The guards are absolute f**kin....Gents

Bonito · 13-02-2010 01:32AM #1

Came up to a checkpoint. No tax displayed on the car as I've only bought it, asked me to pull in. No problem guard. Do ya mind if I sit in out of the cold. Not at all guard hop in. Had a lovely chat in my nice cozy car. Showed my license and the photocopy of the cars log book to show it'd been changed to my name and been sent off so just waiting to receive it from Shannon.

Complemented my car and said I was a gent and asked did I happen to have my insurance cert, which I didn't but had the disc. He ran the reg etc and he said he was happy enough. I asked did would he like me to pop into the station durin' the week with my cert and he said not at all I'm happy enough with ya and everything checks out. Safe drive home now and be good.

Thanks very much guard have a nice evenin'.

The guards are lovely people

Agricola · 13-02-2010 01:34AM

Well it seems like standard procedure to me. Any guard that would make a big song and dance about it is just being a cnut.

El Weirdo · 13-02-2010 01:35AM

You sound pissed. In which case they're even sounder.

Bonito · 13-02-2010 01:35AM

Agricola wrote: »

Well it seems like standard procedure to me. Any guard that would make a big song and dance about it is just being a cnut.

Yeh but it's nice when they're not contrary aul monotonous feckers at the same time :pac:

Bonito · 13-02-2010 01:36AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

You sound pissed. In which case they're even sounder.

Shhhhhhh

Mena · 13-02-2010 01:36AM

And in six months the summons arrives for not displaying your tax and insurance at your local Garda station

cian1500ww · 13-02-2010 01:37AM

We need more guards like that...

brian ireland · 13-02-2010 01:40AM

Bonito wrote: »

Came up to a checkpoint. No tax displayed on the car as I've only bought it, asked me to pull in. No problem guard. Do ya mind if I sit in out of the cold. Not at all guard hop in. Had a lovely chat in my nice cozy car. Showed my license and the photocopy of the cars log book to show it'd been changed to my name and been sent off so just waiting to receive it from Shannon.

Complemented my car and said I was a gent and asked did I happen to have my insurance cert, which I didn't but had the disc. He ran the reg etc and he said he was happy enough. I asked did would he like me to pop into the station durin' the week with my cert and he said not at all I'm happy enough with ya and everything checks out. Safe drive home now and be good.

Thanks very much guard have a nice evenin'.

The guards are lovely people

What did you expect? a flogging? Normal Joe doing nothing wrong so no problem!!. Are you paranoid about something you have done in the past ? and afraid they may catch you out?

Bonito · 13-02-2010 01:42AM

brian ireland wrote: »

What did you expect? a flogging? Normal Joe doing nothing wrong so no problem!!. Are you paranoid about something you have done in the past ? and afraid they may catch you out?

My car wouldn't exactly be quiet

brian ireland · 13-02-2010 01:51AM

Bonito wrote: »

My car wouldn't exactly be quiet

See!!! you never mentined your back seat before. Enought said. :eek:

Cookie_Monster · 13-02-2010 01:53AM

Wow, a guard did exactly what he was supposed to do :eek:

You should've sped off with him in the car, see how much of a gent he would've been then

CrazyRabbit · 13-02-2010 02:36AM

I told ya they never check the boot for bodies. And you were soo worried!

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 13-02-2010 02:41AM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Wow, a guard did exactly what he was supposed to do :eek:

You should've sped off with him in the car, see how much of a gent he would've been then

Well if he was following procedure he shouldn't have done that. But still, it is fair to say that if didnt he would have been a bit of a dick

Look at it from their point of view aswell though, he lets you off and god forbid there's an accident, said cop is screwed, fired and whole force in disrepute

Same reason why they put people in the cells for drunk and disorderly, they have a duty of care.
Blame tabloid Ireland

Anyway I'm rambling, cops are great, if you're friendly enough you can get seized lush

Buceph · 13-02-2010 02:45AM

Typical sneaky behaviour from a guard.

He was trying to get a better smell off you, because he thought you were drinking. And instead of telling you to do a breathaliser, which would have been fine if he was given permission from higher ups, he probably wasn't following the rules and was looking for a reason to investigate further. Because you looked dodgy, or you looked like someone who kicked his dog once, or because you just happened to have a type of car that really pisses him off.

Guards are the most untrustworthy of sorts. And while I fully admit a few of them are perfectly nice people, others will lie and deceive to get their own way.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 13-02-2010 02:46AM

Buceph wrote: »

Typical sneaky behaviour from a guard.

He was trying to get a better smell off you, because he thought you were drinking. And instead of telling you to do a breathaliser, which would have been fine if he was given permission from higher ups, he probably wasn't following the rules and was looking for a reason to investigate further. Because you looked dodgy, or you looked like someone who kicked his dog once, or because you just happened to have a type of car that really pisses him off.

Guards are the most untrustworthy of sorts. And while I fully admit a few of them are perfectly nice people, others will lie and deceive to get their own way.

are you for real?

Son Of A Vidic · 13-02-2010 02:49AM

I hope he didn't put his nice 'friendly' hand on your lap?;)

Buceph · 13-02-2010 02:49AM

Erika Shapely Brow wrote: »

are you for real?

You really think he wanted to sit into the car for a chat and to warm his toes?

Grow up.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 13-02-2010 02:51AM

Buceph wrote: »

You really think he wanted to sit into the car for a chat and to warm his toes?

Grow up.

Some people are just kinda sound and go through life thinking it's easier to be nice to people than not.

Perhaps you aren't one of them

tech77 · 13-02-2010 02:54AM

Bonito wrote: »

Came up to a checkpoint. No tax displayed on the car as I've only bought it, asked me to pull in. No problem guard. Do ya mind if I sit in out of the cold. Not at all guard hop in. Had a lovely chat in my nice cozy car. Showed my license and the photocopy of the cars log book to show it'd been changed to my name and been sent off so just waiting to receive it from Shannon.

Complemented my car and said I was a gent and asked did I happen to have my insurance cert, which I didn't but had the disc. He ran the reg etc and he said he was happy enough. I asked did would he like me to pop into the station durin' the week with my cert and he said not at all I'm happy enough with ya and everything checks out. Safe drive home now and be good.

Thanks very much guard have a nice evenin'.

The guards are lovely people

Good robust sample of 1 there.

jared86 · 13-02-2010 02:58AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

You sound pissed. In which case they're even sounder.

lol!

citizen_p · 13-02-2010 03:10AM

i dont mind gardai....there is just 1 in my area who is a total prick and would do you on anything....

Jumpy · 13-02-2010 03:16AM

Mousey- wrote: »

i dont mind gardai....there is just 1 in my area who is a total prick and would do you on anything....

You mean like the kitchen table or the washing machine?

Glico Man · 13-02-2010 03:16AM

Mousey- wrote: »

i dont mind gardai....there is just 1 in my area who is a total prick and would do you on anything....

Even a cactus??:eek:

/gets coat

Dudess · 13-02-2010 03:36AM

Buceph wrote: »

You really think he wanted to sit into the car for a chat and to warm his toes?

No, just that he wasn't up to the stuff you paranoidly described?

artanevilla · 13-02-2010 03:38AM

Give me a lift home one night, couldn't find a taxi anywhere. Fair play.

K-9 · 13-02-2010 03:44AM

Buceph wrote:

Guards are the most untrustworthy of sorts. And while I fully admit a few of them are perfectly nice people, others will lie and deceive to get their own way.

Just substitute Guards for AH posters and you are spot on.

Glico Man · 13-02-2010 03:49AM

artanevilla wrote: »

Give me a lift home one night, couldn't find a taxi anywhere. Fair play.

I'm sure I read somewhere that if you cannot get home then they are legally obliged to give you a lift.

Pittens · 13-02-2010 03:50AM

Are you paranoid about something you have done in the past ? and afraid they may catch you out?

He is happy to live in a country where the polis leave people off where they dont have to. In this situation he would be facing a "fine" ( read bribe) in many countries of the world - and int he Worlds Freest Democracy an Angry Cop asking him to Get Out Of The Car Sir with a gun to his head.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 13-02-2010 03:56AM

aaronh007 wrote: »

I'm sure I read somewhere that if you cannot get home then they are legally obliged to give you a lift.

It's a myth, up there with they can't arrest you if they haven't their hat on

Glico Man · 13-02-2010 04:13AM

Erika Shapely Brow wrote: »

It's a myth, up there with they can't arrest you if they haven't their hat on

Maybe they just give you a lift to the station?

artanevilla · 13-02-2010 04:17AM

aaronh007 wrote: »

I'm sure I read somewhere that if you cannot get home then they are legally obliged to give you a lift.

I was walking up and down the seafront at the end of the Kilbarrack Road at 4 in the morning. They drove by three times before pulling over to see what I was up to. Once they sussed I was: a.sober and b.sound, they asked did I want a lift.

The guards are absolute f**kin....Gents

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