Why can't they all not just be 'put down' or something...

I also ignore such people. Seems to me that things are getting worse.

Hmm, i dont know. Like the decresse in obesity, the decrease in scumbags is another phenomenon to have occurred in Irish society since 2008, especially since 2013. Most people who “would have been” scumbags twenty years ago are now really concerned with their self image, have third level degrees, dont abuse substances or smoke, no longer subsist off beige frozen food, or possess other traits that scumbags were known for. Walking around any of the cities in Ireland feels safer than it did even 7,8 years ago. The very high basic standard of living and availability of entertainment and pleasure to all has made the concept of being a “hard-done-by” scumbag increasingly unrealistic. In the past kids matured into scumbags because they were hanging around their estates bored and causing trouble and there was no social pressure to not be a scumbag- they even seem to have lacked self awareness that others couldnt help but perceive them to be in the category of “scumbag”, they were just behaving naturally without self-awareness. With the advent of social media, nobody lacks self awareness of how they appear to others and so former scumbags now declare “aw ive changed man”. It’s just a cultural change- scumbags (of the chav sort prevalent in the late 90s/2000s) will eventually be viewed as some relic as everyone becomes more civilised in their behaviour.

Thomas_IV

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmm, i dont know. ... With the advent of social media, nobody lacks self awareness of how they appear to others and so former scumbags now declare “aw ive changed man”. It’s just a cultural change- scumbags (of the chav sort prevalent in the late 90s/2000s) will eventually be viewed as some relic as everyone becomes more civilised in their behaviour.

I'm not of that impression, not at all and to read through some threads on Twatter or Farcebook (depending on which account of that is concerned) it rather gives one the impression that 'some' posters there are absolutely reckless, throwing around insults at anybody who replies or even don't reply to their comment and they don't give a fiddlers cos they know that due to the lack of measures to take by the providers of both sides (which are both very reluctant to do anything unless threatened with financial reprisals) they simply get away with it. Sh1testorms are the usual way for harassment and the connection between the virtual and the real world shows its very ugly face when Flash Mobs - organised in a very short time via Twatter of Farcebook - appear on the doorstep of a Person that gets harassed by that mob.

Recent observations about that development show that the threshold for anti-social behaviour and harassment is lowering. Some also say that the hatespeeches in social media is already about to spread into the real life where people get attacked for what they are, what they say or what political leaning they have. That's the dark side of the net that is obvious to see on a daily basis. It's nothing new at all, such things already happened right from the start of Twatter and Farcebook and they were always the reason for me to avoid them both like the plague. It's really enough to have fecking trolls on message boards, but that's not as worse like having them on social media like Twatter and Farcebook. The facts that they both are that reluctant to act on hatespeech and harassment properly gives them no credit at all imo.

In contrast to Twatter and Farcebook, here on this site one has proper moderation and trolls get dealt with the way they deserve.

valoren

DontThankMe wrote: »

Ask them if they want a hug next time you have an encounter with them kill them with kindness.

The Mickah "Don't **** with me" Wallace strategy is better i.e. the glasgow kiss.

Ush1

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmm, i dont know. Like the decresse in obesity, the decrease in scumbags is another phenomenon to have occurred in Irish society since 2008, especially since 2013. Most people who “would have been” scumbags twenty years ago are now really concerned with their self image, have third level degrees, dont abuse substances or smoke, no longer subsist off beige frozen food, or possess other traits that scumbags were known for. Walking around any of the cities in Ireland feels safer than it did even 7,8 years ago. The very high basic standard of living and availability of entertainment and pleasure to all has made the concept of being a “hard-done-by” scumbag increasingly unrealistic. In the past kids matured into scumbags because they were hanging around their estates bored and causing trouble and there was no social pressure to not be a scumbag- they even seem to have lacked self awareness that others couldnt help but perceive them to be in the category of “scumbag”, they were just behaving naturally without self-awareness. With the advent of social media, nobody lacks self awareness of how they appear to others and so former scumbags now declare “aw ive changed man”. It’s just a cultural change- scumbags (of the chav sort prevalent in the late 90s/2000s) will eventually be viewed as some relic as everyone becomes more civilised in their behaviour.

Ha, come out to west Tallaght, stay a while.

suicide_circus

the feral children who harass the luas red line particularly around Heuston and James' Hospital are a fooking menace to paying commuters, i wish it was legal for passengers to physically throw them off.

TomSweeney

Spleerbun wrote: »

You weren't 'lookin' at his girlfriend op were you? She could have heart problems, be a bit more considerate yeah https://youtu.be/-CBVTSXcH90

edit ..

might have been a bit too far ...

Ray Palmer

There is part of society that admire the behaviour and it is that simple. Why anybody would want to just pick a fight for no reason pretty much tells you what the person is like. I have never ever thought to pick a fight with anyone for no reason. Even the idea of intentionally provoking somebody is completely alien to me.
When I was in school there were plenty of people who would do this stuff. I was coming home from a friends house. A gang of 5 scumbags come running over and start beating me up. Then it stops as one of them recognises me as being in school with him. All topologies as they were just out "Hippy Bashing" and didn't recognise me.
Now some of my friends had been attacked the same way around the same time but we didn't know who was at it. Some of my friends were very interested in the identity of these guys and were very pleased with the information.