Doors to door polish beggars

SimpleSam06 · 07-08-2007 08:41AM

ned78 wrote:

You can be damn certain they're not Polish.

eo980 wrote:

Absolutely. I've never met a Polish person yet who would be inclined to beg. They'd die of shame before they'd do that. As other folk have said OP, you can be sure they weren't Polish.

Echelle wrote:

Yes, I would also tend to be of the opinion they were not Polish.

Well just hold on a second there lads, why exactly could they not be Polish? I see Polish people in the newspapers convicted of all sorts of crimes, I have personally encountered a Polish wino who slouched over here for the welfare, why should begging be beneath them? Maybe they got the news from the Gypsies?

stagolee · 07-08-2007 08:49AM

thelastangryman wrote:

So are we thinking R*ma Gypsie*?

Or possibly y**R ma's a Gypsie?

Heh just kidding

Pansy Potter · 07-08-2007 09:16AM

DaveMcG wrote:

Jesus christ, ill bet next week you'll be posting about how the same polskis have taken your job. Why don't they just go back to Polania!?!?! Just shut the f*ck up.

Wow, what a unique and interesting story!

Well there's someone who gets grumpy whenn they stay up too late.
If the topic doesn't interest you just move on and read something else.
No need to stick your abusive twopence worth in, just because you can.
People like you are every bit as irritating as the beggars.

digitally-yours · 07-08-2007 09:32AM

ned78 Have Polish other half
eo980 Have Polish GF
Echelle May be looking for one

Me Have polish Wife

Judgement

BIASED

Polish people are not Angels.Good and Bad exist everywhere.
You cannot generalize !

Think openly guys.Its possible for polish people to beg as its for any other nationality.

Sam Vimes · 07-08-2007 09:45AM

This might settle whether they were polish or roma. OP, what colour was their skin? Polish people tend to be very light skinned like ourselves but romas are much darker. Apparently they originally came from india hundreds of years ago

Kintarō Hattori · 07-08-2007 10:50AM

digitally-yours wrote:

Polish people are not Angels.Good and Bad exist everywhere.
You cannot generalize !

Think openly guys.Its possible for polish people to beg as its for any other nationality.

What is IT with people NOT reading posts before they decide to reply? I never said Polish people don't beg. I said of the large number of Polish people I know, none of them would remotely consider begging in any way, shape or form.

SimpleSam06 · 07-08-2007 10:54AM

eo980 wrote:

What is IT with people NOT reading posts before they decide to reply? I never said Polish people don't beg. I said of the large number of Polish people I know, none of them would remotely consider begging in any way, shape or form.

But you said we can be sure they are not Polish, which is a crock.

loyatemu · 07-08-2007 10:54AM

pyure wrote:

...They all carried cards saying something along the lines of 'i am from poland, dont speak any english, am poor and need money for wife/kids back home etc'. ...

simple solution - "I'm sorry, I can't read"
... close door.

Hobbes · 07-08-2007 10:58AM

You should take the card, read it act all pleased and say "wow! one second let me show the card to my SO".

Then go in then write on the card very neatly "Give the bastards nothing!".

Will be a good test to see if they can read English or not.

btw, I know some people can't seem to comprehend this but there is such thing as Polish Roma.

Rb · 07-08-2007 10:58AM

Maybe they're Wolish?

Duggy747 · 07-08-2007 11:02AM

I usually set my good ol' trust-worthy ED-209 after them.

That or call to the door naked, wear a disturbed-looking kid's mask, brandish a wooden spoon, and just stare at them without muttering a single word. Tip your head to the side every so often as if you're planning on which side of his face you're gonna eat 1st!

6th · 07-08-2007 11:03AM

luckat wrote:

Was walking my dog in Bushy Park the other day when a gypsy guy carrying a child came up and begged from me. I didn't give him anything - found him a bit creepy.

Actually I bought that kid off him ... will have it up on Adverts.ie later.

jor el · 07-08-2007 11:06AM

Everyone should do what I do, don't answer the door.

You get no canvassers during election times.
No one trying to sell you life insurance.
No knackers begging.
No door-to-door chuggers.
No TV licence inspector.
No one trying to sell you "oil paintings" that are actually prints.

It's win win all round. Only answer the door when you're expecting someone, or let all your friends know to ring first.

dubmick · 07-08-2007 03:42PM

a fairly attractive looking girl knocked at my door and showed me a card saying that she was Polish and needed money for college. She did look Polish and I would definitely say she was not a Roma Gypsie.

She wasn't too happy when I said no.

Zambia · 07-08-2007 03:45PM

jor el wrote:

Everyone should do what I do, don't answer the door.

You get no canvassers during election times.
No one trying to sell you life insurance.
No knackers begging.
No door-to-door chuggers.
No TV licence inspector.
No one trying to sell you "oil paintings" that are actually prints.

It's win win all round. Only answer the door when you're expecting someone, or let all your friends know to ring first.

Excellent principle when did someone ever knock on your door that you didnt know. And give you good news when you answered ...never happened to me.

watna · 07-08-2007 03:56PM

After reading this I'm actually glad for once that I live in an apartment. I love my trusty buzzer and my old neighbours who are obsessed with keeping the outside door locked at all times. Nobody has ever come to my door unless I invite them, and even then I can choose to not let them in (if they haven't brought snacks!)

07-08-2007 04:14PM

Hobbes wrote:

You should take the card, read it act all pleased and say "wow! one second let me show the card to my SO".

Then go in then write on the card very neatly "Give the bastards nothing!".

Will be a good test to see if they can read English or not.

btw, I know some people can't seem to comprehend this but there is such thing as Polish Roma.

Speak to them in Polish! then you'll know for sure!

0ubliette · 07-08-2007 04:24PM

Fcuking polish beggars, last time they came to my house, i chucked a can of Mr. Sheen at them and told them its all theyll get and to fcuk off and never come back :mad:

tbh · 07-08-2007 04:51PM

fair play, that'll learn 'em. :rolleyes:

TwoShedsJackson · 07-08-2007 05:13PM

What's Polish for 'fu<k off' then? With a phonetic guide if you please, could come in handy.

tbh · 07-08-2007 05:21PM

“Howsoever you treat the least among you, so do you treat me”

seamus · 07-08-2007 05:28PM

I had a kid call to the door once. Looked Indian in origin. Said nothing, handed me a piece of paper with some "International Mute Society" logo or something. It looked like a badly photocopied piece of crap. On it were written a whole pile of names and donations, they all looked like they'd been written by a child - the same child, using different pens for each name.

The kid said nothing the whole time, obviously trying to keep up the mute pretence.

I just said "Nope, can't help you", and handed it back to him. I tend not to answer the door unless they've seen me through the window. This kid saw me through the window.

Sonnenblumen · 07-08-2007 07:58PM

pyure wrote:

I live in the back end of the country, on a quiet road about five miles from the nearest town and not on any bus route, but three times in the last week i've had polish beggars arrive at the door, on foot, looking for money. They all carried cards saying something along the lines of 'i am from poland, dont speak any english, am poor and need money for wife/kids back home etc'. they seem to spend all day walking around the county going door to door.
anyone else seem them around?
dont ask me why but it pisses my off something serious, arent they supposed to get work visas before they can get into the country ? last time i checked begging wasnt a job!
mini rant over.

I've read it again and yes you must live in a very special place, where there are no jobless imigrants or worse still someone down on luck and needs to beg. You should get a grip, imigrants (and also beggars) are a fact of life not just in Ireland but in practically every developed country in the world. You're obviously not ready for it. So take the local signs down so as to prevent any innocent tourist from passing near or through your hallowed environs.

If you are too miserable to help at least be civil. MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

Kintarō Hattori · 07-08-2007 08:23PM

Oh I do like the above post!

CantGetNoSleep · 08-08-2007 12:59AM

i dont

SimpleSam06 · 08-08-2007 07:12AM

Sonnenblumen wrote:

I've read it again and yes you must live in a very special place, where there are no jobless imigrants or worse still someone down on luck and needs to beg.

Hey, the middle ages called, they want their society back. In an era and location of ubiquitous (and pretty damn decent) social welfare, state sponsored education and medicine, there is no excuse whatsoever for begging. None. If you are able bodied and sound enough of mind to get yourself out there and start asking people for money, become a sales rep.

Sonnenblumen wrote:

If you are too miserable to help at least be civil.

How exactly was the OP uncivil? Or miserable? Taxes from working people pay for the social welfare of non-working people (which is good, otherwise you'd have beggars leaning on your doorbell all day :rolleyes:) and as far as I'm concerned removes any obligation to further support those who contribute nothing.

Sizzler · 08-08-2007 08:49AM

TwoShedsJackson wrote:

What's Polish for 'fu<k off' then? With a phonetic guide if you please, could come in handy.

Endless hours of fun

http://www.poltran.com/

Leonitos · 08-08-2007 09:01AM

These are the bloody Romanians they are everywhere and should get nothing the dirty scum.

Leonitos · 08-08-2007 09:09AM

Sonnenblumen wrote:

I've read it again and yes you must live in a very special place, where there are no jobless imigrants or worse still someone down on luck and needs to beg. You should get a grip, imigrants (and also beggars) are a fact of life not just in Ireland but in practically every developed country in the world. You're obviously not ready for it. So take the local signs down so as to prevent any innocent tourist from passing near or through your hallowed environs.

If you are too miserable to help at least be civil. MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

To post this reply i reckon you are either too posh to come in contact with these people every day, or haven't really got a clue how annoying it is to have these people pester you the whole time. Either that or maby your Polish.

tbh · 08-08-2007 09:11AM

yeah, obviously anybody who chooses simply to say "sorry, no" when asked for money must have something wrong with them. Everyone knows it's the Irish way to throw furniture polish at beggars and tell them to fcuk off with themselves.

cop yourself on.

Doors to door polish beggars

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