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Beggars on the streets of Dublin! Hang the DJ! Hang the DJ!

Dublin Boy

Everytime I walk through town, which is almost everyday of the week, I'm always stopped and asked for money, if it's not by those Concern/Oxfam workers it's by beggars, and some of them won't take 'no' for an answer.

Has anyone else had this problem? They ask you for money, you tell them you don't have any, they keep pressuring you till you give it to them!

The thing is I can't afford to keep giving people money, the Romanian women in O'Connell Street sometimes walk after people when they refuse them and try to guilt-trip them, plus they stand outside those cafe's annoying people who are having lunch.

I am forever getting Dubs asking me for bus fair to Skerries or Swords (in other words 2euro or around that)!

In Westmoreland Street this small deaf man asks people for money at the bus stops, he often pokes people on the arm to get their attention, I've heard from a few people at the bus stop that they have often seen him in the bookies! Has anyone ever been stopped by him?

I don't mean to sound heartless, but if we give every beggar money, then it will be us who will have to resort to begging!

Does anyone else find they have to face this when they go into town?

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waraf

Exit wrote: »

Just singing along to the thread title

LOL I did exactly the same thing

Nodin

neil_hosey wrote: »

Killing all these junkies is the only solution.. Dublin is being destroyed by these absolute scum. They hassle people on their way to and from work, they hassle people at night .... giz a smoke, giz 2 euro... **** OFF!! get a ****in job, Im seriously sick of it..

Same for the Romas, **** their tradition etc.. they are scum and deserve to be treated as such. This is one race of people who deserve to be discriminated against. Their goal in life is to beg rob and steal...**** OFF outa my country and do it somewhere else..

/rant

Well, you've been having a good week so far.....

Turd Ferguson

If I get accosted my a begger or charity worker I will just scream "I'M A HAEMOPHILIAC" and run away in a comical fashon

ynotdu

Bet these people where as sure they would not end up as they did, as much as some of the more thoughtless posters here seem to think *it could never happen to them*.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctb-SrwL884

PCPhoto

Just thought of a way to deter/stop the beggars: (might take a couple of weeks/months)

If we document where they are:
ie. photograph them at work and ensure they see us taking their pic - if we can find out their names - put all the data together.

They seem to swiftly move along to a new patch when the papers photograph them. (I've seen a one legged beggar move very fast once he spotted a camera pointed in his direction...Usain Bolt wouldnt have had a chance against him)

manafana

i had that idea for my twitter page, take photo of all the beggars, probably ones that should be helped are the ones not begging, So many ones i see begging are obvious junkies or foriegners. Im french of orgin and my view is if you leave your own country to come beg here you dont deserve any pity

You Suck!

as much as some of the more thoughtless posters here seem to think *it could never happen to them*.

Because statisticly speaking it won't happen to them. Anyone who says after the fact I never thought it could happen to me deserves be shot in the face by Schrödingers cat!

ejmaztec

The best thing to do is to dress up as a bum, so you won't be asked for money. The added bonus will be that people will actually give you money, because they'll think that you're too proud to ask.

Cushla

Da worst we had was a bollox begging under the bank of Ireland atm in Temple Bar. I don't know if he was genuinely homeless or not but he was really nasty. " Ye may look pretty now but ye won't for much longer etc". I guess when he heard my redneck accent, he thought he'd scored. We'd a few beers in so were very brave & ate him. I'd def say he regretted it - not coz he was afraid of us or anything but because we wouldn't shut up.

Porkpie

It beggars belief.

petes

Cushla wrote: »

in so were very brave & ate him.

You ate him?? Surely he was more hungry than you, if indeed he was a binafide homeless person!

Cushla

Insurgent wrote: »

You ate him?? Surely he was more hungry than you, if indeed he was a binafide homeless person!

:D I should have put a small bit of thought into what words I used! Oops

Nodin

Cushla wrote: »

" Ye may look pretty now but ye won't for much longer etc".

Tis true. All them pert young bosoms head kneewards in the end....

Acacia

Dublin Boy wrote: »

In Westmoreland Street this small deaf man asks people for money at the bus stops, he often pokes people on the arm to get their attention, I've heard from a few people at the bus stop that they have often seen him in the bookies! Has anyone ever been stopped by him?

Omg! Deaf Westmoreland Street Man! Yeah, I was stopped by him once, it was very weird, he kept pointing at his ears and then sticking out his hand, I think I gave him a few euros so he'd go away!

My friend mentioned the incident to her boyfriend who lives in the country, but used to live in Dublin, and he said, "Jaysus, is that guy still around?!"

It must be his fundage for the bookies, lol!:D

aligator_am

LOL, my Hungarian mate has the best solution to Roma beggers, just start swearing at them loudly, haha seems to work very well too, and in fairness I reckon the Hungarians have been dealing with them a fair bit longer than we have :P

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

around 2 years ago there was a guy (looked mexican) who would wait around the bus stops in o'connell street. when a bus came he would walk up to the bus trying to get a fair of people, then if he got any would walk to the next bus and do the same thing again.

aligator_am

Not sure if it's been mentioned already, have any of you encountered any of the beggers that are usually at the side of the road with deformed limbs? Often see one on the way to work when passing Palmerstown on the N4, that's pure mank and a major guilt trip special (I'm sure he doesn't want to be deformed but it's hardly my fault now is it?)

I remember my ex girlfriend used to go into the shop and buy them a cup of tea if they asked "have you got some change for a cup of tea?" lol, when she'd bring it over to them a lot of 'em would get real stroppy

Amalgam

Will someone PM Degsy about this thread please, it's just about ripe enough for him now. It's matured and burnt off a bit of it's fuel, so to speak..

SEPT 23 1989

anyone see that documentary about the Roma's in Milan last night on BBC2 really opened my eyes to see how these scumbags really operate

JohnCleary

I'll offer a beggar (if they seem genuine) food/cup of tea. Under NO circumstances will I give them money. Last Christmas there was a chap in a wheelchair begging on Shop St. in Galway - Asked him if he wanted food to which I got a nod and a smile. I bought him back a Snack-box (Well, we're in Galwayyyyyy afterall) with a cup of tea and water and I swear to god i've never seen someones face light up so quickly.

peepeep

I used to work on Dame St and would see that deaf beggar man pretty much every day. He'd walk up and down the street begging for about an hour, then nip into Paddy Powers. I would see him coming out of there nearly every day on my lunchbreak. He tried to stop me one day and I let a roar at him - I would bet a million quid that he's not deaf in the slightest!

Kipperhell

I was talking to a guy who deals with a lot of homelss people and by no means does it sound like a happy life. Many of victims of abuse and dependent on something. He did however comment on some of the crazy things they do. According to him many will have the latest trainers on as it is is so important to their self image. He was talking of drug addicts with abscesses all over their arms yet they will sleep on the street for a month in order to have the latest trainers on.

Broken people most and to say just sort yourself out is like telling Stephen Hawkins to just walk it off.

Dennis the Stone

peepeep wrote: »

I used to work on Dame St and would see that deaf beggar man pretty much every day. He'd walk up and down the street begging for about an hour, then nip into Paddy Powers. I would see him coming out of there nearly every day on my lunchbreak. He tried to stop me one day and I let a roar at him - I would bet a million quid that he's not deaf in the slightest!

I remember that kunt alright. He reminded me of Martin Mansergh TD. It's hard to avoid him, because he waddles in front of you.
I used to see him outside Boylesports on Camden Street. He gets around!

pikachucheeks

Dec0512 wrote: »

I know that deaf beggar points to the palm of his hand etc,cheeky git.

Maybe he wants a palm reading?

jdivision

peepeep wrote: »

I used to work on Dame St and would see that deaf beggar man pretty much every day. He'd walk up and down the street begging for about an hour, then nip into Paddy Powers. I would see him coming out of there nearly every day on my lunchbreak. He tried to stop me one day and I let a roar at him - I would bet a million quid that he's not deaf in the slightest!

He used to have a note in his hand saying I'm deaf give me a fiver. I told him f off. Chancer

Mark200

I remember a guy who stopped me and my friends outside of Subway in Temple Bar about two years ago. He asked for a few Euro for the bus and he looked all worried and all so a few of my friends gave him a bit of money. Like two days later (!!) I just happened to be in town again and the same guy came over to me and whoever I was with and asked for money for a sandwich. Then about a month or two later I was standing outside the shop around the corner from Bus Eireann and there he was again! He came over to me acting all nicely but before he got a few words out of his mouth I said "no sorry". He tried to be nice and smile and said "don't worry I'm not trying to sell you anything". So he continued talking, can't remember what he said, but it ended with "so I was just wondering if you have a few Euro spare" which annoyed me. I told him that I remembered him from before and how he lied about getting the bus and all, and his attitude changed immediately. He turned from a nice guy just looking for a bit of change to the rudest biggest scumbag in the world cursing and spitting and threatening me. Cunt

aligator_am

Mark200 wrote: »

I remember a guy who stopped me and my friends outside of Subway in Temple Bar about two years ago. He asked for a few Euro for the bus and he looked all worried and all so a few of my friends gave him a bit of money. Like two days later (!!) I just happened to be in town again and the same guy came over to me and whoever I was with and asked for money for a sandwich. Then about a month or two later I was standing outside the shop around the corner from Bus Eireann and there he was again! He came over to me acting all nicely but before he got a few words out of his mouth I said "no sorry". He tried to be nice and smile and said "don't worry I'm not trying to sell you anything". So he continued talking, can't remember what he said, but it ended with "so I was just wondering if you have a few Euro spare" which annoyed me. I told him that I remembered him from before and how he lied about getting the bus and all, and his attitude changed immediately. He turned from a nice guy just looking for a bit of change to the rudest biggest scumbag in the world cursing and spitting and threatening me. Cunt

I remember a guy like that going back about 9 or 10 years ago around temple bar, used to say he was staying in a hostel and had all his stuff stolen, including his guitar (said he was a busker), first time I heard this I felt sorry for him and gave him a few quid. Lo and behold about a month later he stops me and says the same thing, I asked him how many guitars he had??? I also made a point of saying incredibly loudly that he'd told the same sob story a month before hand, he just scurried off

Mossy Monk

Dublin Boy wrote: »

Has anyone else had this problem? They ask you for money, you tell them you don't have any, they keep pressuring you till you give it to them!

A nice "**** off you ****" is in order if they refuse to accept no.

vangoz

marko91 wrote: »

Dublin Boy wrote: »

marko91 wrote: »

this is a small deaf man with glasses ur on about?it must be the same man!...i doubt it...maby he begs cos he loses all his dole money to terry roger:P

One of his rounds is camden street.......:mad: he really annoys me, just pops his hand at looks at you... and always has a coin in his hand while doing it....

Papad

This thread is funny.
A lot of people complaining on here are the ones who created the problem.
If you do not want beggars on the streets: Stop Giving Them Money.

Have a nice day.