Things people did during the "Celtic Tiger Days"

dd972 · 16-03-2013 11:17PM

omahaid wrote: »

I posted this in the other thread but I don't know which one is going to be locked so

A sea of men in hi-viz jackets buying breakfast rolls in front of me as I try to pay for my petrol

used to encounter these in the local Spar, bantering with the girls behind the counter all full of their ''I'm on €x amount a week'' brio and bullsh!t, people in the trades have always been smug, complacent f**kers, there was one interviewed recently about how he'd make $1500.00 dollars a week in Canada but that still wouldn't be as good as what he'd make in Celtic Tiger Ireland, boo hoo, try working behind a bar or in a call centre and see your pitiful earnings diminish until your sweating on the next pay cheque.

chimmy chonga · 16-03-2013 11:42PM

I remember in our local pub young electricians and carpenters coming in and ordering a pint and invariably paying with a 50 euro note. The barman would always have to remind them to ‘pick-up’ their change. One guy I remember took the notes and left the coins..’cos he ‘didn’t do change’. They don’t come in anymore.. wonder where they are now?:rolleyes:

The Big Lebowsky · 17-03-2013 06:53AM

Dwork wrote: »

re-mortgaged their house to buy BMWs and then wafted around looking down their noses at me in my banger. Ahh, but I waited in the long grass, and soon as the bimmers were re-posessed I nipped out and bought two big jeeps, a his n hers. I now waft around looking down my nose at them. Someday I'll have enough for a house, then that'll show em. The kids hate living in this long grass in fairness.

Love this post...I passed one of those guys while driving my banger recently. The poor fella was walking, and I don't think he was getting in some light exercise either.. How the mighty have fallen, it seems their dog sh1t empires were built on sand...:D

dub_skav · 17-03-2013 08:34AM

Being open about your begrudgery took a bit if a holiday, glad it's back stronger than ever

DEFTLEFTHAND · 17-03-2013 09:37AM

dub_skav wrote: »

Being open about your begrudgery took a bit if a holiday, glad it's back stronger than ever

Yes begrudgery a fascinating topic, The 'Irish condition' as it's called. Imo its to do with the collective inferiority complex, Paddy doesn't like to see anyone bettering themselves. He envies them and his only ammunition is to express cheap put downs.

Mr Benevolent · 17-03-2013 11:17AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Yes begrudgery a fascinating topic, The 'Irish condition' as it's called. Imo its to do with the collective inferiority complex, Paddy doesn't like to see anyone bettering themselves. He envies them and his only ammunition is to express cheap put downs.

Looks like we need to invest in better put downs. Could have the country back on its feet by next Tuesday!

Dwork · 17-03-2013 11:52AM

Confab wrote: »

Looks like we need to invest in better put downs. Could have the country back on its feet by next Tuesday!

It might be possible to ressurect the County Enterprise Boards to give the thing a bit of structure. Could be called the IBA. We could export it to California, they seem to have a dreadful shortage.

Rasheed · 17-03-2013 12:38PM

dub_skav wrote: »

Being open about your begrudgery took a bit if a holiday, glad it's back stronger than ever

I think jealousy and trying to not just keep up with the Jones, but beat them with possessions took over from begrudgery.

Now begrudgery is back and the sense of delight some have when the 'big shots' fail.

Augmerson · 17-03-2013 01:26PM

dd972 wrote: »

used to encounter these in the local Spar, bantering with the girls behind the counter all full of their ''I'm on €x amount a week'' brio and bullsh!t, people in the trades have always been smug, complacent f**kers there was one interviewed recently about how he'd make $1500.00 dollars a week in Canada but that still wouldn't be as good as what he'd make in Celtic Tiger Ireland, boo hoo, try working behind a bar or in a call centre and see your pitiful earnings diminish until your sweating on the next pay cheque.

Really? I don't think so. I knew plenty of people who could see what was going on for the madness that it was and knew it wouldn't last. Plenty of older heads who told me when I was doing an Electrician apprenticeship to save, save and save because they'd see this sort of thing before. Men who'd had to go off to the UK or Europe or the US before in the 70's and 80's when we hadn't a pot to piss in.

There were people who let big wages go straight to their head during the Celtic Tiger - they were everywhere. But at least people doing trades, people who were building the houses that were fueling the whole joke, at least they were actually doing some work. Instead of those who thought they'd make endless amounts of money by buying and selling houses like they were Richard Gecko out of Wall Street.

stoneill · 17-03-2013 01:49PM

Ski trips.

WoollyRedHat · 17-03-2013 01:53PM

dub_skav wrote: »

Being open about your begrudgery took a bit if a holiday, glad it's back stronger than ever

Bloody hell, this begrudgery bull****, I swear the people who throw out the phrase are worse than the people who are supposed to begrudge.

Some of the stuff mentioned above isn't begrudgery at all, it's deriding the psyche that existed in our country back in the day of excessive waste and snobbery, just because some people couldn't and refused to see the day when the rainbow and endlesss pot of gold that they found ended up disappearing

There's a difference between mocking those who had wealth and were laissez-fair, and arrogant with it, thinking it made them better than others, and those who have wealth, respect it, and still can remain the same person and respect others irreguardless of money.
Class doesn't have to be what income bracket you full under, it's all about how you present yourself and treat others. Humility, some people have it, some don't.

Things people did during the "Celtic Tiger Days"

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