the irish & litter

fryup · 13-03-2012 11:43PM #1

What is it with some irish people who seem to have a total lack of respect for their surroundings.

I saw a school kid today unwrap a chocolate bar and threw the wrapper over his shoulder without a second thought. All the school kids throw litter around and some adults aren't much better.

Is it to do with our DNA our ingrained disrespect for authority and rules??

I mean the irish always say how much they love their country so why don't they show it by not messing it up.

TreesAreCrowd · 13-03-2012 11:47PM

What did he say when you reprimanded him over it?

puzzle factory · 13-03-2012 11:47PM

your on your own there,i cant even remember the last time i saw litter at the side of a road,never mind around town.

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 13-03-2012 11:48PM

The only things kids understand today is a punch in the face.

next time...........punch him in the face.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 13-03-2012 11:48PM

TreesAreCrowd wrote: »

What did he say when you reprimanded him over it?

"**** off! I'm gonna tell the police you touched me! PAEDO!!!!! PAEDO!!! HELP!!!!!" probably.

Immaculate Pasta · 13-03-2012 11:48PM

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1n7vwl49k1qzi6sbo1_500.jpg

:cool:

hondasam · 13-03-2012 11:49PM

fryup wrote: »

I mean the irish always say how much they love their country so why don't they show it by not messing it up.

Are you sure he was Irish ?

rusty_racer94 · 13-03-2012 11:49PM

Just out of curiosity, why are you watching young school kids?

fryup · 13-03-2012 11:50PM

TreesAreCrowd wrote: »

What did he say when you reprimanded him over it?

he gave me the.................two fingers :cool:

Roadtrippin · 13-03-2012 11:51PM

Fair play for bringing this up. I really hate people littering. It is such an annoying thing around here. People even drop rubbish right on their doorstep and don't care if they have to look at their own rubbish everyday. I really don't get it!

I also think legislation should be a lot harsher regarding littering. In other countries the fines for littering can be a lot higher than they are here. For example, I know that in some other European countries there is hotlines for anonymously reporting someone leaving enormous amounts of rubbish behind somewhere illegally... Maybe it's time to rethink the punishment so the crime does not continue as much.

RichieC · 13-03-2012 11:52PM

Call dublin police station, I'm sure they'll put their best detective on it.

namloc1980 · 13-03-2012 11:52PM

I think that people are much more conscious of litter and cleaning up after themselves these days. Of course you'll always come across a few muppets who don't care but such is life.

galwayrush · 13-03-2012 11:53PM

fryup wrote: »

he gave me the.................two fingers :cool:

He deserved a kick in the hole then...

13-03-2012 11:54PM

I don't get what being Irish has to do with it???

If you remove the whole "Irish" thing from the littering issue, I'd agree with you. I can't stand littering, shows a certain amount of ignorance and disrespect, but even worse is that it's so widespread the majority of people accept it.

eth0 · 13-03-2012 11:57PM

fryup wrote: »

What is it with some irish people who seem to have a total lack of respect for their surroundings.

I saw a school kid today unwrap a chocolate bar and threw the wrapper over his shoulder without a second thought. All the school kids throw litter around and some adults aren't much better.

Is it to do with our DNA our ingrained disrespect for authority and rules??

I mean the irish always say how much they love their country so why don't they show it by not messing it up.

Right, because it happens in Ireland it must be something only done by Irish people and litter isn't a problem in any other country. All the school kids? Did you observe each and every one of them doing this? I suppose its just like how they all smoke and all the girls are slappers.

Ingrained disrespect for authority? I don't think so. Quite the opposite infact, 4 years of austerity and not a single riot, people falling over themselves to pay the household charge on the first day of the new year. We must be the most obedient crowd of europe, there was actually an interesting documentary about this on Al Jazeera lately.

Irish people saying they love their country - also a load of shoite, here you find more people besmirching the place and moaning how Ireland is inferior to the USA, Canada, Aus, Germany, Holland etc and how everything is better in those countries.

Cause you spot one fella throwing away a wrapper all school children and all Irish people are bad. You're talking shoite

TreesAreCrowd · 13-03-2012 11:58PM

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

"**** off! I'm gonna tell the police you touched me! PAEDO!!!!! PAEDO!!! HELP!!!!!" probably.

I wouldn't be surprised, unfortunately.

rusty_racer94 wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, why are you watching young school kids?

It's insinuations like this that have men in a place where we're now totally uncomfortable to be around children by ourselves in case we're accused of something. Thankfully I've no interaction with children however f*cked up attitudes like yours mean great parents and role models are now actively steering clear of interacting with kids in case some freak like you comes along with your "guilty until proven innocent" attitude towards men.

94? Ah so you're only a little 18 year old kid yourself then. Cop yourself on and grow up.

fryup · 13-03-2012 11:59PM

true-or-false wrote: »

I don't get what being Irish has to do with it???

If you remove the whole "Irish" thing from the littering issue, I'd agree with you. I can't stand littering, shows a certain amount of ignorance and disrespect, but even worse is that it's so widespread the majority of people accept it.

but i lived in england and on the continent, and even in rough working-class areas you wouldn't see it as much as you would here...there's definitely a relaxed irish attitude (ah sure) to it

chin_grin · 13-03-2012 11:59PM

galwayrush wrote: »

He deserved a kick in the hole then...

He wouldn't rolo over without a fight. If he snickered I would have kicked his ar$e to mars.

That's all I have.

fryup · 14-03-2012 12:02AM

eth0 wrote: »

Cause you spot one fella throwing away a wrapper all school children and all Irish people are bad. You're talking shoite

i'm not takin shoite:rolleyes:

there always been a litter problem in this country

hondasam · 14-03-2012 12:04AM

fryup wrote: »

but i lived in england and on the continent, and even in rough working-class areas you wouldn't see it as much as you would here...there's definitely a relaxed irish attitude (ah sure) to it

I don't agree with this at all, most towns in Ireland are clean and tidy, there will be some litter after the weekend as is to be expected, unless you are out early in the morning you will not see it because it's cleaned up very early.
One person dropping a sweet wrapper hardly makes the country full of litter.

TreesAreCrowd · 14-03-2012 12:04AM

The only littering I actively notice is the cúnts who drive a bit out of Dublin and throw their trash around the countryside because they're too scabby to pay the refuse charges tbh.

Sykk · 14-03-2012 12:05AM

A student throwing his ice-cream wrapper on the ground now represents the nation!

Why do all chinese people each rice? And why are all Americans either obese pizza eaters with acne or slim athletic teenagers with perfect skin?

Socialist_Pig · 14-03-2012 12:05AM

fryup wrote: »

but i lived in england and on the continent, and even in rough working-class areas you wouldn't see it as much as you would here...there's definitely a relaxed irish attitude (ah sure) to it

And I've lived and worked in the uk,germany,holland,italy and sweden and I've seen plenty of rubbish just dumped or been dumped.No better/no worse than here tbh.

Sweden was the exception but all the shoite was probably under the snow:D

dirtyden · 14-03-2012 12:07AM

fryup wrote: »

but i lived in england and on the continent, and even in rough working-class areas you wouldn't see it as much as you would here...there's definitely a relaxed irish attitude (ah sure) to it

I agree with you apart from the UK part, they are as bad as us, I work in the UK quite a bit and it is as messy as here, most of the rest of Europe is much better, well the parts I have visited. I think our local authorities dont help. How many times have you passed a public bin that was rammed with stuff, and had to walk half a mile before getting rid of a sandwich warpper etc., although that is not an excuse for someone littering.

foxinsox · 14-03-2012 12:10AM

In fairness to the OP I don't think he was having a go at Irish people..

The way I read it was that the country has a bad litter problem, which I think it has.

He just happened to see a schoolkid throwing a wrapper today.

There are parts of some towns around the country that are just disgusting.

Many people seem to fill their bins and then let them overflow and blow all over the road and would never think of cleaning it up.

If parents litter then of course the kids will too.

I don't see it as an Irish persons problem, its an any person problem.

I think it's disgusting..so please put your litter in a bin.

eth0 · 14-03-2012 12:13AM

fryup wrote: »

i'm not takin shoite:rolleyes:

there always been a litter problem in this country

There have been litter problems everywhere there's people since litter was invented.

The biggest problem is western society's over-reliance on plastic non-degradable packaging. The plastic bag tax was a great thing but it doesn't go far enough

DEFTLEFTHAND · 14-03-2012 12:14AM

Some people just do it instinctively, for instance I was driving a friend out to his house out the country when without a second thought he rolled down the window and dumped his Supermacs takeway bag out complete with the empty drink carton. I was kinda stunned by it really, when I questioned him he couldn't understand why I'd a problem with it.

RachaelVO · 14-03-2012 12:18AM

TreesAreCrowd wrote: »

The only littering I actively notice is the cúnts who drive a bit out of Dublin and throw their trash around the countryside because they're too scabby to pay the refuse charges tbh.

Yahoo.... the Dubs v Rest of Ireland starts!!!

Jaysus can anyone starte a thread about being Irish, Irish attitudes, Irish... whatever without that crap... any chance at all???? Nope, didn't think so!

af_thefragile · 14-03-2012 12:21AM

Well there is no place you can go in Ireland without coming across a can of Dutch Gold.
I've seen then by the sea at Howth and I've also seen them in the middle of nowhere in Wicklow Mountains! Along with all sorts of other trash.

Actually I don't understand why people would go to all the lengths to dump their trash in the middle of nowhere in Wicklow Mountains but not in a bin somewhere close to where they live??

Although Ireland is still much cleaner than most 3rd world countries. Also I like how there are so many bins around the city centre. In London you can't find a bin for miles and you need to carry your trash in your pockets till you finally come across a bin you can dump it in...

TreesAreCrowd · 14-03-2012 12:22AM

RachaelVO wrote: »

Yahoo.... the Dubs v Rest of Ireland starts!!!

Jaysus can anyone starte a thread about being Irish, Irish attitudes, Irish... whatever without that crap... any chance at all???? Nope, didn't think so!

Er, what? I'm from Dublin and I'm criticising other Dubliners for driving to the outskirts of the city and dumping their bags of rubbish there. What are you on about?

philstar · 14-03-2012 12:25AM

fryup wrote: »

What is it with some irish people who seem to have a total lack of respect for their surroundings.

Is it to do with our DNA our ingrained disrespect for authority and rules??

ah Feck Off!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

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