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  • 02-08-2011 01:26PM
    #1
    abouttobebanned
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭abouttobebanned


    I'll never understand this.

    Banks...post offices and other businesses that have more than one employee....

    For most people, the only time they can get to these places is on their lunch break....only to find that they can't pay that bill, or lodge that money, "cause they're "closed for lunch".

    Like off licences that stop serving at 10 bells....this is just another example of stupid things that I don't understand in this country.


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  • #2
    W.Shakes-Beer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭W.Shakes-Beer


    Ah Ireland, you and your drugs.


  • #3
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    abouttobebanned wrote: »
    .this is just another example of stupid things that I don't understand in this country.

    If only we had a specifc forum for that...


  • #4
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    you've never been to France, have you OP?


  • #5
    annascott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    It is really annoying when banks and supermarkets have less staff due to their staff taking a lunch break at peak time. They should employ lunchtime cover.

    Also, why do Marks & Spencer only open at 9am? They are famous for wonderful sandwiches and lunch items but are not available for those of us who would like to purchase them on our way to the office.


  • #6
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    abouttobebanned wrote: »

    this is just another example of stupid things that I don't understand in this country.
    Won't be long before they adopt the Spanish and have afternoon siestas

    What ? ... you mean they already do ? :eek:


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  • #7
    abouttobebanned
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭abouttobebanned


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    If only we had a specifc forum for that...

    There's a forum for things I don't understand about this country?? Point me to it good sir!


  • #8
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    abouttobebanned wrote: »
    There's a forum for things I don't understand about this country?? Point me to it good sir!


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=127


  • #9
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Banks open at lunchtime.

    So do Post Offices, come to think of it.


  • #10
    abouttobebanned
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭abouttobebanned


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Banks open at lunchtime.

    So do Post Offices, come to think of it.

    Not all of them. There's an AIB down the road from me that's closed right now.

    And a post office, come to think of it.


  • #11
    abouttobebanned
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭abouttobebanned


    Absurdum wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=127

    You wouldn't be a good representative for Ronseal.


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  • #12
    laughter189
    Closed Accounts Posts: 376 ✭✭laughter189


    abouttobebanned wrote: »
    I'll never understand this.

    Banks...post offices and other businesses that have more than one employee....

    For most people, the only time they can get to these places is on their lunch break....only to find that they can't pay that bill, or lodge that money, "cause they're "closed for lunch".

    Like off licences that stop serving at 10 bells....this is just another example of stupid things that I don't understand in this country.

    The only positive for me is that my local Credit Union and local Post Office remain open during lunch , and on Saturdays too.

    But the rest really pi$$ me off too.


  • #13
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    abouttobebanned wrote: »
    You wouldn't be a good representative for Ronseal.

    I'd spend all day at lunch sure


  • #14
    wild_cat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭wild_cat


    Most of the post offices around me close for lunch.

    How are people working the same hours as them use their services???


  • #15
    CardBordWindow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭CardBordWindow


    abouttobebanned wrote: »
    I'll never understand this.

    Banks...post offices and other businesses that have more than one employee....

    For most people, the only time they can get to these places is on their lunch break....only to find that they can't pay that bill, or lodge that money, "cause they're "closed for lunch".

    Like off licences that stop serving at 10 bells....this is just another example of stupid things that I don't understand in this country.
    Looks like you're just gonna have to open your own bank/post office!


  • #16
    raah!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭raah!


    Currently killing time till the bank is back open meself!


  • #17
    1huge1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,192 ✭✭✭1huge1


    While Germany (and Bavaria in particular) is generally very strict when it comes to opening times etc, (almost everything is closed on sundays for example).

    What they do have is post on a saturday which is very handy.


  • #18
    RhubarbCrumble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭RhubarbCrumble


    My local bank (BOI) closes between 12.30 and 1.30 while the local post office closes between 1.00 - 2.15. Absolutely impossible to try and get bills paid etc on your lunch break.


  • #19
    naoise80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭naoise80


    Ever heard of online banking, direct debits etc.?

    I haven't been in a bank in years.


  • #20
    RhubarbCrumble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭RhubarbCrumble


    naoise80 wrote: »
    Ever heard of online banking, direct debits etc.?

    I haven't been in a bank in years.

    Ever tried to buy a stamp online? ;)


  • #21
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    I like the ' insert cash option' which requires no envelopes , just straight cash into machine but not everybodys going to feel comfortable putting a wad of cash into a machine at any time .

    Apart from direct debt payments it's handy to use the ATM outside where I can choose the 'pay bills ' option which thankfully requires no bank opening time hrs .


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  • #22
    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,602 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    I used to live down the road from a Cafe that closed for lunch!!!!


  • #23
    naoise80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭naoise80


    RhubarbCrumble wrote: »
    Ever tried to buy a stamp online? ;)

    http://www.irishstamps.ie/Shop/c-37-postage-stamps.aspx


  • #24
    RhubarbCrumble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭RhubarbCrumble


    naoise80 wrote: »
    http://www.irishstamps.ie/Shop/c-37-postage-stamps.aspx

    Not particularly useful when you need it there and then though.


  • #25
    Nathan Angry Fur
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Nathan Angry Fur


    Beats everything closing in Spain for siesta...


  • #26
    Toby Take a Bow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Toby Take a Bow


    annascott wrote: »
    Also, why do Marks & Spencer only open at 9am? They are famous for wonderful sandwiches and lunch items but are not available for those of us who would like to purchase them on our way to the office.

    Are Marks really famous for wonderful sandwiches and lunch items? I mean, yeah, they're grand and all, but I wouldn't go out of my way for pre-made stuff (and probably pre-made a fairly long time ago).


  • #27
    CorkMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭CorkMan


    bluewolf wrote: »
    Beats everything closing in Spain for siesta...

    At least everything is opened past 6 o' clock.


  • #28
    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    Because maybe one person running a bank on their own is not a fantastic idea?


  • #29
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    If you've got a JCB, it doesn't matter whether a bank's open or not.


  • #30
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    If you've got a JCB, it doesn't matter whether a bank's open or not.

    or the internet


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  • #31
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,017 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Banks open at lunchtime.
    So do Post Offices, come to think of it.

    In Ireland only larger post offices open at lunchtime. "Sub" post offices close for lunch.

    The decision regarding which towns/areas qualified to have one of these larger post offices seems to have been made sometime in the late 1920's with the result that today there are some very large towns that only have one of these half@rsed excuses for a post office while other much smaller places have one proper one and maybe a couple of sub branches too.


    Lunchtime/"Late"/Saturday opening for (some) banks is actually a fairly recent innovation. Its not that long since banks only opened on weekdays, closed for lunch and shutdown completely at 3pm except for one evening per week where they stayed open until the shockingly disrespectful late hour of 5pm


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