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Irish ways and means

Lando Griffin

Interesting stuff here.
Are we the Irish the only people who when crossing on a pedestrian crossing give a thank you wave to the car that stopped.
The only nation who when using a travelator / escalator stand and take up the whole width of it blocking the people who maybe in a genuine hurry. I’v seen in airports mainly Irish people getting on the travelator and just standing in the middle or two a breast when it would be quicker walking beside it.
The only people who, while it rains most days of the year get caught out without a brolly and get drenched to the bone.
Cant think of any more myself but fell free to continue

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Dolbert

foxyboxer wrote: »

Salute people with a question without getting an answer.

"How's it going?"

Then walk on their merry way.

Say 'salute' and not mean this

RATM

Saying thanks to the bus driver might be one. I've seen the odd person do it in London but never really on the continent.

Siuin

RATM wrote: »

Saying thanks to the bus driver might be one. I've seen the odd person do it in London but never really on the continent.

Yeah, I did this once in the Middle East. He thought I was hitting on him :S

Boombastic

Lando Griffin wrote: »

.........Are we the Irish the only people who when crossing on a pedestrian crossing give a thank you wave to the car that stopped...............

No but I reckon we are the only ones who cross 10m up the street from the pedestrian crossing

BraziliaNZ

In Australia they all shout "Thanks driver" when getting off a bus

ruthloss

And how many times do you hear "I'm only having the one" in pubs in Ireland.:D

gara

bluewolf wrote: »

i don't do that

What exactly are you confused about -the fact that other people might actually do things that you don't?

pickarooney

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Interesting stuff here.
Are we the Irish the only people who when crossing on a pedestrian crossing give a thank you wave to the car that stopped.

It's maybe more a wave of relief that they didn't plough into you but people do that here (France) all the time. I'd consider it rude not to and always remind my kids to do it.

IrishAm

Thanking and praising ignorant bartenders when you hand over five euro for a glass of slop.

AnonoBoy

Sea Filly wrote: »

Seriously, it's very common in Ireland.

I've seen people acknowledge when a car stops to let them cross but I have never seen it at a pedestrian crossing.

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Lando Griffin wrote: »

Interesting stuff here.
Are we the Irish the only people who when crossing on a pedestrian crossing give a thank you wave to the car that stopped.

I do that, the reason I do it is probably the fact that I very rarely cross at actual pedestrian crossings and usually anywhere that's handy so would always thank someone letting me cross, then I just do it out of habit at an actual pedestrian crossing.

Casillas

IrishAm wrote: »

Thanking and praising ignorant bartenders when you hand over five euro for a glass of slop.

Or thanking the person behind the bar on minimum wage, working with drunk people all night. Seriously what's wrong with manners, have we all gone nuts?

Wompa1

The escalator thing is pretty annoying alright. Use to work in a place that had an escalator. A real pain in the balls when people slow you down when you've got sh!t to do.

Another one. Clapping when the plane lands..what's up with that!?

IrishAm

Casillas wrote: »

Or thanking the person behind the bar on minimum wage, working with drunk people all night. Seriously what's wrong with manners, have we all gone nuts?

I tip a euro a drink regardless. It would be nice to be greeted with a smile instead of a grunt.

That said, there are still some excellent bartenders in Ireland. But they are a dying breed.

Rasheed

bluewolf wrote: »

i don't do that

I think it's a nice thing to do, I get offended if people don't.

The same goes if you let a car out ahead of you and they wave, just manners.

Captain Chaos

Wompa1 wrote: »

Another one. Clapping when the plane lands..what's up with that!?

At least none of them will be there to complain when the pilot makes a right b0llox of it.

eth0

Self loathing

Being deeply ashamed over the actions of a select few gobsh1tes abroad who happen to be Irish

Sea Filly

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I've seen people acknowledge when a car stops to let them cross but I have never seen it at a pedestrian crossing.

Oh, I get you now. I mean zebra crossings more than the crossings at traffic lights. Zebra crossings are bit more touch and go as to whether a motorist will stop. I once got yelled at by a motorist for crossing as a zebra crossing, as apparently I didn't have right-of-way.

Casillas

IrishAm wrote: »

I tip a euro a drink regardless. It would be nice to be greeted with a smile instead of a grunt.

That said, there are still some excellent bartenders in Ireland. But they are a dying breed.

Fair enough

Sea Filly

Wompa1 wrote: »

Another one. Clapping when the plane lands..what's up with that!?

Gawd, this is hackneyed. I have NEVER seen this happen.

jamo2oo9

Parking in the middle of the road just for a wee chat with yer' mate

mikemac1

Midnight mass is not at midnight, more like 7pm

Never stop running down this country and its people but if a foreigner dares to criticize Ireland then people go mad

Apply for your passport shortly before you go on holidays and then cry to Joe Duffy when suprise, suprise, there is a summer backlog. The Brits are guilty of this too. Procrastination is a terrible thing

You are a football fan and you say your flag is green, white and gold??

Explain to a French person that you take your car for a spin. You say spin, they think spin

There will be three council workers at every pothole, one lad working and another two leaning on their shovels talking ****e and doing nothing, lazy feckers

And best of all: fail your driving test and drive home

Pumpkinseeds

eth0 wrote: »

Terrible Joe. People in general shouldn't be allowed to do things. I'm content with sitting at home listening to the radio and complaining and everyone else should be the same way

I don't listen to the radio, that's a terrible accusation to make.

If people are going to allow their kids to bring those things into a supermarket well then they shouldn't be surprised if their little darlings getting ploughed down with a trolley, perhaps we could turn it into an Olympic sport.

AnonoBoy

Rasheed wrote: »

I think it's a nice thing to do, I get offended if people don't.

The same goes if you let a car out ahead of you and they wave, just manners.

If it's a pedestrian crossing you get offended if every single pedestrian using that crossing doesn't salute you?

Good luck taking a drive and not being offended so.

Grayson

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Interesting stuff here.
Are we the Irish the only people who when crossing on a pedestrian crossing give a thank you wave to the car that stopped.

I do it all the time. Especially considering most drivers don't stop.

crapmanjoe wrote: »

Yeah ive noticed that - or answering "How's it going?" with "How's it going?"

Answering a question with a question and neither party actually giving a damn about how the other is "going"

I remember seeing on QI that the correct manner to reply to the question "How are you?" is to reply with "How are you?"

Real Life

Bad Panda wrote: »

Travelators are for fcuking walking on!

I HATE people who stand on them. And they don't seem to realise how little sense it makes when they're going so slow! :mad: IDIOTS!

i like to run on travelators, it makes me feel like im a really fast sprinter.

veryangryman

Real Life wrote: »

Bad Panda wrote: »

Travelators are for fcuking walking on! I HATE people who stand on them. And they don't seem to realise how little sense it makes when they're going so slow! :mad: IDIOTS!

i like to run on travelators, it makes me feel like im a really fast sprinter.

Rocky music playing in my head now

Rasheed

AnonoBoy wrote: »

If it's a pedestrian crossing you get offended if every single pedestrian using that crossing doesn't salute you?

Good luck taking a drive and not being offended so.

Was just reading your other post, I thought it was about a zebra crossing.

eth0

mikemac1 wrote: »

Midnight mass is not at midnight, more like 7pm

Never stop running down this country and its people but if a foreigner dares to criticize Ireland then people go mad

Apply for your passport shortly before you go on holidays and then cry to Joe Duffy when suprise, suprise, there is a summer backlog. The Brits are guilty of this too. Procrastination is a terrible thing

You are a football fan and you say your flag is green, white and gold??

Explain to a French person that you take your car for a spin. You say spin, they think spin

There will be three council workers at every pothole, one lad working and another two leaning on their shovels talking ****e and doing nothing, lazy feckers

And best of all: fail your driving test and drive home

Your local priest must be a lazy bollix so, for me midnight mass is always at midnight.

If you go to another country and start spouting off about the faults with that country do its citizens say "thank you kind sir for your constructive criticism, we'll try and sort that out for you?"

The lazy feckers 'fixing' the road are now demanding you pay a house ownership tax so they can keep that job.

With our way of insuring cars that ties a particular driver to a particular car the drive home from your failed test is the only real option.

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I don't listen to the radio, that's a terrible accusation to make.

If people are going to allow their kids to bring those things into a supermarket well then they shouldn't be surprised if their little darlings getting ploughed down with a trolley, perhaps we could turn it into an Olympic sport.

Any reasonable parent would expect them to get ploughed down a few times first, but then they'll recover and get better at trolley-dodging. but they'll never get good without valuable real life 'getting ploughed down' experience

Sea Filly

AnonoBoy wrote: »

If it's a pedestrian crossing you get offended if every single pedestrian using that crossing doesn't salute you?

Good luck taking a drive and not being offended so.

They probably mean the same as me:

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