Junkies Asking for TWO EURO!!! Bit steep, no?

Fukuyama · 17-12-2009 07:35PM

actuallylike wrote: »

I agree with you there but I can understand how it gets annoying. I walk that street every day and it's non stop. I have sympathy for them and I give when I can but only to people I think deserve it.
I don't do it much anymore though. Had to draw the line when I saw a homeless woman suggest to her homeless mate on Baggot Street that they should move cause they're all "scabby c*nts" around here and also now I'm not convinced a lot of them are even homeless or even that badly off? I tend to see some pristine runners on a few of them and the last straw was when I saw one take out his iphone on Abbey Street! :eek:

Know exactly what you mean. There's this kid who takes off his shoes and sits on Henry Street a few time a week. MAkes himself look proper miserable. On TWO occasions I say aul ones giving him 10 and 20 euro notes and asking if he needed help etc...

Then, i hear from my bro that him and his brothers do it and they live in a gaff . They're junkies liven da life! It was on the FM104 phone show and his neighbours called up and said it as well... they all have phones, MP3s etc...

And they claim to be dirt poor!

actuallylike · 17-12-2009 07:38PM

Sorry to post again but I have to ask this. A friend of mine is in Vietnam now working in an orphange and she says that there's so many incidents of mothers going out begging with their baby but they drug them up to keep them quiet. Couldn't believe it when I heard it but got me thinking about if it goes on here?

I know I've seen mothers with their baby passed out in their arms in absolutely torrential weather and the child doesn't even flinch, we're no that bad are we?

I'd like to know if anyone knows for sure if this happens or not, don't bother piping in with 'probablies', cause it wouldn't be fair...although this is AH

Caoimhín · 17-12-2009 07:38PM

Dean0088 wrote: »

TBH... I think you're getting me a tad wrong. Have no problem with helping them etc... In fact I volunteer with the SVP (not directly related to drugs but we get some drug related things...). I just hate being harassed (which is what it is - especially with some of them). Plus... it's the main street in the capital city. YOu wouldn't see crack addicts outside the white house or leanen up against the Eiffel Tower

Oh, sorry. I was being a little lofty there.

Just give them a kick and tell them to fcuk off.

Fukuyama · 17-12-2009 07:42PM

actuallylike wrote: »

Sorry to post again but I have to ask this. A friend of mine is in Vietnam now working in an orphange and she says that there's so many incidents of mothers going out begging with their baby but they drug them up to keep them quiet. Couldn't believe it when I heard it but got me thinking about if it goes on here?

I know I've seen mothers with their baby passed out in their arms in absolutely torrential weather and the child doesn't even flinch, we're no that bad are we?

I'd like to know if anyone knows for sure if this happens or not, don't bother piping in with 'probablies', cause it wouldn't be fair...although this is AH

It always sickens me when I see the kids being forced to sit beside the mams to draw in the extra cash.
Dunno if thedrugging goes on... I doubt it.

Still, when I see the kids I feel sick.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 17-12-2009 07:44PM

lol, look at the OP's sig!.

Fukuyama · 17-12-2009 07:48PM

Braylen Unsightly Cough wrote: »

lol, look at the OP's sig!.

lol. I forgot about that. It's site I run :P nothing to do with giving junkie the finger;)

More so about lifestyle design.... and maybe some flippen da bird to junkies!

Ross_Mahon · 17-12-2009 07:48PM

"This isn't the 2 euro you're looking for" *Waves Hand*

Actually don't perform Jedi mind tricks, He might beat you up

Eutow · 17-12-2009 07:53PM

Dean0088 wrote: »

lol...prob a bit extreem. If only they'd organize a roster or something so you're only asked ONCE! ... If you gave them all money you'd be the one begging by the time you get to the end of the street.... maybe that's how they got there....hmmmmm

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

You've been watching the South Park episode with the homeless people, haven't you?

Yeah, give them enough money and they will be able to buy a house beside yours. Then you won't be able to tell who's homeless and who isn't homeless.

TouchingVirus · 17-12-2009 08:18PM

Schism wrote: »

Fiiiiiiiiight!

I wonder who'd win

Novella · 17-12-2009 08:44PM

Useful.Idiot wrote: »

they're all ***** and should **** off.

I remember a couple on O Connell St. and yer man pretended the woman was pregnant and saying he needed to get the train with her, I said I had no money and he just kept blatherin' on. Near the end he just exclaimed "Empty your pockets!". Just walked on, with them hurling abuse at my clothes lol.

How do you know he was pretending she was pregnant??

lightening · 17-12-2009 08:46PM

Dean0088 wrote: »

YOu wouldn't see crack addicts outside the white house or leanen up against the Eiffel Tower

Of all the cities to choose, no crack addicts in Paris or Washington.

latenia · 17-12-2009 08:56PM

Dean0088 wrote: »

some drug related things...) YOu wouldn't see crack addicts outside the white house

About 200 yards from the Whitehouse I saw a beggar sprawled in the middle of the pavement with an open copy of Hustler furiously pulling his plum.

RugbyFanatic · 17-12-2009 09:24PM

actuallylike wrote: »

the last straw was when I saw one take out his iphone on Abbey Street! :eek:

In fairness to the poor chap he probably robbed it.

The Express · 17-12-2009 09:36PM

I used to wonder how they ended up on the streets.

Then I saw one geezer scooping coldslaw out of a massive Deli catering bucket with his hands and washing each mouthful down with his bottle of Paddy at 6:45am on Mountjoy Sq.

the poor fecker...It can't get much worse than that...

actuallylike · 17-12-2009 09:37PM

RugbyFanatic wrote: »

In fairness to the poor chap he probably robbed it.

And kept up the monthly payments I'm sure :rolleyes:

lightening · 17-12-2009 09:39PM

The Express wrote: »

Then I saw one geezer scooping coldslaw out of a massive Deli catering bucket with his hands and washing each mouthful down with his bottle of Paddy at 6:45am on Mountjoy Sq.

the poor fecker...It can't get much worse than that...

Yeah, I notice a good bit of food pilfering goes ignored in some shops. Either it's just not worth it or if they are robbing for food, they must really need it.

jumpguy · 17-12-2009 09:40PM

The worst are the ones at the ****ing Luas stop. Was up in Dublin a few weeks ago and the ****ers are all over the place, it got bad very, very quickly. Sign of the times I guess. And when you ignore them, or say no, they persist! Very annoying.

hooradiation · 17-12-2009 09:46PM

That's the funny thing about charity, you can either give and feel a little better about yourself, or you can not give and feel better about yourself as you put a thread on boards about how they are all SCUM,SCUM, SCUMFILTYSCUMWITHTHEMREMINDINGMEOFHOWFUCKINGCOMFORTABLEMYLIFEISDAMNTHEMSCUMBURNBURNBURNKILLBURN

It's a magical thing, that charity.

Palmerstown_guy · 17-12-2009 09:53PM

Never give them a cent...

You are just encouraging the scum to stay on the streets, I hate these junkies floating around the city. Scum of the earth and give our city a worse image than it already has.

Dun laoire · 17-12-2009 09:55PM

I've said it before here somewhere but you know whats great craic. I used to do it every friday lunch time, i'd grab my lunch and set off for some fun with a few down and outs.

Go to a shop and change 5 euro note into ten 50cent coins, then head down to the local park or where ever a few down and outs will be lurking around and rattle the coins in your hand to get their attention. A few will gather round in aticipation. When you've about five or six down and outs start lobbing the coins at them one by one. For best effect get them to come close then lob a coin over the lot of'm. Think of it as feeding the pidgeons. O.k it will cost you a ducky diver but it's amusing and it gets you out of the office for an hour.

dazberry · 17-12-2009 10:12PM

jumpguy wrote: »

The worst are the ones at the ****ing Luas stop. Was up in Dublin a few weeks ago and the ****ers are all over the place, it got bad very, very quickly. Sign of the times I guess. And when you ignore them, or say no, they persist! Very annoying.

lightening · 17-12-2009 10:34PM

Dun laoire wrote: »

A few will gather round in aticipation. When you've about five or six down and outs start lobbing the coins at them one by one.

You know,keep that up and you are going to get such a such a crack on your jaw doing that that you will spend a half an hour staring at the back of your eyelids Dun laoire?

Palmerstown_guy wrote: »

I hate these junkies floating around the city. Scum of the earth and give our city a worse image than it already has.

Have you guys not been touched by addiction, family, friends anything like that?

Dun laoire · 17-12-2009 10:38PM

lightening wrote: »

You know,keep that up and you are going to get such a such a crack on your jaw doing that that you will spend a half an hour staring at the back of your eyelids Dun laoire?

Nobody in your sheltered life touched by addiction, eh.

Lighten up

oppenheimer1 · 17-12-2009 10:39PM

Caoimhín wrote: »

I have sympathy for them.

My understanding of it is that an inclination towards an addiction to any substance, legal or illegal is a result of a particular gene, be that a deviant gene or otherwise.

My point being, nobody sets out to become a junkie/Alco, nor is every beggar/homeless person a junkie. Many are suffering from a mental illness. It reflects very poorly on our own society that we can not help/aid the poorest, weakest and most vulnerable.

So think about that before you go on a wee rant about survival of the fittest.

There is no reason why anyone should be on the streets, our country has a very generous welfare system (often attacked on AH), where everyone is provided with enough to survive. While I can feel some sympathy for the mentally ill and more support should be provided to them, I cant say the same for those who abuse substances. Thats the life they chose.

AckwelFoley · 17-12-2009 10:42PM

This is my third time to post this but it reflects how i feel on the whole junkie / homeless / begger issue

I left the pub one night about 6 years ago, i had just had a fight with my then girlfriend i wasnt in the best of form, this homeless guy sitting on the ground as i walked by asked "spare some change?" i snapped back at him "get a fcuking job!".... he just replied "ok , sorry" by the time i had taken about 10 more steps the feeling of guilt hit me like a stone wall.. who the fcuk was i to say that to him? I knew nothing about him or his past or what he has being through.. my gf wasnt impressed either but i went up to the nearest chipper bought a burger chips and a coffee and walked back to him... i was aware that he was well within his rights to tell me to go fcuk myself as he threw the food back at me, however, i went back to him and apologised to him prefusely.. i think the most humbeling thing of all was his reaction, he was so nice about it and said it happens all the tim, the bit of food i gave him, he received like i gave him a thousand euro he was thrilled, we stayed and chatted and he told me of the circumstances that lead to his current position, i was humbled and learnt a vey valueable life lesson.. never look down on other people, since that time ive had my ups and downs that could quite possibly have placed me in a position where i could have ended up on hard times if i didnt have support, of my family and friends - ones own head is a very powerful asset, but can be your greatest enemy too

lightening · 17-12-2009 10:43PM

Dun laoire wrote: »

Lighten up

So you don't really do that? Seriously, if you do, you really will get battered, some of those dudes were brought up scrapping! They can be very very tough.

MrStuffins · 17-12-2009 10:49PM

Dean0088 wrote: »

See thats what I though.... but if they get just four or five people to give 'em two euro per hour there earning more per hour than me!!

It's not the junkie's fault you have a sh1t job!

oppenheimer1 · 17-12-2009 10:51PM

snyper wrote: »

This is my third time to post this but it reflects how i feel on the whole junkie / homeless / begger issue

I left the pub one night about 6 years ago, i had just had a fight with my then girlfriend i wasnt in the best of form, this homeless guy sitting on the ground as i walked by asked "spare some change?" i snapped back at him "get a fcuking job!".... he just replied "ok , sorry" by the time i had taken about 10 more steps the feeling of guilt hit me like a stone wall.. who the fcuk was i to say that to him? I knew nothing about him or his past or what he has being through.. my gf wasnt impressed either but i went up to the nearest chipper bought a burger chips and a coffee and walked back to him... i was aware that he was well within his rights to tell me to go fcuk myself as he threw the food back at me, however, i went back to him and apologised to him prefusely.. i think the most humbeling thing of all was his reaction, he was so nice about it and said it happens all the tim, the bit of food i gave him, he received like i gave him a thousand euro he was thrilled, we stayed and chatted and he told me of the circumstances that lead to his current position, i was humbled and learnt a vey valueable life lesson.. never look down on other people, since that time ive had my ups and downs that could quite possibly have placed me in a position where i could have ended up on hard times if i didnt have support, of my family and friends - ones own head is a very powerful asset, but can be your greatest enemy too

While his circumstances may have been tragic, surely the greatest tragedy was his inability to change his life around and better himself. There was no reason for him to be on the streets, he gets the dole, which is more than enough to feed yourself and pay rent if you choose.

MrStuffins · 17-12-2009 10:54PM

snyper wrote: »

This is my third time to post this but it reflects how i feel on the whole junkie / homeless / begger issue

I left the pub one night about 6 years ago, i had just had a fight with my then girlfriend i wasnt in the best of form, this homeless guy sitting on the ground as i walked by asked "spare some change?" i snapped back at him "get a fcuking job!".... he just replied "ok , sorry" by the time i had taken about 10 more steps the feeling of guilt hit me like a stone wall.. who the fcuk was i to say that to him? I knew nothing about him or his past or what he has being through.. my gf wasnt impressed either but i went up to the nearest chipper bought a burger chips and a coffee and walked back to him... i was aware that he was well within his rights to tell me to go fcuk myself as he threw the food back at me, however, i went back to him and apologised to him prefusely.. i think the most humbeling thing of all was his reaction, he was so nice about it and said it happens all the tim, the bit of food i gave him, he received like i gave him a thousand euro he was thrilled, we stayed and chatted and he told me of the circumstances that lead to his current position, i was humbled and learnt a vey valueable life lesson.. never look down on other people, since that time ive had my ups and downs that could quite possibly have placed me in a position where i could have ended up on hard times if i didnt have support, of my family and friends - ones own head is a very powerful asset, but can be your greatest enemy too

I know this is AH, but fair play to you dude! That was a real cool thing you did.

I was in Dundrum one day on the main street with a couple of mates. We had just been in the chipper and a homeless guy said to us "Lads, can yas spare any change? I'm starving!". I had no change but i offered him my chips. His reaction was:

"I DIDNT F*CKIN' ASK YOU FOR CHIPS I ASKED YOU FOR MONEY"

So i told him to f*ck off!

mfceiling · 17-12-2009 10:55PM

I don't mind the old - spare change bud...but the fcukers who hit you with - "could you loan us a euro bud"?

Ehhhh....when are you going to pay me back this euro that you are getting a "loan" from me??

Junkies Asking for TWO EURO!!! Bit steep, no?

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