Celtic Tiger: Has arrogance set back in?

Ubbquittious · 26-04-2018 04:50PM #1

8 or 9 years ago you could rock up to a chipper van and yer man would be saying

"Ah go on you'll buy an ould bag of chips .. go on .. I'll throw in a free sausage go on sure you will sure you will won't you"

If you try it now you'll be met with

"Chips are €6 now. They were €5 yesterday but they're gone up with the times. That's it. Now fcuk off if you're not getting them." followed by a firm bang of his fist on the counter.

Dublin landlords have had the luxury of being able to do this for years now but it's only recently that ordinary folk who have chipper vans seem to have gone back to this.
Are people feeling comfortable enough with their financial situation to be able to go back to being arrogant again?

johnnyskeleton · 26-04-2018 04:53PM

I know somewhere that will sell you chips for €3.50 OP. PM for details.

yabbav · 26-04-2018 04:54PM

Ireland is nothing like the tiger years. The government is 100 times more socialist now and tax everything much more. Commie Leo has highlighted he doesn’t want wages to increase as he thinks it helps him him if multi nationals are attracted by the low wages of the work force.
There may be jobs but they are muck wages. Commie Leo likes it this way.

Brian? · 26-04-2018 04:56PM

I haven’t seen a chipper van in years.

DrumSteve · 26-04-2018 05:00PM

Lol 6e chips?

Also where the hell did you get a free sausage? Usually they throw in a few chips if you buy a sausage not the other way around.

Pa8301 · 26-04-2018 05:00PM

yabbav wrote: »

Ireland is nothing like the tiger years. The government is 100 times more socialist now and tax everything much more. Commie Leo has highlighted he doesn’t want wages to increase as he thinks it helps him him if multi nationals are attracted by the low wages of the work force.
There may be jobs but they are muck wages. Commie Leo likes it this way.

I think this is the first time I've seen Leo Varadkar being called a Communist!

Historically speaking, Fianna Fail would be regarded as more left wing than Fine Gael.

Do you know what an actual Communist is?

Donald Trump · 26-04-2018 05:04PM

Brian? wrote: »

I haven’t seen a chipper van in years.

For Forks Sake · 26-04-2018 05:04PM

yabbav wrote: »

Ireland is nothing like the tiger years. The government is 100 times more socialist now and tax everything much more. Commie Leo has highlighted he doesn’t want wages to increase as he thinks it helps him him if multi nationals are attracted by the low wages of the work force.
There may be jobs but they are muck wages. Commie Leo likes it this way.

Leo the Communist, that a new one. Between that, and the Tories trying to paint him as some sort of 'up the ra' republican he must be having fierce identity issues the past while.

Hitman3000 · 26-04-2018 05:04PM

I know somewhere that sells a large bag of homemade chips enough for 2 people for 2.50. Whatever about the arrogance the exaggeration never left.

Hitman3000 · 26-04-2018 05:05PM

yabbav wrote:

Ireland is nothing like the tiger years. The government is 100 times more socialist now and tax everything much more. Commie Leo has highlighted he doesnâ€™t want wages to increase as he thinks it helps him him if multi nationals are attracted by the low wages of the work force. There may be jobs but they are muck wages. Commie Leo likes it this way.

100 times more socialist? Your hat is on too tight m8.

Pa8301 · 26-04-2018 05:10PM

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Leo the Communist, that a new one. Between that, and the Tories trying to paint him as some sort of 'up the ra' republican he must be having fierce identity issues the past while.

Richard Boyd Barrett will also be devastated to learn that Leo is a fellow traveller!

Try_harder · 26-04-2018 05:11PM

Sweet Jesus boards has gone to seed

For Forks Sake · 26-04-2018 05:13PM

Pa8301 wrote: »

Richard Boyd Barrett will also be devastated to learn that Leo is a fellow traveller!

Much like Joe Higgins when Bertie decided to declare himself a socialist to the country

yabbav · 26-04-2018 05:25PM

Pa8301 wrote: »

I think this is the first time I've seen Leo Varadkar being called a Communist!

Historically speaking, Fianna Fail would be regarded as more left wing than Fine Gael.

Do you know what an actual Communist is?

They are all communists. Look t your wage slip. Look at the tax rates, the stleath taxes all the taxes. Taxation is force and so is hardcore socialism. I have always viewed Leo has a die hard commie for his support for such a regressive system.

AudreyHepburn · 26-04-2018 05:28PM

I don’t think the arrogance ever left tbh - if anything it’s even worse now. There's a thought process that everything should be free and no one should be held accountable fir their own choices in life. And if you rnd up suffering in away because of your choices it’s ok because you can just some-one to sue abd get away with it.

yabbav · 26-04-2018 05:30PM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

I don’t think the arrogance ever left tbh - if anything it’s even worse now. There's a thought process that everything should be free and no one should be held accountable fir their own choices in life. And if you rnd up suffering in away because of your choices it’s ok because you can just some-one to sue abd get away with it.

The socialist in government have bred a nation who want to be dependent on the state. They want free everything....but it’s not free, it’s rubbish everything paid for over the odds through regressive taxation.

Carry · 26-04-2018 05:43PM

yabbav wrote: »

Ireland is nothing like the tiger years. The government is 100 times more socialist now and tax everything much more. Commie Leo has highlighted he doesn’t want wages to increase as he thinks it helps him him if multi nationals are attracted by the low wages of the work force.
There may be jobs but they are muck wages. Commie Leo likes it this way.

yabbav wrote: »

They are all communists. Look t your wage slip. Look at the tax rates, the stleath taxes all the taxes. Taxation is force and so is hardcore socialism. I have always viewed Leo has a die hard commie for his support for such a regressive system.

yabbav wrote: »

The socialist in government have bred a nation who want to be dependent on the state. They want free everything....but it’s not free, it’s rubbish everything paid for over the odds through regressive taxation.

You are funny. Totes.

Hitman3000 · 26-04-2018 05:48PM

yabbav wrote:

The socialist in government have bred a nation who want to be dependent on the state. They want free everything....but itâ€™s not free, itâ€™s rubbish everything paid for over the odds through regressive taxation.

You American?

topper75 · 26-04-2018 05:48PM

Pa8301 wrote: »

Richard Boyd Barrett will also be devastated to learn that Leo is a fellow traveller!

RBB is not a communist. He self-identifies as a contrarian.

Leo is the new Bertie - all things to all men. Whatchyu want? I be it.

yabbav · 26-04-2018 06:05PM

topper75 wrote: »

RBB is not a communist. He self-identifies as a contrarian.

Leo is the new Bertie - all things to all men. Whatchyu want? I be it.

Leo is a commie. I’d take Bertie any day over him.

Taxburden carrier · 26-04-2018 06:14PM

yabbav wrote: »

Leo is a commie. I’d take Bertie any day over him.

Be careful what you wish for !

Wheeliebin30 · 26-04-2018 06:16PM

Funny how idiots think Leo varadkar sets our tax rates etc.

No clue about how a country actually functions.

Noveight · 26-04-2018 06:18PM

Try_harder wrote: »

Sweet Jesus boards has gone to seed

What, since February?

Sofiztikated · 26-04-2018 06:24PM

yabbav wrote: »

Leo is a commie. I’d take Bertie any day over him.

If someone asked me to point out where any credibility you may have had went out the window, I'd be hard pressed to go past this.

FingerDeKat · 26-04-2018 06:33PM

yabbav wrote: »

multi nationals are attracted by the low wages of the work force.

lol
the MNC pay very well:rolleyes::rolleyes:

super_furry · 26-04-2018 06:35PM

Where are you buying your chips? €2.50 a bag here.

The trick you're missing out on is not to order chips and expect a free sausage. Order a batter sausage and they'll fling a half scoop of chips in with the bag if they're any good.

Or just buy sausage and chips.

Jamie2k9 · 26-04-2018 06:35PM

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

I know somewhere that will sell you chips for €3.50 OP. PM for details.

Your been ripped off, bag of chips is just 2.20-2.40 in most places...

paw patrol · 26-04-2018 06:41PM

leo is no communist for sure but we have a funny situation where ireland is right wing for business, and left wing on social issues while being communist as fcuk on taxation and then right wing again on health and education.

FUBAR was the term I learned as a child.

mikemac2 · 26-04-2018 07:27PM

Taxi drivers are back to giving property investment advice

Try_harder · 26-04-2018 07:30PM

Noveight wrote: »

What, since February?

Its been about 3 years imho but its getting worse

super_furry · 26-04-2018 07:38PM

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Funny how idiots think Leo varadkar sets our tax rates etc.

No clue about how a country actually functions.

You're just saying that because the communists are holding your family hostage.

Communists.

COMMUNISTS

COMMUNISTS

COMMUNISTS

COMMUNISTS

Celtic Tiger: Has arrogance set back in?

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