Arthur Ryan founder of Penny's RIP

TuringBot47

Penny's had such a huge impact on Ireland especially in the pre Celtic Tiger age.
Going from one store in Mary St to 370 worldwide is a serious legacy.

https://www.joe.ie/news/arthur-ryan-founder-penneys-died-age-83-674784

He died on July 8th but his exact date of birth isn't known yet but is in July.
It would be a small amusement if his birthday was within the next day or two which probably translates his age to 83.99 years.

No idea what he was like to work under or his ethics, but he clothe a large portion of the Irish population.

Rip.

Hoboo

83.99.......i did giggle.

branie2

May he rest in peace

JP Liz V1

Penneys, always guaranteed a bargain

RIP

Harry Palmr

His sending off will be cheaper but essentially just the same as all other comparable funerals

Omackeral

If you said something like ''looks like the Penney's finally dropped'' about 10 years ago on here you'd get a laugh for it. Nowadays you'd get a warning/thread ban or a stay classy retort from some lick...

... which is why I'm not gonna say it.

ILoveYourVibes

RIP.

Ursus Horribilis

When I was growing up, the Penneys Christmas ad was one of the signs that the festive season was upon us.

Thank you Sir, for the two euro tee-shirts, the affordable beach clothes, and most importantly, the cheapest no-show loafer socks in the city.

If you're reading this, please add to the variety in the homeware section at the Mary Street branch, it really is lacking. And now with ikea... Well, anyway.

*Throws rose*

MadYaker

One of the main reasons the ocean is full of rubbish.

janfebmar

MadYaker wrote: »

One of the main reasons the ocean is full of rubbish.

Indeed I remember about 40 years ago there were lots of clothes factories in the country, giving employment to many thousands. Now all those skills are lost, and disposable rubbish is imported at a huge cost to the environment from sweatshops in the far east.

Hoboo

Making money off the blood of children, a real modern day Robin Hood.

topper75

A great Irish achiever. I salute him.

"ocean full of rubbish" "blood of children" FFS - students union communist amateur melodramatic soc!

Cienciano

MadYaker wrote: »

One of the main reasons the ocean is full of rubbish.

Arthur Ryan is responsible for these 10 rivers?

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/90-of-plastic-polluting-our-oceans-comes-from-just-10-rivers/

Get a grip :rolleyes:

Thelonious Monk

That level of cheap disposable fashion can't be a good thing. I know in the Oxford street branch there are trolleys for shoppers because they buy so much cheap tat at once.

Cienciano

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

That level of cheap disposable fashion can't be a good thing. I know in the Oxford street branch there are trolleys for shoppers because they buy so much cheap tat at once.

How do you expect people with less money to cloth themselves? Potato sacks?

Bobblehats

Yeh Pennies was never a rip?! ..Hence the name pennies just affordable, sensible clothing

Woke Hogan

Omackeral wrote: »

If you said something like ''looks like the Penney's finally dropped'' about 10 years ago on here you'd get a laugh for it.

Yeah, a pity laugh.

SEPT 23 1989

He liberated children from hand me downs

Guy:Incognito

Bobblehats wrote: »

Yeh Pennies was never a rip?! ..Hence the name pennies just affordable, sensible clothing

Except , its Penneys.

Bobblehats

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Except , its Penneys.

now that’s just common cents

Thelonious Monk

Cienciano wrote: »

How do you expect people with less money to cloth themselves? Potato sacks?

Buy less and better quality. The crap women buy in penneys is nearly always stuff they don't actually need.

TuringBot47

Hoboo wrote: »

Making money off the blood of children, a real modern day Robin Hood.

What melodramatic rubbish.
There's no slavery, people take jobs to feed their families.
Otherwise they can quit.

He certainly has provided jobs to hundreds/thousands of people in this country directly.

But if you genuinely feel that way then get up off your arse and protest outside shops.

Allinall

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Buy less and better quality. The crap women buy in penneys is nearly always stuff they don't actually need.

Women?

TuringBot47

MadYaker wrote: »

One of the main reasons the ocean is full of rubbish.

One of the main reasons why After Hours is full of rubbish.
Maybe we could split AH into age and IQ ranges to avoid that sort of post.

Autosport

May he rest in peace xxxx

rireland

Terrible damage done to the environment.

Kintarō Hattori

rireland wrote: »

Terrible damage done to the environment.

How? I suspect only if you're silly enough to throw out perfectly usable clothes. I have worn many Penney's items over the years and found them to be just as durable, for the most part, as clothes from other brands. I still have and wear many casual shirts that were bought there years and years ago.

Mrs OBumble

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Buy less and better quality. The crap women buy in penneys is nearly always stuff they don't actually need.

And it falls apart after the 3rd trip through the washing machine. Total waste of money.

Woke Hogan

TuringBot47 wrote: »

What melodramatic rubbish.
There's no slavery, people take jobs to feed their families.
Otherwise they can quit.

He certainly has provided jobs to hundreds/thousands of people in this country directly.

But if you genuinely feel that way then get up off your arse and protest outside shops.

I presume you would have been happy as a fifteen year old to take a job stitching together rags for pennies to feed your family? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: How do their five euro boots taste?

Guy:Incognito

Woke Hogan wrote: »

I presume you would have been happy as a fifteen year old to take a job stitching together rags for pennies to feed your family? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: How do their five euro boots taste?

You're dead right.

Take the jobs away and let the ****ers starve.

Woke Hogan

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

You're dead right.

Take the jobs away and let the ****ers starve.

The "****ers" weren't starving before the multinationals came in, stole their lands, and threw them pennies for stitching clothes because they didn't need money living as subsistence farmers.
Now of course massive swatches of the population from developing countries are trapped in serfdom because you don't want to spend a tenner on a Looney Tunes T shirt. I suppose you're one of the people who would call that progress, though, yeah? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

"Kintar&#333

"Kintar&#333 wrote:

I have worn many Penney's items over the years and found them to be just as durable,

Ah here

Imagine darning a sock from Penneys. You'd put bigger holes in it with your needle and thread than the hole you're mending. Their clothes practically dissolve in the air.

It's disposable clothing, something we're all better off without -- even if it is ridiculously cheap.

Guy:Incognito

Woke Hogan wrote: »

The "****ers" weren't starving before the multinationals came in, stole their lands, and threw them pennies for stitching clothes because they didn't need money living as subsistence farmers.
Now of course massive swatches of the population from developing countries are trapped in serfdom because you don't want to spend a tenner on a Looney Tunes T shirt. I suppose you're one of the people who would call that progress, though, yeah? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

How much of their land did penneys steal?

Presumably you make all your own clothes?

Woke Hogan

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

How much of their land did penneys steal?

Presumably you make all your own clothes?

Penney's may not have stolen land but they have benefited from land being stolen by their suppliers and the use of child labour.

I don't make my own clothes. Like most people, I lack the skillset. I try to shop as ethically as I can however that is rendered virtually impossible by the invasion of these mega retailers invading our high streets, killing off local merchants. Before you yell out "aha!" and start frantically typing out your "WeLL YOU CaN't tAlK ThEn" retort with your tongue sticking out: I am not a hypocrite. It is impossibly to live truly ethically in a capitalist society and as a member of society I am criticising its worse aspects.

Penneys are scum.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1028449/Exposed-Primarks-sweatshops-pay-children-just-60p-day.html

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/jun/23/primark.children

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/22/india.humanrights

Guy:Incognito

As ethically as is convenient I'm sure.

What about whatever device you're posting from?

Woke Hogan

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

As ethically as is convenient I'm sure.

What about whatever device you're posting from?

That's you in the well there.

Guy:Incognito

Woke Hogan wrote: »

That's you in the well there.

You just keep being woke while you're out and about where people can see it. Good man.

It's impossible to live ethically today , while enjoying the trappings of nice modern western life, that's true.

You can certainly do it without the creature comforts though. But that would be inconvenient.

Very easy to preace at others about how THEY should do better.

TuringBot47

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Penneys are scum.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1028449/Exposed-Primarks-sweatshops-pay-children-just-60p-day.html

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/jun/23/primark.children

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/22/india.humanrights

Two of those stories end with Pennys ending contracts with the factories.
What more do you want ?

Unfortunately you are clueless to globalisation.
Indian has a massive uneducated population and Indian people will use their own natural resource of people. Their products will be exported and compete against others.

Same with the Chinese... massive population, so they play to their own strengths.

Anyways, it's not up to an Irish company to police the employment rights of different countries. You're expecting every single order to require a Pennys employee to visit each factory personally assuming they don't hide their true nature to gain a contract.

How many foods do you buy in the supermarket that you dig into their origin?

Fyi: I am not in the retail sector at all.

TuringBot47

rireland wrote: »

Terrible damage done to the environment.

In what way?
Can you quantity the specific pollution and extend?
Or are you just attacking any multinational?

smurfjed

May the man RIP.

As for the rest of the ****e above, you really do need to go visit Asia and see what the average salary actually is and how these "pennies per hour" converted into local currencies benefit the local economies.

Kintarō Hattori

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Ah here

Imagine darning a sock from Penneys. You'd put bigger holes in it with your needle and thread than the hole you're mending. Their clothes practically dissolve in the air.

It's disposable clothing, something we're all better off without -- even if it is ridiculously cheap.

Ah now, I was talking more along the lines of shirts and tops.

pgj2015

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

And it falls apart after the 3rd trip through the washing machine. Total waste of money.

i dont usually shop in pennys but i have a few hoodies from there that i bought in 2013, they are still in great condition.

Bigbagofcans

Thx hun xx

Kintarō Hattori

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Ah now, I was talking more along the lines of shirts and tops.

I bought a shirt in there once, a few years ago. A grey shirt with white stripes (this will matter later), because I'd just arrived in Dublin for a work event and discovered I'd forgotten to pack a shirt.

The shirt was fine, a bit synthetic and itchy but that's what you get for a tenner. But half way through dinner, I caught sight of my back in the gents bathroom (probably checking out my own arse) and all the stripes at the back had vanished where the chair was rubbing against it. It was like someone had gone at it with a giant eraser.

Anyway, legal question: How do I put a valid claim on this guy's estate? I want my tenner back.

TuringBot47

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Anyway, legal question: How do I put a valid claim on this guy's estate? I want my tenner back.

The likely reason is you probably had a big wet patch of acidic back sweat eroding the dye.