spankmemunkey wrote: » Security is now on the door full time after a robbery where a man threatened staff with a machete thats the third time cash has been stolen in attacks in tesco petro stationl ballbeg, looks like they let things go too far, its the staff I feel sorry for.
wmpdd3 wrote: » It looks like the solution is for stations in isolation like that one, to be pay at pump only.
2SWEET wrote: » Seriously op do you ever have anything positive to say? Robberies happen all over the city and there are trouble makers all over of the city yet 99% of you posts focus on Tesco Ballybeg and the surrounding area, and all your information seem to come from a friend which I find a bit strange.
spankmemunkey wrote: » If you had of just ignored it this post probably just would have gone away but you posted on it and now youve given it legs. I do actually post positive stuuf just take a look at the reasons to be positive in waterford thread. If you must know my friend works there I just didn't want to draw attention to them. I am happy to write about it and as youve seen there are people interested in reading it, If u don't like what I write just ignore me and my posts. I for one find it shocking that in the 3 or even 2 short years that petrol station has been open its been done 4 times and has even resulted in one member of staff quiting, don't blame them and that they now have to have full time security. Which is sad to see the effects of crime in waterford not just ballybeg,
S28382 wrote: » Grow up and stop spreading stories from your friend over the internet if you want to write about it then apply for a job in the local paper as a crime correspondent maybe then you might see its not only Ballybeg its happening in it can happen anywhere and all your doing is highlighting Ballybeg in a negative way.
wobbles wrote: » And what exactly should he do. Should he not post at all so everyone can forget about what happens in Ballybeg. Should he only post the postitive things about ballybeg so everyone thinks its all hunky dorey. Fact is the OP is not spreading stories. This actually happened. Sure the OP posts a few threads about Tesco Ballybeg, but if he only posted about all the anti-social behaviour from that store then he would have the most posts on boards. He wouldnt need to include the rest of waterford.
nicolaed wrote: » Zero-tolerance for scumbags!
spankmemunkey wrote: » They had pay at pump but they stopped it for some reason, a friend of mine who works there was telling me this, tesco don't really care to be honest they had certain people doing damage on cctv and never acted upon it, this is the 3rd or 4th time theres been attacks on here. The staff do not want to be posted to the petrol station as u can imagine.
0rt wrote: » i worked as security in limerick, if we can diffuse a situation with ease its up to us.. but if they come in with a machette or a gun ill reverse them in, load them up and stop traffic for them.. There is no job on the planet worth the hassle.. And there are business's that fire people for handing over money to criminals.
S28382 wrote: » I agree its not nice at all for the staff its terrible that there is scum out there that do things like that but it seems to me going from this and from a previous thread about that the OP loves reporting on it whenever it happens out in Tesco Ballybeg. If he reported on a small percentage of stuff that happens around the town he would have the most posts on Boards.
spankmemunkey wrote: » Nobody for one minute suggested that it was people from ballybeg who did it! I'm just highlighting the fact that this new petrol station is only about 2 years old and its been done 4 times already the latest with a machete,
S28382 wrote: » But sure what difference does it make if its new or 20 years old the problem i see is that you are doing what you done before and that is gossip on an internet forum about something that your friend told you about and it is coming across that you seem to like reporting on it because its from Ballybeg......maybe im wrong but thats what it looks like to me. What happened out there is terrible and whoever is doing it deserves everything thrown at them and i hope Tesco and the Guards do something about it asap before some one gets hurt but your reporting style is coming across as anti Ballybeg you are making it bigger than what it is and you are putting it across that its confined to that area which is bull****.
spankmemunkey wrote: » Well I'm sorry if its coming accross that way, I do write on other threads and topics to be fair, its not like I sit around looking for stories about the place, my general point is that its shocking yo hear that a new enough petrol station being done so often and I'm sure the person who wax being threatened with a machete didn't think it was nothing. I'm sorry if you think I'm anti ballybeg I'm not, I was just recently suggesting to another poster to by a house there but turning a blind eye isnt going to make it go away, maybe if more people know about it something will be done, as much as I doubt it. I think incidents like this should always be reported be reported to the general public so we know what we're up against no matter where it happens and maybe the general public will appreciate staff members who serve the general public in all jobs be it cleaners bar workers taxi drivers. These people work hard for very little be take a lot of abuse.
