Irish, being late and swearing

AmyG123 · 17-05-2015 01:02PM #1

Irish people seem to be always late, in college its normal to arrive 30 mins late.
There seems to be a casual attitude towards punctuality. One of my Irish friends said I'd be wasting time with being punctual.
Another thing that struck me is the casual attitude towards swearing which seems to be common in everyday conversations. My Irish friends have no problems with swearing, I've even heard children swearing.
I love Ireland but these two thing just annoy me.
Does anyone else have these experiences? Does this annoy anyoneelse?

Toto Wolfcastle · 17-05-2015 01:02PM

I fcuking love swearing.

For Forks Sake · 17-05-2015 01:03PM

Fcuk you OP, fcuk you.

lakesider · 17-05-2015 01:04PM

Fcuck me!, im late into this thread:P

whatismyname · 17-05-2015 01:05PM

Should've met my fcuking friend for lunch at 12, but fcuk her she knows I'm Irish and she can forking wait.

gazzamc · 17-05-2015 01:05PM

Oh **** I think I'm late to the thread, I'm fecking sorry lads.. Let me just get into the seat there in the middle row.. Fcuk

North of 32 · 17-05-2015 01:05PM

A foreigner could easily be fooled into thinking Irish people are very time conscious. We often give distances in time, eg the library is 20 minutes walk from here, or the city is 40 minutes drive away. We don't use KM unlike the continentals. We have a preoccupation with lengths of time but aren't particularly punctual. I find it amusing when I think of it like that.

It's less amusing when buses are always late (or timetables inaccurate), and when people waste your time by showing up late to meetings.

Gran Hermano · 17-05-2015 01:05PM

I love Sundays, lazy brunch and sweeping generalisations for all.

EoghanIRL · 17-05-2015 01:06PM

Pays thousands of euros of college fees.
Still turns up late to college.
Could never understand this.

Peregrine · 17-05-2015 01:07PM

Drink! Feck! Arse! Girls!

MRnotlob606 · 17-05-2015 01:08PM

Definitely true about the being late and relaxed attitude.In countries like Sweden, your expected to be at least 10 minutes earlier.

Stillhouette · 17-05-2015 01:08PM

AmyG123 wrote: »

Irish people seem to be always late, in college its normal to arrive 30 mins late.
There seems to be a casual attitude towards punctuality. One of my Irish friends said I'd be wasting time with being punctual.
Another thing that struck me is the casual attitude towards swearing which seems to be common in everyday conversations. My Irish friends have no problems with swearing, I've even heard children swearing.
I love Ireland but these two thing just annoy me.
Does anyone else have these experiences? Does this annoy anyoneelse?

I am never late. What does annoy me however is sweeping generalisations.

MRnotlob606 · 17-05-2015 01:09PM

I remember recently somebody showed up like an hour late and blamed it on "Gushty winds"

Fr_Dougal · 17-05-2015 01:23PM

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

I remember recently somebody showed up like an hour late and blamed it on "Gushty winds"

Gushty Winds...sounds like the name of a porn star.

They might have been telling the truth.

Cold War Kid · 17-05-2015 01:23PM

Yeah they're both true for a lot of Irish people (I don't like unwarranted sweeping generalisations either but surely people can't deny there's a lot of what the OP is talking about in Ireland?) The lateness thing is something people should cop on about. It's I guess having a relaxed attitude to things, and I don't have a problem with five minutes here and there (and e.g. the pub is fairly informal) but excessive lateness when people are counting on you to be there is just something people shouldn't be accepting as "Ah shur once they're there".

Banjo String · 17-05-2015 01:25PM

Maybe they were having an absolute cụnt of a day?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao5Kq0hJwzY

wil · 17-05-2015 01:25PM

The two thing that annoyme about anyoneelse is attention to detail when dealing out criticisms.

Panthro · 17-05-2015 01:26PM

If Ireland has a swear jar we would have all survived the recession

Tigger · 17-05-2015 01:29PM

not enough fucking swearing if you ask me

whatismyname · 17-05-2015 01:30PM

Tigger wrote: »

not enough fucking swearing if you ask me

you're so fcuking right

SpaceTime · 17-05-2015 01:33PM

I lived in France and everyone was always late, on holidays, smoking and swearing!

I've even seen news anchors turn up in set late and apologise to the viewers !!!

I'm not complaining about that btw - I like that aspect of France lol

I genuinely find Ireland pretty efficient! It's got a good balance between getting things done and not taking life too seriously (unlike some countries cough: Germany)

Most Europeans swear a lot - you just don't realise it as you don't speak the languages!

It's really only conservative American types who don't.

Spanish swearing is practically an art form!

YurOK2 · 17-05-2015 01:33PM

I'm never late but I do swear. I think a lot of Irish people use swear words in a comedic way as opposed to an aggressive antagonistic way. I know I would often say "would you fűck off" in response to someone joking with me or if I was in disbelief at something I was being told.

dmc17 · 17-05-2015 01:38PM

Gran Hermano wrote: »

I love Sundays, lazy brunch and sweeping generalisations for all.

We're a shower of lazy fcukers as well. No wonder we're always late.

whatismyname · 17-05-2015 01:41PM

Lawnmower Tim wrote: »

I do think it's good to try to limit your swearing, it loses its effect when you swear in every second sentence. I'm making a concerted effort to cut it out and hopefully improve my vocabulary in doing so.

Ah would you ever feck off with that sh1te

rosb · 17-05-2015 10:56PM

I have a friend who is always late for coffee. She blames it on the mental traffic. I come in the same road to town and there is no 'mental' traffic. And even though I know she is probably going to be late, I am still on time.

Mint Aero · 17-05-2015 11:39PM

I've a great way to deal with people who are always late to things. I ban them with my ban hammer.

Tigger · 18-05-2015 01:30AM

whats with all the cunts who cant spell fuck

thelad95 · 18-05-2015 01:32AM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Pays thousands of euros of college fees.
Still turns up late to college.
Could never understand this.

Lol if they turn up for class at all..

MRnotlob606 · 18-05-2015 11:49AM

****

dr.fuzzenstein · 18-05-2015 11:58AM

OP. move to southern Italy. An Italian colleague of mine once compared their swearing to a symphony, it is that much of an artform.
I find in Ireland, there's two kinds of punctuality, coming to work and meeting in socially. Who am I kidding, where would you meet socially in Ireland? It's the pub. It's always the pub. Coming to work has to be spot on, depending on the business and there are exceptions, but going to the pub is open ended. Could be early, could be late, next week, next month or never, but it's not always that strict...

Cravez · 18-05-2015 12:01PM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Daddy/Mammy pays thousands of euros of college fees.
Still turns up late to college.
Could never understand this.

Fixed

I would most likely think if they put thousands of their own euros to pay for fees they would show up on time.

Not paying? Ah sure 3 hours late be grand.

Irish, being late and swearing

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