Spanish students on public transport

dd972 · 14-04-2015 05:18PM

There was another rake of the noisy b**tards on the Metro just now, living in Madrid is a pain...

Just Be Yourself · 14-04-2015 05:22PM

I always imagine what Irish people sound like on public transport.

'Ah here Damo that's me fukin burd your're roidin....I'll bather de head of dem kunts if they keep lookin at me!'

the groutch · 14-04-2015 05:27PM

I think that they're the reason that they changed the design of bells on the buses to only ring once.

Son Of A Vidic · 14-04-2015 05:31PM

MathDebater wrote: »

We get a few thousand teenagers whose biggest crime is that they are a noisy on public transport and who sometimes block the footpath.. The Spaniards get tens of thousands binge drinking 18-30 Irish year olds running amok over there in return. I think we get the thin edge of the wedge on this one.

Thread should have been locked after that perfect summary.

anncoates · 14-04-2015 05:42PM

MathDebater wrote: »

We get a few thousand teenagers whose biggest crime is that they are a noisy on public transport and who sometimes block the footpath.. The Spaniards get tens of thousands binge drinking 18-30 Irish year olds running amok over there in return. I think we get the thin edge of the wedge on this one.

While I generally agree, you omit the small fact that the tens of thousands of drunks are usually being facilitated in custom, large- scale drinking environments usually ran and staffed by Spaniards for profit.

TheBeardedLady · 14-04-2015 05:45PM

dd972 wrote: »

There was another rake of the noisy b**tards on the Metro just now, living in Madrid is a pain...

This is my turf! Get outta here! :mad:

dd972 · 14-04-2015 06:16PM

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

This is my turf! Get outta here! :mad:

with a user name like that, as if you needed to tell me ! :pac:

OneArt · 14-04-2015 06:16PM

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Kids from different country in different culture shocker.

In fairness, if you spend any amount of time in Spain, you'll realise that all the people here are like that. The kids just pick it up from their surroundings. Spaniards are a gregarious bunch and don't have any kind of volume control. They've a different concept of social interaction.

Add to that, the Spanish kids who go to Ireland are spoilt rich kids away from home for probably the first time.

It's not just social interaction. The Spanish language uses the throat and the nose more, whereas English requires the mid-level of the lungs. As a result you often need to use the throat and the top part of the lungs. German and Dutch use the lower part of the lungs which makes them sound much deeper (and sometimes threatening).

It's why Chinese speakers are so bloody loud to us as well.

shruikan2553 · 14-04-2015 06:50PM

I wouldnt mind if they would just stand somewhere that wasn't in the way

The other fella · 14-04-2015 06:56PM

I like when i see them here, you know its summertime then.

suicide_circus · 14-04-2015 06:58PM

Juankers

14-04-2015 07:04PM

Fudge You wrote: »

So they are not heavy drinkers like us IRISH. What a stupid bunch of fcuks!!!!

"Lets get the Bleedin' GARGLE in BOYOS.... Ahhhh Yeah, we are mad outta it!!!!"

Yeah nice strawman

There's a middle ground between "heavy drinkers" and "let's share two glasses of beer between 12 of us"

PARlance · 14-04-2015 07:09PM

anncoates wrote: »

While I generally agree, you omit the small fact that the tens of thousands of drunks are usually being facilitated in custom, large- scale drinking environments usually ran and staffed by Spaniards for profit.

Yip, Sergio Murphy runs a fine establishment. Most of the bar staff & owners in these resorts are not Spanish.

Macavity. · 14-04-2015 07:42PM

I don't actually notice Spanish students that much, they don't seem to annoy me. I know a few of the Brazilian's over here, they all tend to be quite wealthy and are very beautiful.

Shandashey · 14-04-2015 07:42PM

Fudge You wrote: »

Nope, I'm just loathing a sizeable amount of Irish people that think they are cool because they drink a lot.

You were slagging Spaniards that had two glasses between them. So what, why should they drink more???

Because 2 glasses of beer between 12 people wouldn't really go that far?

anncoates · 14-04-2015 08:47PM

PARlance wrote: »

Yip, Sergio Murphy runs a fine establishment. Most of the bar staff & owners in these resorts are not Spanish.

Surely the Spanish economy benefits hugely from these tourists. And lots of Spanish people are indirectly and directly employed as a result.

I was in a resort a few years ago. A pretty staid one but there were loads of locals working in the places we went to. And the shops. And the stalls. And the taxis etc.

Not that I care obviously. It's just a point. These people and their antics wouldn't be tolerated if they didn't generate economic benefits

Drakares · 14-04-2015 08:56PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Juan is not amused

Well it takes Juan to know Juan

TheBeardedLady · 14-04-2015 09:29PM

PARlance wrote: »

Yip, Sergio Murphy runs a fine establishment. Most of the bar staff & owners in these resorts are not Spanish.

6 years here and every time I try to get them going on this topic, they give me the same answer: "they bring in money which Spain badly needs". They are given a name by the Spanish ("Guiris") that's used derogatively (but they've a name for everyone tbh) and laughed at because of their carry on (sun burn, drinking too much etc.) but tbh, they're not as annoyed about them as you'd think which was surprised me.

PLL · 14-04-2015 09:31PM

What about the groups of French / Italian that stand in a group in the the middle of the footpath in Killarney, laughing at people walking by in their native tongue. Making no effort to move out of the way so i have to 'accidentally' ram them out of the way with the pushchair.

Let's not forget about them.

the_monkey · 14-04-2015 09:43PM

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Kids from different country in different culture shocker.

In fairness, if you spend any amount of time in Spain, you'll realise that all the people here are like that. The kids just pick it up from their surroundings. Spaniards are a gregarious bunch and don't have any kind of volume control. They've a different concept of social interaction.

Add to that, the Spanish kids who go to Ireland are spoilt rich kids away from home for probably the first time.

Yep.
One thing I noticed from living here is parents get their kids used to 3 things from pretty much the start.

1. Loud noise
2. Making loud noise
3. Staying up late

And that 3rd part in the summer is f*cking ridicolous .... 1AM 5 , 6 year old kids out in the plazas playing ...

PERO BUENO !!!ES LO QUE HAY !!!!!

William F · 15-04-2015 01:28AM

NIMAN wrote: »

before they all head to the pub to share 2 pints between 12 of them.

And that is a bad thing because?

Lau2976 · 15-04-2015 02:17AM

I don't think they're that bad. I just wish they'd be slightly more considerate of those around them! Never experienced the whole resort culture of Spain myself as the only time I was there was in the Springtime in a college but from the sounds of it the Irish are just as inconsiderate over there!

I've had to wiggle my way past some because of the language barrier before and I had to talk about the loud talking and blocking doors with a chaperone as I used to live in the city centre and for some reason they chose the pokey little street I lived on to meet up in the mornings and evenings (I think they got the bus around the corner or something). They would congregate on my doorstep at all hours in the morning and night and shout at each other. It was hell.

evo2000 · 15-04-2015 02:31AM

NIMAN wrote: »

before they all head to the pub to share 2 pints between 12 of them.

diageo would be proud of this responsible drinking!...mean while its the reverse for us irish 12 pints between 2 and thats a quite night... lol

MathDebater · 15-04-2015 07:43PM

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Don't think it's necessarily the rich kids anymore like it was in the 80s.

It's not. We hosted a coalminers son from Seville. It's a mixed bag.

Fun fact. Xabi Alonso spent some summers in Kells learning English. He spoke about his love for Ireland before kicking our arse in the euros. Bastid.

MathDebater · 15-04-2015 09:23PM

anncoates wrote: »

While I generally agree, you omit the small fact that the tens of thousands of drunks are usually being facilitated in custom, large- scale drinking environments usually ran and staffed by Spaniards for profit.

Tourism is vital to parts of Spain. But the Spanish(and Italian!) kids coming here is vital to many Irish families. It's a nice 'top up', so to speak. My family hosted many kids coming here throughout the years and the few bob was most welcome indeed. It was always my 'job' to bring the newbie out to mingle. Then they would show me up playing football and have the girl I was mad after, chasing them instead. Yeah, actually. Feck them!

InitiumNovum · 15-04-2015 09:54PM

Dey terk err seats.

Gran Hermano · 15-04-2015 10:36PM

I'm sure I was equally obnoxious to the natives of the Gaeltacht where I spent a couple of summers as a chisler.

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