Group of Irish J1 Students trash San Fran rental house, then leave the country

Patww79 wrote: »

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I agree that it's common, but not just with youth. There are many irish in their 30's/40's who can't handle their drink and make a similar show of themselves in Ireland and abroad

zarquon wrote: »

I think this thread proves that it is quite and typical of Irish youth which is an indictment on our youth culture.

It is very disturbing that so many seem to condone this type of behaviour.
The number of posters on Journal.ie, asking their friends 'was this you?'
when this incident was first rerported, would depress you!

I only saw the damage tonight on the news .
It's a bit overkill. Security deposit wouldn't cover any of the damage . I hope they are made pay for the damage done .

ardle1 wrote: »

The immaturity and drunkenness of the Irish abroad is totally shameful.

Diego Simeone wrote: »

All of them? Every country has its muppets, no need for the xenophobia.

Lol ha ha ha, I don't think I have to mention that I didn't actually mean all of them.... But I do think that there is so many that my comment/post should stand/stay unedited....
All of them ha ha ha, that was funny.:rolleyes:

hfallada wrote: »

American media still loves to portray stereotypes of certain nationalities. Im sure if they were Italian, the house damage would have been mafia linked. Tens of thousands of Irish go on J1s with no issues at all. There will always be pricks out their in life.

How did they stereotype? By showing the damage and the bottles and the owner speculating that they had to be very drunk and or angry to do the damage they did. The damage being ripping a light fixture out of the roof, knocking out all of the rails in the bannisters on the stairs, broken glass bottles everywhere. You're right....unfairly furthering a stereotype by reporting on what actually happened...the b@stards!

I read this whole thread. The most shocking part is how so many people are claiming the damage isn't that bad and it's not that big of a deal. The lady should try to bring a civil suit against them. Or at least the one that signed the lease

zarquon wrote: »

I think this thread proves that it is quite and typical of Irish youth which is an indictment on our youth culture.

It's not just Irish youth culture though; I was on a student exchange for a week when I was about 16 and two of the Spanish lads knocked a hole in the wall, and there wasn't even drink involved. There's a book called The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco that's collected 'stories of house-sharing hell' that chronicles the same kind of culture in Australians amongst Americans, Aussies, and the British. It seems to be quite common in most cultures that young people away from home for the first time will completely lose the run of themselves. I've heard that people even have the same attitude toward rental cars, they don't really care if they demolish it because it's not theirs.

gugleguy wrote: »

In any event, the 4 of these J1 students should break up or be broken up from associating from each other in future. The 4 together were a toxic combination, for themselves in the least context.

Broken up??!
Think your mixin up J1 and One Direction

NIMAN wrote: »

How did the world get to a point when students wrecking a house is world news?

Seriously?

It isn't WORLD news, it is just news from a specific location relevant to the population of another. It isn't on the same scale as ISIS or the Ebola epidemic but it IS a local interest story in San Fran and in turn of interest to Irish people and how they are perceived internationally. It's probably not getting a great deal of coverage in Chile or Germany right now.

How long before Paul Williams does an expose on them giving them cool nicknames ?

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

Making the choice to cause widespread damage to someone else's property is... a "mistake"?

The news coverage is OTT as it's hardly a new occurrence, Reddit weirdos doing "exposes" on them is grotesque, and they're probably not all at fault, but the way people are downplaying and even denying what they did is just silly.

No proof of who did what.

kneemos wrote: »

No proof of who did what.

Doesn't matter, because they fled without reporting it.

If you're renting a house here, and you have a party wherein your random drunken guests destroy the place, who do you think the LL is going to place the blame on if you (the tenant) did not report it to the police? You, of course, as the house is your responsibility, and there is no police report of the criminal damage caused by your guests.