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That ''homeless'' guy in town [yes, it's Dublin]

  • 23-12-2011 03:20PM
    #1
    compscii
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭


    Something that really pisses me off lately is that foreign guy you see in town begging, shivering without any shoes. Countless times ive seen him, the first time i threw him some money and seen people handing him loads. I even saw someone give him a pair of runners. And everyday he's doin the same routine act of shaking in his bare feet. If theres one guy that deserves a punch in the neck its him!





    Sorry, thought the people of AH might appreciate a thread on discriminating beggers..
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  • #2
    number10a
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭number10a


    Which town?


  • #3
    PunkFreud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 308 ✭✭PunkFreud


    I think that you're just jealous that you didn't get the runners.


  • #4
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,033 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    compscii wrote: »
    . If theres one guy that deserves a punch in the neck its him!

    and Bertie Ahern, don't forget that prick.

    EVENFLOW



  • #5
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    and Bertie Ahern, don't forget that prick.

    And Stephen Ireland.


  • #6
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    Threads advocating violence against shivering, homeless, shoeless, homeless foreign beggars. AH, it's your time to shine.


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  • #7
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    That's the guy that the cops caught recently leaving the country with about 5k. They say he has more shoes than footlocker.


  • #8
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    No homeless guy in my town.


  • #9
    D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭D


    I you are talking about the one in dublin, i've seen him get up from o'connel bridge walk around to north lotts (was visiting a friend who used to live there) and pick up his shoes from some short woman.


  • #10
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    number10a wrote: »
    Which town?
    Dublin.


  • #11
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,581 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    Kevin Duffy wrote: »
    Threads advocating violence against shivering, homeless, shoeless, homeless foreign beggars. AH, it's your time to shine.

    The same dude always asks for the receipt for the shoes and heads back in 10mins later to get either a refund or a credit note. He's a scammer, not as you've described above.


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  • #12
    xalot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭xalot


    i remember reading an article, I think it was in the irish times - it wasn't a tabloid paper anyway - a couple of weeks ago that he was one of the Romanians on a bus that was raided by the Gardai and he had 1,500 (I think) cash on him.

    I wouldn't give him a cent.


  • #13
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    This is so common, if you're on Lower Abbey Street at the right time of day you see the Roma beggars coming off their shifts. They put on their non beggar coat and wait for their lift home and another one comes up and takes their spot.

    You can't trust any beggars, if you want to help donate to a homeless charity.


  • #14
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    TheZohan wrote: »
    The same dude always asks for the receipt for the shoes and heads back in 10mins later to get either a refund or a credit note. He's a scammer, not as you've described above.

    Thanks Z, wouldna had a clue how to see through such a scam......why I oughta use this guy :rolleyes: on you, but I'm a bigger man than that.


  • #15
    YouTookMyName
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,360 ✭✭✭YouTookMyName


    Vincenzo Hollow Marmalade wrote: »
    Dublin.

    Dublin's a city no?


  • #16
    laoch na mona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭laoch na mona


    just like with food when it comes to beggars buy irish


  • #17
    FrostyJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,729 ✭✭✭FrostyJack


    Is this the guy ?



  • #18
    Rachiee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 880 ✭✭✭Rachiee


    I think what he's complaining about is that he's shoeless, and there is no reason for him to be shoeless he'd make enough in a day to buy a new pair of shoes but being shoeless means he gets more money, it is a bit insincere but his feet must be cold so whatever he is using the money for he is pretty desperate to get it.


  • #19
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    phasers wrote: »
    This is so common, if you're on Lower Abbey Street at the right time of day you see the Roma beggars coming off their shifts. They put on their fur non beggar coat and wait for their lift home and another one comes up in a BMW and takes their spot.
    Huh.


  • #20
    Gareth2011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 579 ✭✭✭Gareth2011


    compscii wrote: »
    Something that really pisses me off lately is that foreign guy you see in town begging, shivering without any shoes. Countless times ive seen him, the first time i threw him some money and seen people handing him loads. I even saw someone give him a pair of runners. And everyday he's doin the same routine act of shaking in his bare feet. If theres one guy that deserves a punch in the neck its him!






    Sorry, thought the people of AH might appreciate a thread on discriminating beggers..

    Romanian by any chance?


  • #21
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,646 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    I saw him on Grafton St one day, about 2 weeks ago when it was FREEZING!! I went to Pennys and bought him a pair of runners and brought them back to him.

    Next day i see him on the same street with no shoes on. it's because of people like him I will not be giving anyone any change ever again!


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  • #22
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    all those romanian beggars live in houses get social welfare with RA. They are professional beggars that dont actually need it...give them nothing.

    if you want to donate money to homeless give it to the focus ireland guys camping outside the gpo


  • #23
    Lemsiper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭Lemsiper


    YouTookMyName wrote: »
    Dublin's a city no?

    No, a county.


  • #24
    compscii
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭compscii


    YouTookMyName wrote: »
    Dublin's a city no?

    Apologies, I should have pointed out to all you boggers that we Dubs refer to Dublin city as town. Hope that avoids any further sarcastic comments :)


  • #25
    Gareth2011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 579 ✭✭✭Gareth2011


    FrostyJack wrote: »
    Is this the guy ?


    Man I love that movie, seen it a dozen times and its still funny :D


  • #26
    Gareth2011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 579 ✭✭✭Gareth2011


    MrStuffins wrote: »
    I saw him on Grafton St one day, about 2 weeks ago when it was FREEZING!! I went to Pennys and bought him a pair of runners and brought them back to him.

    Next day i see him on the same street with no shoes on. it's because of people like him I will not be giving anyone any change ever again!

    He ask you for the receipt? As previous poster said they get receipt from you and go back and and get the money back on them. Thats why you see them with no runners on. I hate the roma's beggers with all my heart.


  • #27
    number10a
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭number10a


    compscii wrote: »
    Apologies, I should have pointed out to all you boggers that we Dubs refer to Dublin city as town. Hope that avoids any further sarcastic comments :)

    Us "boggers" refer to our own city as a town too, but we happen to realise that this is boards.ie, not boards.dub

    Next time you want to call it "town", head for the Dublin City forum.

    Now get down off your high horse, oh-so-sophisticated city dweller, and learn that there is in fact a whole world outside the M50. Not just inhabited by boggers either.


  • #28
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    number10a wrote: »
    Us "boggers" refer to our own city as a town too, but we happen to realise that this is boards.ie, not boards.dub

    Next time you want to call it "town", head for the Dublin City forum.

    Now get down off your high horse, oh-so-sophisticated city dweller, and learn that there is in fact a whole world outside the M50. Not just inhabited by boggers either.

    That post deserves ~3.5 million thanks (my estimate of the non-Dublin population).

    PS - Im just back from town. Athlone Town. :D


  • #29
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,646 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Gareth2011 wrote: »
    He ask you for the receipt? As previous poster said they get receipt from you and go back and and get the money back on them. Thats why you see them with no runners on. I hate the roma's beggers with all my heart.

    If he'd asked me for the receipt i'd have made the cheeky c*nt swallow them!


  • #30
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Most homeless people have gimmicks. There is the rabbit man, the young lad that looks at deaths door on Henry street, the women on o'Connell bridge with the cross, the man on westmorland street that looks like he is meditating, "please help my baby" woman in temple bar, the "have a nice day" man on the halfpenny bridge and of course "I need my bus fare to omagh" man.


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  • #31
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    I almost never give money to homeless people, but I saw that bloke recently and actually stopped and went back to give him some money! Cnut! :mad:

    Lesson learned


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