Irishman treats Indian migrant to day out at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi.

arayess wrote: »

ah will you stop you moan bag.

It's a decent story and if more people in the UAE treated the poorer folk there like this it would be a better place.

No one is aguing with that.

Maybe if a few people were less quick to jump for the insult, the internet would be a nicer place.

He did a really nice thing and while you slag off the facebook element you should consider that FB is for family and friends somebody else chose to share this to a wider audience.

And you know this because?

I've 220 friends on fb - if I did something nice and posted about it I'd say 50people would read it and they'd be close family/friends rather broadcasting it worldwide.

Funny how it got on Breakingnews.

Phew. Thankfully he got in a plug for whatever it is he's hawking there. I'm sure he almost forgot and this isn't just a cheap cynical marketting stunt to be lapped up by the Like Like Like masses.

Do the reasons for doing something nice have to pass a committee to be acceptable now? Jesus wept. It doesn't f*cking matter. A guy got to do something he's always wanted to do, but never was able to. That's the story. That's what people should try for one second of their miserable lives, to focus on. Who cares about anything else in the story? It's irrelevant. Stop trying to find fault and try and think of some actually good happening in the world.

humanji wrote: »

Do the reasons for doing something nice have to pass a committee to be acceptable now? Jesus wept. It doesn't f*cking matter. A guy got to do something he's always wanted to do, but never was able to. That's the story. That's what people should try for one second of their miserable lives, to focus on. Who cares about anything else in the story? It's irrelevant. Stop trying to find fault and try and think of some actually good happening in the world.

FFS - no one is disputing that it was a nice thing to do.

And motivation always fcuking matters.

RedemptionZ

Boring username wrote: »

He's not wrong though, if the only reason you're helping someone out is so you can get 5 minutes of fame on facebook, then you need to have a good long look at yourself.

FFS will you come off it. I'd say that trip and act of goodwill will stick with the Indian fella for the rest of his life. Have you ever done something like that? I'll hold my hands up and say I haven't.

I know a lot of people who fish for likes on Facebook. They usually put up some terriblely recycled joke or have a video of them doing whatever stupid dance/ice bucket etc. craze is in fashion. This guy went out of his way to help a poor Indian man have a day out that unfortunately would never be possible normally then posted a few pictures on Facebook.

Yeah what a monster, he needs to have a long hard look at himself...

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

FFS - no one is disputing that it was a nice thing to do.

And motivation always fcuking matters.

No it doesn't. It really, really doesn't. If breaking news paid him to do it, then it still doesn't matter for the taxi driver. And he's the one the story is about.

humanji wrote: »

No it doesn't. It really, really doesn't. If breaking news paid him to do it, then it still doesn't matter for the taxi driver. And he's the one the story is about.

It really really really does - see what I did there

Boring username

humanji wrote: »

Do the reasons for doing something nice have to pass a committee to be acceptable now? Jesus wept. It doesn't f*cking matter. A guy got to do something he's always wanted to do, but never was able to. That's the story. That's what people should try for one second of their miserable lives, to focus on. Who cares about anything else in the story? It's irrelevant. Stop trying to find fault and try and think of some actually good happening in the world.

I find this attitude quite bizarre. "He did something nice, so nobody can criticize him, ok? Grrrr!"

As has already been pointed out, not everyone does something nice for the right reasons. For example, the robber baron John D. Rockefeller used to throw pennies to street children on the advice of his PR person. Is this allowed to be questioned, your highness?

Countless celebrities take the opportunity to avail of that 'charidee' photo op with the starving masses of Africa (and top up the sun tan while they're at it).

At the more extreme end of the spectrum, you have Jimmy Saville who did plenty of fundraising work, and God help anyone who questioned his motives back then.

Look, it's great that he did something nice, but you'd have to be awfully, awfully naive to think all these social media stories are the result of genuine kindness. Maybe in this case it was, but most of the time it's an ego boost, a PR stunt, someone trying to get their pathetic status as a D-list celebrity, or someone looking to cash in on youtube monetary ads.
The truth sucks, but that's the way it is.

Boring username wrote: »

I find this attitude quite bizarre. "He did something nice, so nobody can criticize him, ok? Grrrr!"

Nope, my attitude is that going out of your way to insinuate that there must be ulterior motives to a minor act is bizarre. It's so insanely irrelevant that it begs the question why do people need to do it?

Again, the story isn't that someone did something. It's that someone had something done for them. People seem unwilling to focus on that because they want to tear into someone on the off-chance that they didn't do it for 100% altruistic reasons.

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

It really really really does - see what I did there

Yeah, nothing except try and focus on the wrong part of the story, for some reason.

[Deleted User]

What a fun story... for the first 6 posts then, bang, buzzkills everywhere!

Effects

foggy_lad wrote: »

Did he do anything for the hundreds of thousands of Indian/Asian slave workers in that part of the world?
.

What did you do for those people?

Balmed Out

Sad to see the begrudgery.

Aongus Von Bismarck

some craic with the hoore all day. I decided to bring him along for the laugh. He was great entertainment!I bought him some pizza on the way home. He was delighted with the day out

He sounds like he's talking about a 5 year old child. Bring him along for the laugh? It's another man, not a pet for entertainment.

Boring username

RedemptionZ wrote: »

FFS will you come off it. I'd say that trip and act of goodwill will stick with the Indian fella for the rest of his life. Have you ever done something like that? I'll hold my hands up and say I haven't.

I know a lot of people who fish for likes on Facebook. They usually put up some terriblely recycled joke or have a video of them doing whatever stupid dance/ice bucket etc. craze is in fashion. This guy went out of his way to help a poor Indian man have a day out that unfortunately would never be possible normally then posted a few pictures on Facebook.

Yeah what a monster, he needs to have a long hard look at himself...

As a matter of fact I have done plenty of decent things in my time, although more pragmatic. When my friends and I were travelling, we used to make a point of taking our host/guide/driver for a nice meal as a way of saying thank you. We didn't intrude on the occasion by taking pictures, posting on facebook, keeping a running commentary on twitter, or fishing for a mention on buzzfeed. The thought of someone doing that is quite disgusting to me actually.

In this case, I don't believe the guy in question was deliberately trying to cash in by posting what he thought was a harmless update on treating someone to a nice time. I wasn't referring to him specifically, but to fb posts in general.
But there are an awful lot of people who do have an ulterior motive. I could tell you a story about two chancers I know who convinced everyone on fb to sponsor their charity trip to Africa. I found out afterwards they were living it up in a 5 star hotel for most of it, partying every night, and for half a day visited a slum with a cheap food package they picked up for ten euros locally. Guess which pictures were posted all over their facebook to make sure everyone saw that they were doing 'charity work' ™?

humanji wrote: »

Nope, my attitude is that going out of your way to insinuate that there must be ulterior motives to a minor act is bizarre. It's so insanely irrelevant that it begs the question why do people need to do it?

Again, the story isn't that someone did something. It's that someone had something done for them. People seem unwilling to focus on that because they want to tear into someone on the off-chance that they didn't do it for 100% altruistic reasons.

Look, believe whatever you want to believe. Some people like living in a happy bubble, others deal in reality. Experience and observation has taught me a lot about human nature.

discodiva92

Why did he have to try be little the man by posting it

Omackeral wrote: »

What a fun story... for the first 6 posts then, bang, buzzkills everywhere!

Yeah, it was fun until you found out the actual facts of it.
Cynical patronising piffle.

humanji wrote: »

No it doesn't. It really, really doesn't. If breaking news paid him to do it, then it still doesn't matter for the taxi driver. And he's the one the story is about.

In that case shouldn't the title of this thread, and anywhere else it's reported be "Indian migrant treated to day out"?
It isn't though is it?

humanji wrote: »

Yeah, nothing except try and focus on the wrong part of the story, for some reason.

Well for future reference, if someone does something nice for me (I'm not suggesting that you wre about to) - don't feel free to plaster all over FaceBook.

RichardCeann

No good deed should be unturned. Somebody should recommend that he invests in some ankle socks.

snubbleste

Alternative headlines:
Lonely Irishman asks random taxidriver to accompany him
Migrant and migrant go to an exhibition

livinsane

The news story makes it sounds like the taxi driver just crawled off a banana boat starving and homeless until a hero Irish guy took him under his wing. Then you read it and you're like, oh the guy has lived there, working, for 14 years. Its definitely a plug for the product! How many people have googled the name to see what it is?

fullstop

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

I am curious though, given that they are both foriegners, why is he "Irishman" and the other guy is the "Indian Migrant"?

Did you even read the story before coming in with your negative sh!t? He was there for a week working...does that make one a migrant now? Kind of ironic you're basically accusing him of thanks whoring when you're doing the exact same here...

Rhys Essien

livinsane wrote: »

The news story makes it sounds like the taxi driver just crawled off a banana boat starving and homeless until a hero Irish guy took him under his wing. Then you read it and you're like, oh the guy has lived there, working, for 14 years. Its definitely a plug for the product! How many people have googled the name to see what it is?

The lad works for EMC.They have 70,000 employees worldwide.I think they have around 3,500 working for them in Cork.I dont think this story is about plugging products.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMC_Corporation

arayess

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

No one is aguing with that.

Maybe if a few people were less quick to jump for the insult, the internet would be a nicer place.

And you know this because?

Funny how it got on Breakingnews.

I apologise for calling you a moanbag.
You are grumpy though

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

some craic with the hoore all day. I decided to bring him along for the laugh. He was great entertainment!I bought him some pizza on the way home. He was delighted with the day out

He sounds like he's talking about a 5 year old child. Bring him along for the laugh? It's another man, not a pet for entertainment.

or a fella he considers a friend now.
no need to carry on the formality with somebody who is a friend.