Garda prick.

Binomate · 16-10-2006 09:40PM

oleras wrote:

Not as comical as moaning to a bunch of strangers as if looking for some sort of common agreement that all gardai are pr1cks.... Build a bridge OP.... :rolleyes:

Garda is not plural, Gardaí is. One Garda, two Gardaí. See? Now read the title and apply what you have just learned. Not so much looking for a common agreement that all Gardaí are pricks any more since I'm only speaking about one Garda, is it? I suggest you try reading posts before you reply to them.

Xavi6 wrote:

Next time come down to the other Footlocker on Grafton Street. We don't have a security guard or radios so you'll be fine!

Trying not to go off topic but, the one opposite HMV or the one opposite AIB?

Collie D · 16-10-2006 09:42PM

To be honest I don't think complainging will get you very far, you'd more than likely be told to fúck off again. Just chalk it down to experience and remember that just because someone wears a uniform doesn't mean they're not a príck. I've been told basically the same thing by a Garda because I reported some guy who punched me and pulled a knife. Had a few drinks on me and other guy was sober so my side of the story didn't count

biko · 16-10-2006 10:11PM

OAP vs Una Bomber, of course the Garda is gonna believe him, unfortunately.

godtabh · 16-10-2006 10:25PM

You report him and see what happens then. If your a regular walker of Grafton St every cop in the area will know who you are.

For something "small" like this I would just let it go.

Binomate · 16-10-2006 10:39PM

I can't report him. A: I can't be arsed following it up. B: I didn't catch his badge number.

connundrum · 16-10-2006 11:04PM

/also see 'I'm not racist but...'

I have often been stopped by cops for somthing I haven't done, and I've often been let away with things I should have been reprimanded for. Take the hit and be glad that they generally do the right thing and generally are there when ya need em.

*please note that I did say generally.

alleepally · 16-10-2006 11:19PM

Piste wrote:

Ugh, Buggies...people with buggies annoy the fcuk out of me "I have a buggy blah blah I'm special" Twice on satruday I had to get out of the way of two bouugies when there was plenty of space either side of me. One man didn't even bother asking my friend to move, just pushed his buggy in to her heels before she realised and stepped out of the way.

Sounds to me like you could be one of those packs of annoying teenagers who stand on paths gabbing away to their friends blocking said path for all other pedestrians (including mothers/fathers with buggies) who feel you should have a bit of awareness of others and have the common sense to not stand in such a way that others don't have to step out onto the road to get by. I would suggest the buggy pusher in question had had enough of having to raise their voice and say "excuse me" a bunch of times before and decided to teach ye a little lesson?

Lump · 16-10-2006 11:42PM

TBH, people should stand to the side of the path/aisle (in a supermarket) if they are looking at something, or on their phone, I was in Tesco today and some muppet was blocking the entire Aisle while on his phone. (They were rather narrow for some reason)

John

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 16-10-2006 11:56PM

Lump wrote:

I was in Tesco today and some muppet was blocking the entire Aisle while on his phone.

Ram your trolley into him then pretend to be blind. (note: only works when wearing very dark sunglasses)
Have to admire his multi-tasking abilities though in fairness.

Lump wrote:

They were rather narrow for some reason

Oh when will Tesco make aisles to suit the husky gentleman?

Lorax · 17-10-2006 12:01AM

God I hate the gardai.

Lump · 17-10-2006 12:29AM

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Ram your trolley into him then pretend to be blind. (note: only works when wearing very dark sunglasses)
Have to admire his multi-tasking abilities though in fairness.

Oh when will Tesco make aisles to suit the husky gentleman?

Yea, HE was a fat **** alright.

slipss · 17-10-2006 01:06AM

Binomate wrote:

I'm not usually one for all that "fuck the gardaí" shite, but I had the worst experience I've ever had with a Garda today.

If thats the worst experience you've ever had with a Garda I'd count yourself lucky. But I know how annoying it can be when something like that happens to you, since I was maybe 10 or 11 years old I've faced this kind of discrimination by the Gardai many many times, due to my accent, my address or the fact that I wear my hood up when its cold to keep me warm, I could give a load of examples but they wouldn't be anything different than everyones heard a hundred times before. I have complained in the past when i was younger, walked into the local Garda barracks and asked to speak to the seargent with times, dates, locations, witnesses and shoulder numbers, all it ever got me was a lot more hassle and a black mark against my name with the local Gardai so I stopped bothering.

Xavi6 · 17-10-2006 01:53AM

Binomate wrote:

Trying not to go off topic but, the one opposite HMV or the one opposite AIB?

Nah that's the UPPER Grafton Street Store. I'm opposite BT. Don't be giving us bottom of Grafton Street workers a bad name by mis-naming our store!!!

Rebeller · 17-10-2006 02:18AM

Lorax wrote:

God I hate the gardai.

I do too. Any dealings I have ever had with them have been extremely frustrating and disappointing.

There is a distinct lack of professionalism from the Irish police force. Having spoken with and having had dealings with police officers from a variety of countries (US, France, UK, Portugal) I notice a definite confrontational and aggressive attitude anytime I have to speak to a member of the gardai.

Discipline has broken down which means that there are no sanctions for gardai who cross the line and abuse their power.

The amount of damages paid out to citizens in civil actions against gardai is increasing every year. The new Garda Ombudsman does not have the same range of independence and power as its equivalent in the north.

Muck savages the pack of them!:mad:

\m/_(>_<)_\m/ · 17-10-2006 07:30AM

Spitfire666 wrote:

at the end of the day, you said yourself it was something stupid and was delt with quickly, you wer told to go on your way. Not a big deal, IF you done something wrong you got away with it. If you didnt, nothing bad happened to you anyway. Move on get over it. I doubt you were cursed at but thats trivial anyway and cant be prooved either way.

interesting.... gardai gets it wrong.... not a big deal, just move on.
now that argument is getting a little boring.

skywalker · 17-10-2006 08:45AM

kearnsr wrote:

You report him and see what happens then. If your a regular walker of Grafton St every cop in the area will know who you are.

For something "small" like this I would just let it go.

Every garda in the area is going to be on the look out for "the bloke in the hoodie with the long hair" who walks down Grafton st occasionally?

mountainyman · 17-10-2006 09:13AM

A few years ago I was walking down O'Connell street dinking a can. A guard came up to me and told me to put it down. I sculled it and threw it on the ground then belched in his face.

I was arrested, beaten up and never charged.

Is that fair?

MM

\m/_(>_<)_\m/ · 17-10-2006 09:48AM

mountainyman wrote:

A few years ago I was walking down O'Connell street dinking a can. A guard came up to me and told me to put it down. I sculled it and threw it on the ground then belched in his face.

I was arrested, beaten up and never charged.

Is that fair?

MM

and you should of been arrested and charged..... but beaten up is a bit excessive...but over all yes... that is the manners on of a scumbag

mountainyman · 17-10-2006 10:56AM

I'd rather be beaten up than charged.

MM

Sp@rtacus · 17-10-2006 11:10AM

mountainyman wrote:

A few years ago I was walking down O'Connell street dinking a can...

Wouldnt be terribly au fait with the "dinking", but I reckon you shouldve been charged... it sounds rude!:D

As for Binomate... So you had "the worst experience I've ever had with a Garda today" (oh and by the way, Oleras referred to "all Gardaí" which being plural was correct:rolleyes: ), which culminated in the Garda in question listening to you whine about being 'savagely attacked' by Grandpa Simpson and only for your ninja reflexes, you could be on your way to the Mater, before he told you to fcuk off and be on your way. You poor little teddy bear.

So outraged were you by the episode, that after recovering from the shock and terror of having a pensioner swing a frail little fist at you, and the sheer tear inducing frustration that your plight was not championed by the law, that you skipped off down to Footlocker..?? Then when you suffered the further indignation of being rejected from a sports shop (hahaha), your first instinct was scurry off to the nearest interent cafe to whine about it to everyone else. TTtthen, after alll that, you come out with "I can't report him. A: I can't be arsed following it up. B: I didn't catch his badge number."... Loser. Gardai in general, as someone very astutely pointed out earlier, will invariably take the easy route and intimidate/bully the weakest target into submission so that the particualr incident within which they are, unfotunateyl in their eyes, involved, will disappear and they can get back to the real business of eating pudding boxes and fighting, while armed, over whose round it is next. He was prob Pearse St station and couldnt have been @rsed walking the pair of you back down there to listen to "he pulled my pig tail first". Grow up, cut your hair and get a job.

There's 3 minutes of my life I'm never going to get back

Dragan · 17-10-2006 11:17AM

mountainyman wrote:

A few years ago I was walking down O'Connell street dinking a can. A guard came up to me and told me to put it down. I sculled it and threw it on the ground then belched in his face.

I was arrested, beaten up and never charged.

Is that fair?

MM

I'd love to say now, that you should have been arrested and charge but for you i will make an exception and say i would have beaten the snot out of you aswell.

mountainyman · 17-10-2006 11:31AM

Well actually it was fair enough from one perspective but quite unprofessional on their part. Still it makes you think again about the likes of the Wheelock kid and Dean Lyons. If they will beat up anyone they decide is a 'kancker' there is no reason to believe the polce regarding deaths in custody.

MM

\m/_(>_<)_\m/ · 17-10-2006 11:34AM

Sp@rtacus wrote:

Wouldnt be terribly au fait with the "dinking", but I reckon you shouldve been charged... it sounds rude!:D

As for Binomate... So you had "the worst experience I've ever had with a Garda today" (oh and by the way, Oleras referred to "all Gardaí" which being plural was correct:rolleyes: ), which culminated in the Garda in question listening to you whine about being 'savagely attacked' by Grandpa Simpson and only for your ninja reflexes, you could be on your way to the Mater, before he told you to fcuk off and be on your way. You poor little teddy bear.

So outraged were you by the episode, that after recovering from the shock and terror of having a pensioner swing a frail little fist at you, and the sheer tear inducing frustration that your plight was not championed by the law, that you skipped off down to Footlocker..?? Then when you suffered the further indignation of being rejected from a sports shop (hahaha), your first instinct was scurry off to the nearest interent cafe to whine about it to everyone else. TTtthen, after alll that, you come out with "I can't report him. A: I can't be arsed following it up. B: I didn't catch his badge number."... Loser. Gardai in general, as someone very astutely pointed out earlier, will invariably take the easy route and intimidate/bully the weakest target into submission so that the particualr incident within which they are, unfotunateyl in their eyes, involved, will disappear and they can get back to the real business of eating pudding boxes and fighting, while armed, over whose round it is next. He was prob Pearse St station and couldnt have been @rsed walking the pair of you back down there to listen to "he pulled my pig tail first". Grow up, cut your hair and get a job.
There's 3 minutes of my life I'm never going to get back

reading that, 3 minutes wasted id say....

TerrorFirmer · 17-10-2006 11:35AM

Sp@rtacus wrote:

Wouldnt be terribly au fait with the "dinking", but I reckon you shouldve been charged... it sounds rude!:D

As for Binomate... So you had "the worst experience I've ever had with a Garda today" (oh and by the way, Oleras referred to "all Gardaí" which being plural was correct:rolleyes: ), which culminated in the Garda in question listening to you whine about being 'savagely attacked' by Grandpa Simpson and only for your ninja reflexes, you could be on your way to the Mater, before he told you to fcuk off and be on your way. You poor little teddy bear.

So outraged were you by the episode, that after recovering from the shock and terror of having a pensioner swing a frail little fist at you, and the sheer tear inducing frustration that your plight was not championed by the law, that you skipped off down to Footlocker..?? Then when you suffered the further indignation of being rejected from a sports shop (hahaha), your first instinct was scurry off to the nearest interent cafe to whine about it to everyone else. TTtthen, after alll that, you come out with "I can't report him. A: I can't be arsed following it up. B: I didn't catch his badge number."... Loser. Gardai in general, as someone very astutely pointed out earlier, will invariably take the easy route and intimidate/bully the weakest target into submission so that the particualr incident within which they are, unfotunateyl in their eyes, involved, will disappear and they can get back to the real business of eating pudding boxes and fighting, while armed, over whose round it is next. He was prob Pearse St station and couldnt have been @rsed walking the pair of you back down there to listen to "he pulled my pig tail first". Grow up, cut your hair and get a job.
There's 3 minutes of my life I'm never going to get back

Best post I've read in ages. Great stuff.

layke · 17-10-2006 12:00PM

micmclo wrote:

Surely that street has blanket coverage of CCTV.
Could you follow up that way?

That's exactly how a friend of mine quashed some trumped up chrages from cops after they had beat him with batons, dragged him to the station and threatened him into signing a confession.

FORGOT ABOUT THE CTV IN THE CHIPPER DIDN'T YA!

I would suggest you wear your poshest suit go into AIB or something and ask for a copy of the tape from about that time. Although I seriously doubt that the guard will care, it's pretty much over but at least you can show it to Footlockers and get cleared.

Sp@rtacus · 17-10-2006 12:05PM

\m/_(>_<)_\m/ wrote:

reading that, 3 minutes wasted id say....

... aaand yet, not only did you, in fact, read it, but you also took the time to highlight alll (yes spot the extra "l") of my typos. :rolleyes: 10/10 for you. You get a gold star and a pat on the head:D

Dragan · 17-10-2006 12:21PM

mountainyman wrote:

Well actually it was fair enough from one perspective but quite unprofessional on their part. Still it makes you think again about the likes of the Wheelock kid and Dean Lyons. If they will beat up anyone they decide is a 'kancker' there is no reason to believe the polce regarding deaths in custody.

MM

Not really,

There is all sorts of clever people who can figure out how, when, where and why someone died. It's pretty hard to build a web of lies to deal with that. And sure, people like to say that "sure who polices the police" but the fact is that the people who do love nailing the bad ones. To a good cop there is nothing worse than a bad one, plain and simple.

It's the popular thing these days to knock the cops, but I have a few friends who are gardai and I can assure you that when things come out about drunken cops fighting, or someone taking a hiding for nothing that no one is more pissed of than them. Believe it or not.

The funny thing is that we now have "jobism" or "professionalism" or whatever the **** name people want to give it. All soldiers are killers, all cops are on the take, all taxi drivers are thieves etc and this is now acceptable to state without the "moral majority" getting pissed off about it, because you didn't use the word "spade" when talking about a black person or say that women can't drive.

It's bollix really, just another acceptable form of being a cnut.

letterman · 17-10-2006 12:34PM

sounds to me like you are one of those objectionable **** who think that because they have long legs and the inate ability to walk fast and in a straight line, that makes it alright to barrel everybody else out of your way in case they make you late for footlocker. I doubt that the words excuse me are even in your vocabulary. Next time one of you walking stilts cuts me off in Grafton street, you might need an ambulance not a ploice man. Stop being such a bloody baby and move on.:mad:

Degsy · 17-10-2006 12:39PM

mountainyman wrote:

A few years ago I was walking down O'Connell street dinking a can. A guard came up to me and told me to put it down. I sculled it and threw it on the ground then belched in his face.

I was arrested, beaten up and never charged.

Is that fair?

MM

drinking in a public place,littering,common assault and possible drunk and disorderly.You were lucky all you got was a beating you should've been nicked big time.What do you think your little performance would've looked like to a tourist for example?

Degsy · 17-10-2006 12:41PM

letterman wrote:

sounds to me like you are one of those objectionable **** who think that because they have long legs and the inate ability to walk fast and in a straight line, that makes it alright to barrel everybody else out of your way in case they make you late for footlocker. I doubt that the words excuse me are even in your vocabulary. Next time one of you walking stilts cuts me off in Grafton street, you might need an ambulance not a ploice man. Stop being such a bloody baby and move on.:mad:

And get a feckin haircut and stop looking like a girl too.

Garda prick.

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