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

heviballs · 13-02-2010 08:52PM

Bonito wrote: »

The guards are lovely people

yeah you're right,they're sooo sound that one of them who used to live with my bro would regularly call in with his partner(also a guard)to their apartment,whilst on duty with cans of beer in tow,stay there untill about 4 or so,do their rounds(Dun Laoighaire area),get the chewing gum into them before clocking off
on the other hand i have a friend who is a guard and he is str8 down the middle,a very good guard indeed
on the whole i find them to be arrogant,on edge and difficult to deal with,

not to mention corrupt,check out their stash of cans at Christmas time in our local station from the Junior/Leaving cert confiscations,it's a form of robbery imo

Xluna · 13-02-2010 09:30PM

You're going to get good and bad guards just like you get good and bad Irish,black,gay and Protestant people. No point generalising one way or the other.

Rycn · 13-02-2010 10:33PM

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

One in a million.

Red_Marauder · 13-02-2010 10:46PM

There's something very reassuring about pleasant gardaí. I started a thread recently about my experience with them... I think we appreciate them more than we appreciate nice waiters or nice shopkeepers.

The thing about Gardai is that they aren't trying to sell you anything. And just like ambulance men, or nurses, who don't have anything to gain from being extra helpful or being particularly engaging, that gesture is especially appreciated.

I think a lot of it is also down to relief that you aren't in trouble. When my house was broken into and the Guards came to the door to check up on things, I felt like I'd done something wrong.

I've never committed a crime as far as I am aware, but every time I get pulled over by the Guards, or a Guard approaches me, I always have that doomed feeling, and have to start recollecting any possible legal indiscretions.

sdanseo · 13-02-2010 11:56PM

Buceph wrote: »

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

Grow up.

I love people like you who just have to believe there's a conspiracy or ulterior motive behind everything, no matter how innocent. Gardaí are humans too, you know.

I go into my job most days (bar maybe when I've been out before :P ) and do my best cos' if it's worth doing it's worth doing right. No reason a Guard shouldn't and wouldn't do the same.

donvito99 · 14-02-2010 12:13AM

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

nice change from the usual sorta Garda threads.

donvito99 · 14-02-2010 12:16AM

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.

Conspiracy Theories >>>

Personal Issues >>>

heviballs · 14-02-2010 12:18AM

Xluna wrote: »

You're going to get good and bad guards just like you get good and bad Irish,black,gay and Protestant people. No point generalising one way or the other.

well in that case is there any point of this thread,surely this forum would be dead if we applied the above to all topics

donvito99 · 14-02-2010 12:20AM

heviballs wrote: »

well in that case is there any point of this thread,surely this forum would be dead if we applied the above to all topics

He makes a better argument than you. he's perfectly right.

Bob Z · 14-02-2010 01:11AM

aaronh007 wrote: »

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

What!??!...and all this time ive been getting taxis?

xw2lj9uspm1eyh · 14-02-2010 01:22AM

It all depends on who you meet OP.I was in a car with a guy who got done for 2 points for having no tax one night fair enough.But he needed the car for college so he was coming back in from college and got pulled.He explained to the guard what happened and she said if your story is true I wont give you any points.Following week he gets a letter out 2 extra points for him.

caseyann · 14-02-2010 01:27AM

Most are great

No problems with them.

I only ever came across one **** and he turned out to be on the take.So no surprise he was scum:mad:

Dartz · 14-02-2010 01:43AM

I said hello to a Gard once.

He said hello back.

I hadn't even realised he was a Gard until afterwards, I mistook him for a colleague.

D.Q · 14-02-2010 02:01AM

id say he'd probably heard about the toothpick.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 14-02-2010 02:07AM

mendusa wrote: »

It all depends on who you meet OP.I was in a car with a guy who got done for 2 points for having no tax one night fair enough.But he needed the car for college so he was coming back in from college and got pulled.He explained to the guard what happened and she said if your story is true I wont give you any points.Following week he gets a letter out 2 extra points for him.

Thats typical beurocracy overlaps, can happen anywhere. You can appeal that and win without a shadow of a doubt

Still a pain in the arse though...

sesna · 14-02-2010 02:12AM

Its great to have courteous, friendly guards when they are undertaking routine checks such as tax and insurance on law-abiding citizens

But it should be recognised that more robust Jack Bauer type guards are needed also to deal with hardened thugs, or if gangland criminals came into possession of depleted uranium. Don't be offended if they dont compliment you on being a gent - they've probably had a long day.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 14-02-2010 02:18AM

sesna wrote: »

Its great to have courteous, friendly guards when they are undertaking routine checks such as tax and insurance on law-abiding citizens

But it should be recognised that more robust Jack Bauer type guards are needed also to deal with hardened thugs, or if gangland criminals came into possession of depleted uranium. Don't be offended if they dont compliment you on being a gent - they've probably had a long day.

Very true, everyone can have a crap day at work and be a bit ratty

I have a mate who is a garda and said one of the best days he had at work was going to a nice area and setting up a random breath/tax and insurance check.
Every car that went through complimented on how great it is to see you out, its a shame you haven't more numbers, enjoy the rest of your day etc etc

It made his week and he was a pleasure to be around that week

Contrast that to when he may arrest someone outside Abra for fighting, egts spit in his face and gets told the whole way home about what a cnut his sister/mother is.

You deal with scum every day and its very easy to have a jaded view of people. Says a lot for the lads who can rise above it

Pdfile · 14-02-2010 03:25AM

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

near enough the same thing happened to me as i dont have any discs in the window, Their dent enough, the only bad guards ive met are few and far between tbvh.

Sea Sharp · 14-02-2010 03:35AM

The vast majority of Guards I've talked to were sound.

Dudess · 14-02-2010 03:53AM

Yep, any dealings I've ever had with unpleasant gardai are far outweighed by those with very nice ones.

noclue1 · 14-02-2010 04:10AM

CSO

http://www.cso.ie/statistics/public_sector_earnings.htm

I'd be in great form too, joy to the world another couple of days to pay day

dublin 16 lad · 14-02-2010 03:43PM

Mena wrote: »

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

You say that jokingly but youd be very surprised how often that actually happens!

hula87 · 14-02-2010 05:59PM

well as a member myself and checking the cso figures i can safely say my wages are less than half of what they say the average pay in for a Garda is.. its not all about the money for most people in the job and if a Garda is nice to somebody could it not be that he/she is just a friendly person and enjoys their job.

Kimbot · 14-02-2010 06:03PM

Guards aren't all that bad in fairness.

Last week I drove from Longford to Waterford and back again, hit a checkpoint on the far side of Kilkenny and the guard walked over and asked why I wasn't displaying an insurance cert. (I dont have to as its a government vehicle and under the same policy as the gaurds cars.) Just told him where i worked and it was their van and he just waved me straight through.

That has happened me a tonne of times and not once do they bother with any big checks like licence etc and I find it great.

kraggy · 14-02-2010 07:44PM

I don't get this thread. Or why so many thanked the OP.

Has modern society gone so bad that a garda talking in a civilised manner and dealing with the situation in the correct manner warrants discussion on the internet?

badinfleunce · 14-02-2010 07:50PM

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

Pity ye hadnt a kettle in the car and ye could have given him a cupa cha or if ye had somethin a little stronger Im sure he may have appreciated that too!!

sesna · 14-02-2010 08:06PM

kraggy wrote: »

I don't get this thread. Or why so many thanked the OP.

Has modern society gone so bad that a garda talking in a civilised manner and dealing with the situation in the correct manner warrants discussion on the internet?

I wouldn't say that, more likely people view it as a welcome change to see just one thread which isn't criticising some grave injustice done to them by a garda.

martyparty123 · 14-02-2010 11:24PM

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

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same happend me...kinda in a worse situation....i was driving from kildare to cork as i had bought a new car there the guards stopped me and asked me why i didnt have tax disc nct or insurance disc displayed. i told him i had just bought the car and was insured on it....i thought i was totally f***ed but to m surprise he was very nice.....they arent all that bad...well done lads keep up the good work

Nick_oliveri · 15-02-2010 12:08AM

I don't like this "the guards are great" ****e after one good interaction. I also don't like "all guards are assholes" after one bad interaction. I think it reflects bad on your judgment of institutions or multiples to tar them all with the same brush after one such interaction.

ddef · 15-02-2010 12:38AM

well done OP, you found a needle in a haystack.

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

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