Beggar calling door to door

doopa · 21-08-2011 01:31PM #1

Just had an old woman with a small child calling to the door asking for 'small change'. Pretty insistant for a beggar, and well - just plain weird to be honest. Both pretty well dressed.

Anyone else ever had that happen to them? Is this a new sign of the times?

Sofa King Great · 21-08-2011 01:33PM

A sup of milk for the babby

BluesBerry · 21-08-2011 01:34PM

yeah most of the time its kids with a note and while you read it they are eyeing up your house to rob it at a later date I dont answer the door to beggers anymore

Ghandee · 21-08-2011 01:35PM

Was it an Irish beggar?
What part of the country are you in?

Cicero · 21-08-2011 01:39PM

Woman at door:"I am collecting on behalf of a poor family-a few of us are helping out- would you like to donate?"

Me:"Who is this poor family? "

WAD:"I can't tell you that".

Me: "Well, do you have some identification then to say who you are?"

WAD: "No".

Me: "Then sorry, I can't donate....Goodbye.":)

mjcom4d · 21-08-2011 01:40PM

Give them a clout of a wavin pipe and send them off

wyndham · 21-08-2011 01:42PM

mjcom4d wrote: »

Give them a clout of a wavin pipe and send them off

A sewer rod is better. Across the back of the legs.

galwayrush · 21-08-2011 01:43PM

Best thing to give them is some food, maybe some milk for the kid, they don't come back after that/:rolleyes:

doopa · 21-08-2011 01:44PM

BluesBerry wrote: »

yeah most of the time its kids with a note and while you read it they are eyeing up your house to rob it at a later date I dont answer the door to beggers anymore

That's kinda what a figured. Freaking me out a bit now. What sort of stuff would they be looking to rob? Just wondering. What's attractive for burglar's these days?

I live in South Dublin City, near the canal. She sounded like a traveller.

CardBordWindow · 21-08-2011 01:45PM

Answer the door with a shotgun in your hand.
Normally filters out the genuine beggars fairly quickly!

wyndham · 21-08-2011 01:46PM

Give them a can of baked beans. They love beans. Particularly own brand beans. You can retrieve them from your neighbours garden 5 minutes later.

Nodin · 21-08-2011 01:53PM

doopa wrote: »

Just had an old woman with a small child calling to the door asking for 'small change'. Pretty insistant for a beggar, and well - just plain weird to be honest. Both pretty well dressed.

Anyone else ever had that happen to them? Is this a new sign of the times?

I remember it a lot as a kid (70's/80's) then it seemed to almost die out.

Gran Hermano · 21-08-2011 01:56PM

Gated communities FTW, keeps the povs at bay.

Badgermonkey · 21-08-2011 02:05PM

Smithers, release the hounds etc.

The Chessplayer · 21-08-2011 02:09PM

Travellers used to do this regular back in the 80s.

Was she a Romanian gypsy?

doopa · 21-08-2011 02:14PM

The Chessplayer wrote: »

Travellers used to do this regular back in the 80s.

Was she a Romanian gypsy?

Never heard of it before (not brought up here). No, she was an Irish Traveller.

sollar · 21-08-2011 02:15PM

Tell them your bin is around the back they are free to forage.

mikemac · 21-08-2011 02:19PM

Watch your back door OP

One at the front distracting you and the rest out back checking your property

Though that's more a rural issue for the elderly, if you're in terraced housing you're safe enough

parc · 21-08-2011 02:26PM

Sounds like they're scoping out your hose tbh. Wouldn't answer the door myself

mikemac · 21-08-2011 02:30PM

Send the women and child to the door to meet the OP

Check out, does the OP live alone? How many cars in the driveway? Will the car and the OP be gone to work tomorrow?

Sorry, I think you're about to become a burglary statistic before this time next week

doopa · 21-08-2011 02:31PM

mikemac wrote: »

Send the women and child to the door to meet the OP

Check out, does the OP live alone? How many cars in the driveway? Will the car and the OP be gone to work tomorrow?

Sorry, I think you're about to become a burglary statistic before this time next week

markesmith · 21-08-2011 03:30PM

parc wrote: »

Sounds like they're scoping out your hose tbh. Wouldn't answer the door myself

http://www.annaraccoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ooh-matron.jpg

TheZohanS · 21-08-2011 03:41PM

mikemac wrote: »

Watch your back door OP

One at the front distracting you and the rest out back checking your property

Though that's more a rural issue for the elderly, if you're in terraced housing you're safe enough

Happened in a place I used to work in. Van turned up and two travellers got out asking could they buy one of the trailers in the yard, they were given a resounding "no" and told to leave. Next thing our service guy frogmarched another out, he had slipped into the warehouse and was in the process of lifting a machine. We called the gards and the traveller told them "I was only looking for somewhere to pi55". Gardai couldn't do anything.

One of the trailers was stolen two weeks later and the van that they used to steal the trailer was identical the the one that the travellers used. The fùckers had taken their registration plates off just outside the gate where the cctv couldn't pick them up.

Never had a problem with travellers up to that, but now....

Sarn · 21-08-2011 03:44PM

doopa wrote: »

Anyone else ever had that happen to them? Is this a new sign of the times?

They've been doing this for years. Must be branching out to other areas to make up the loss due to cutbacks.

fat__tony · 21-08-2011 03:45PM

Pretty pathetic if you ask me.

Do people have no shame?

Big Nasty · 21-08-2011 04:05PM

Did she have nice t1tties?

Temptamperu · 21-08-2011 04:09PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Did she have nice t1tties?

eww tinker tits

senorwipesalot · 21-08-2011 04:10PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Did she have nice t1tties?

Gypsie women have three hairy titties and tin toenails.

PseudoFamous · 21-08-2011 04:19PM

Bloody travellers tried to steal our lawnmower from the shed in our fenced garden about six months ago. Dog went ballistic, bit the legs off him, traveller hid in shed. Ran out, locked shed, called gardaí, sorted. Tried to make up some shoite about looking for his son, Garda wasn't having any of it. Fecker bound to the peace.

Edit: Forgot the point of me telling that. They'd been looking for any scrap or anything we didn't want about a week before.

Cill Dara Abu · 21-08-2011 04:22PM

Traveller: Howya missus, any chance of a sup of water for the hi-ace, she's overhatin' on me, God bless ya missus!

True story.

mikemac · 21-08-2011 04:23PM

What good is bound to the peace?

These boyos clock up twenty or more convictions, some have double that

Good work by the garda but the court was a waste of time

Beggar calling door to door

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