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Can Gardai ask you where you're going?

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  • #302
    landsleaving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,345 ✭✭✭landsleaving


    yourpics wrote: »
    Yes I agree, I don't mind saying where I am going but asking me my occupation and whether I am employed or unemployed is very strange!!

    The Gardai are terrible at small talk. Why do you think they go to Coppers?


  • #303
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    yourpics wrote: »
    Yes I agree, I don't mind saying where I am going but asking me my occupation and whether I am employed or unemployed is very strange!!

    It helps in many ways. If you're stopped at 2 am nowhere near your home it could be a very relevant question as to why you have a crowbar in your boot.


  • #304
    yourpics
    Closed Accounts Posts: 904 ✭✭✭yourpics


    k_mac wrote: »
    It helps in many ways. If you're stopped at 2 am nowhere near your home it could be a very relevant question as to why you have a crowbar in your boot.

    Sorry, not relevant in my case, I was half a mile from my house at 11pm and they did not search me or find any crowbars etc


  • #305
    prinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,598 ✭✭✭✭prinz


    yourpics wrote: »
    Sorry, not relevant in my case, I was half a mile from my house at 11pm and they did not search me or find any crowbars etc

    11pm :eek: You should be at home in bed at that hour if you've got a job to get up to in the morning! :eek::D:pac: If you don't feel like answering a question about your employment status just stay calm, polite, cool pleasant and say that. They ask innocuous enough questions to see if you start tripping yourself up, contradicting yourself, getting nervous, etc. Generally speaking it's just a bit of banter to try and form an opinion of you, not any real interest in whether you're working or not.

    It's the same reasoning bouncers sometimes ask you a few questions going into a pub/niteclub. They aren't really interested in where you've been or where you're coming from that night. It's to judge the manner of your reaction and response.


  • #306
    Biggles1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭Biggles1980


    Why does everybody think the Guards have to have a power or right to do everything. He was only asking you a question! If you say "Its none of your business" with that attitude of course he's gonna get his back up, wouldn't you. They're just people doing a job. Of yourse you dont have to tell them but you could be polite about it.


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  • #307
    AudreyHepburn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭AudreyHepburn


    Biggles1980 wrote: »
    Why does everybody think the Guards have to have a power or right to do everything. He was only asking you a question! If you say "Its none of your business" with that attitude of course he's gonna get his back up, wouldn't you. They're just people doing a job. Of yourse you dont have to tell them but you could be polite about it.

    I don't see why people can't understand this very simple point.

    If you give a Garda lip or refuse to co-operate of course he'll get shirty with and/or assume you have something to hide.

    You know sometimes I get the impression most people would prefer them to just stand there twiddling their thumbs and let us all get away with murder.


  • #308
    Ditch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 809 ✭✭✭Ditch


    deco nate wrote: »
    cant belive anyone said this but...just tell him you are "im goin on my way"

    Spot on! I was out in my mates van, a year or two back. " Halloween " night. As we passed through a little town, a Guard waved us over. May or may not have asked for my mates license. Thing is, I distinctly remember him asking; " Where ye going? "

    My mate answered. without a pause and perfectly casually; " Oh, we're just heading on up the road a bit ..... "

    Guard smiled and wished us a good evening. End of.

    I guess it's a ploy they're taught to use. Like ~ though more extreme: " 'Mind if I look in ye boot ....?"

    Sigh, shrug and say, " Help yeself. "? They probably won't bother. Start demanding ye rights? They'll start wondering if they've found Maddie!

    (Wrong boot entirely, of course. They should've checked the McCann's boot, f**king years ago :rolleyes:)


  • #309
    end a eknny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭end a eknny


    yoshytoshy wrote: »
    Most garda work at the job because it's more than just a job ,most of them are big into sports and looking after themselves.
    I've done work in some of their houses and they're always mad busy outside of work.

    sure they are busy out of work they do nothing at work


  • #310
    end a eknny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭end a eknny


    k_mac wrote: »
    You're missing the other benefits of checkpoints though. Deterring criminal movement and intel gathering to name just two.
    intelligence and gardai should never be in the same sentence


  • #311
    Bosco boy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Bosco boy


    end a eknny wrote: »
    intelligence and gardai should never be in the same sentence

    well done! You're a barrel of laughs!


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  • #312
    end a eknny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭end a eknny


    Bosco boy wrote: »
    well done! You're a barrel of laughs!

    if only i had been joking


  • #313
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,735 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    end a eknny wrote: »
    if only i had been joking



    When are you going to tell us what they caught you for ?
    Nobody could be so anti Garda on every thread without having being caught for something big. Come on now and tell us.


  • #314
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,471 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    end a eknny wrote: »
    intelligence and gardai should never be in the same sentence
    A capital letter at the start, and a full stop at the end should be, though.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #315
    Mankyspuds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭Mankyspuds


    Marco Lazy Skepticism wrote: »
    Ok, I'll say it..

    I don't believe you.

    Is that because your a self-defence head and only someone harder than you are (i.e Chuck Norris) would say something like that??

    Ppfftt...


  • #316
    end a eknny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭end a eknny


    Esel wrote: »
    A capital letter at the start, and a full stop at the end should be, though.
    grammar does not indicate any level of intelligence


  • #317
    end a eknny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭end a eknny


    tayto lover wrote: »
    When are you going to tell us what they caught you for ?
    Nobody could be so anti Garda on every thread without having being caught for something big. Come on now and tell us.

    have never been caught doing anything. thank god i am not that stupid. only somebody related to a gardai or from a middle class upbringing and never have any real expeirence of theem would be such a fan


  • #318
    mikeruurds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,870 ✭✭✭mikeruurds


    end a eknny wrote: »
    grammar does not indicate any level of intelligence

    What about correct use of punctuation?


  • #319
    Bosco boy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Bosco boy


    end a eknny wrote: »
    have never been caught doing anything. thank god i am not that stupid. only somebody related to a gardai or from a middle class upbringing and never have any real expeirence of theem would be such a fan

    In other words You were born with a chip on your shoulder (or maybe both)


  • #320
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,735 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    end a eknny wrote: »
    have never been caught doing anything. thank god i am not that stupid. only somebody related to a gardai or from a middle class upbringing and never have any real expeirence of theem would be such a fan



    Not related to any Garda but i have had dealings with some of them from time to time. They solved two break-ins to my property and got belongings back for me. Always found them helpful although i did have a run in with one lad over his attitude to me. However on the whole they were fine.
    How come you are so anti if you were not caught for anything then? Must be some story behind it as many posters who have not had bad experiences don't go completely anti the way you do.


  • #321
    end a eknny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭end a eknny


    mikeruurds wrote: »
    What about correct use of punctuation?

    exactly. what about it ?


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  • #322
    end a eknny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭end a eknny


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Not related to any Garda but i have had dealings with some of them from time to time. They solved two break-ins to my property and got belongings back for me. Always found them helpful although i did have a run in with one lad over his attitude to me. However on the whole they were fine.
    How come you are so anti if you were not caught for anything then? Must be some story behind it as many posters who have not had bad experiences don't go completely anti the way you do.

    i wouldnt say they where all bad. but i do think there should be a certain level of i.q or cop on (pardon the pun) to become a member


  • #323
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,735 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    end a eknny wrote: »
    i wouldnt say they where all bad. but i do think there should be a certain level of i.q or cop on (pardon the pun) to become a member


    I believe there is. You didn't answer the question though.


  • #324
    drBill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 329 ✭✭drBill


    It wasn't me! wrote: »
    I absolutely cannot stand this. I know they're doing it to check speech for indications of intoxication and to see whether there are any obvious signs of a guilty conscience or anything, but I really hate being asked. It's extremely invasive.

    As anyone who has ever heard an Eircom Phonewatch radio ad will know, he was simply trying to hear whether the OP was a burglar. All burglars in this country have this distinctive raspy hoarse voice which is a dead giveaway. And if he's really suspicious of you, he may ask you to whisper something like 'The Murphys are out for the evening, lets go'.


  • #325
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    It wasn't me! wrote: »
    I absolutely cannot stand this. I know they're doing it to check speech for indications of intoxication and to see whether there are any obvious signs of a guilty conscience or anything, but I really hate being asked. It's extremely invasive.

    Just say so. He'll still be able to judge your speech on whatever you say.
    end a eknny wrote: »
    i wouldnt say they where all bad. but i do think there should be a certain level of i.q or cop on (pardon the pun) to become a member

    There is an aptitude test. You should try it next time they're recruiting and see how you get on.


  • #326
    end a eknny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭end a eknny


    k_mac wrote: »
    Just say so. He'll still be able to judge your speech on whatever you say.



    There is an aptitude test. You should try it next time they're recruiting and see how you get on.

    im not sure how low i can go


  • #327
    end a eknny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭end a eknny


    no seriously what are the question like
    1) is your father still in the force or did he retire
    2) if somebody rings and reports a burglary or disturbance, how long would you have to leave it to make sure it is safe to go there
    3)you only have another half hour to go and you are finished, you are five minutes from the station when you see an incident that might take up ten minutes of your time where do you look to make sure you cant see the person looking for your help
    4) you are driving down the road you meet a car overtaking another car. the car overtaking is full of scumbags and has a blank windscreen, the car been overtaken is out of tax last month which car do you stop
    5) you are going to buy something from your local diy shop. you take the squad car and go during working hours in your uniform what is the least amount of discount you would accept.
    6) you are chatting to somebody outside of work they casually ask what you do. how many questions should you ask them before you admit that you are a civil servant
    7) is there ever a social situation whereby it is ok to admit that you are a gardai.
    8) you see a young one driving past and you think bet she would love a big thick country gardai what bullsh1t excuse do you make up to get her to "step out of the vehicle"


  • #328
    Bosco boy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Bosco boy


    Bitter bitter people! Get a life!


  • #329
    Bosco boy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Bosco boy


    end a eknny wrote: »
    im not sure how low i can go

    I say with a bit of study you'll get 0


  • #330
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,331 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    end a eknny wrote: »
    no seriously what are the question like
    1) is your father still in the force or did he retire
    2) if somebody rings and reports a burglary or disturbance, how long would you have to leave it to make sure it is safe to go there
    3)you only have another half hour to go and you are finished, you are five minutes from the station when you see an incident that might take up ten minutes of your time where do you look to make sure you cant see the person looking for your help
    4) you are driving down the road you meet a car overtaking another car. the car overtaking is full of scumbags and has a blank windscreen, the car been overtaken is out of tax last month which car do you stop
    5) you are going to buy something from your local diy shop. you take the squad car and go during working hours in your uniform what is the least amount of discount you would accept.
    6) you are chatting to somebody outside of work they casually ask what you do. how many questions should you ask them before you admit that you are a civil servant
    7) is there ever a social situation whereby it is ok to admit that you are a gardai.
    8) you see a young one driving past and you think bet she would love a big thick country gardai what bullsh1t excuse do you make up to get her to "step out of the vehicle"
    In fairness that's funny enough :D

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



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  • #331
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,466 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    9) What GAA team do you play for?


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