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Went into a bookies today

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  • 21-08-2019 6:38pm
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    BDI
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    I entered a bookies in a very upmarket part of Dublin with a work colleague today. My god how sad it was. There was a few machines in the corner, a foreign looking lad and an Irish/Western European looking lad. The Irish looking lad was scratching his forehead when he got up there was a chunk of skin missing where he had scratched off. No messing. Neither looked like they were having any fun but their money was as good as anyone’s.
    There were another few loser looking men about the place. Sleazy looking wasters. There was also one or two people with building site clothes on, maybe on lunch. I left and waited outside.

    I’m fairly getting on now but it seems all the young lads in work think this is the coolest pastime going. My work friend didn’t seem to see the same sight I seen in there.

    I work with lads on big money who never have a washer who bet as a past time.
    They bum smokes all the time off the other smokers. They look older than the drinkers.

    Why is it so fashionable what can be done?


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    Crock Rock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 616 ✭✭✭Crock Rock


    Huh?


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    Fart
    Registered Users Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭Fart


    Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.


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    declanflynn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,159 ✭✭✭declanflynn


    It's a hobby, must hobbies don't even give u the chance of winning a few euros, chance of an injury alrite


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    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    The worst thing about watching football matches these days is seeing that fat headed wanker Ray Winstone urging desperate people to throw their money down the toilet with his mockney 'oo 'aw ya banter bollocks.


    Gambling commercials should have gone the way of booze and fag ads a long time ago.


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    1o059k7ewrqj3n
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭1o059k7ewrqj3n


    Looking down on and judging others still a popular pastime I see.


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    adox
    Registered Users Posts: 19,017 ✭✭✭✭adox


    Hard to read or make sense of.


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    [Deleted User]
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    BDI wrote: »
    Why is it so fashionable what can be done?

    Comma to think of it, your query is pointless.


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    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,183 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    adox wrote: »
    Hard to read or make sense of.

    It sounds very lower class!


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    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,526 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Woke Hogan wrote: »
    The worst thing about watching football matches these days is seeing that fat headed wanker Ray Winstone urging desperate people to throw their money down the toilet with his mockney 'oo 'aw ya banter bollocks.


    Gambling commercials should have gone the way of booze and fag ads a long time ago.

    You “cant”!

    The tide is turning…



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    UrbanFret
    Registered Users Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭UrbanFret


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    It sounds very lower class!

    None of the ops business what they choose to do with their cash. "What can be done"seriously?


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    Thespoofer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,051 ✭✭✭Thespoofer


    'There was also one or two people with building site clothes on'

    Ha, look at you, with your fancy pants...


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    jcorr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭jcorr


    BDI wrote: »
    I entered a bookies in a very upmarket part of Dublin with a work colleague today. My god how sad it was. There was a few machines in the corner, a foreign looking lad and an Irish/Western European looking lad. The Irish looking lad was scratching his forehead when he got up there was a chunk of skin missing where he had scratched off. No messing. Neither looked like they were having any fun but their money was as good as anyone’s.
    There were another few loser looking men about the place. Sleazy looking wasters. There was also one or two people with building site clothes on, maybe on lunch. I left and waited outside.

    I’m fairly getting on now but it seems all the young lads in work think this is the coolest pastime going. My work friend didn’t seem to see the same sight I seen in there.

    I work with lads on big money who never have a washer who bet as a past time.
    They bum smokes all the time off the other smokers. They look older than the drinkers.

    Why is it so fashionable what can be done?

    It's a bookie's not a fashion show. If you want something easy on the eye go to Brown Thomas. Hahaha


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    Force Carrier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Force Carrier


    Sorry you lost your bet today OP.


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    corsav6
    Registered Users Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭corsav6


    Fu#k me lads I was in the bookies today minding my own business and in comes this posh twat looking down his nose at everyone and judging them. Then he went outside and hung around the door like a bad smell judging everyone who passed. What can be done?


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    Tammy!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭Tammy!


    I wouldn't know what they're like op. Ive been barred since I was two.

    My dad likes to put on a bet. He doesn't smoke and was never a big drinker. Drinks maybe 4 times a year max and doesn't spend too much on betting.

    Anyway when I was two, we were in the shop and he decided he really needed to do this bet so he took me in with him and held me while I was sat up on the counter. I picked up a load of dockets and threw them all over the place.

    When the fella who worked there came over to help tidy them up, apparently he pointed at me and said 'youre barred' and I've never gone into one since :)


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    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,465 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    BDI wrote: »
    I entered a bookies in a very upmarket part of Dublin with a work colleague today.

    In SoCoDo we call them Turf Accountants, thank you very much


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    The smell, will always remember the smell....


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    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,183 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Couldn't you have just got a coffee or tea OP?


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    somesoldiers
    Registered Users Posts: 13,845 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    Only time I go in the bookies is if am heading for a pint & forgot to bring a pen for the crossword


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,408 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    Couldn't you have just got a coffee or tea OP?


    Do they have free coffee in bookies?
    Fifty cents bet,free coffee,score.


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    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,526 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    I remember the girl in charge of the lotto, thankless job, in my old place heard that the bookies across the street did their own take on the lotto and in this one the “pay outs” were smaller but the chances of winning much higher.

    She convinced everyone in the syndicate that this would be a better “investment” and went over and picked the numbers and placed the bet.

    When she came around the next week looking for the money I asked if we were doing the National lottery or her “bookies” one. Her face dropped and she said she didn’t want to do the bookies one. Said it was an awful, the place was awful, the punters were awful, and it an, altogether, awful experience and we were going back to the “normal” lotto.

    No one really cared but this was in a fairly nice part of town but stick a bookies beside a pub and you’re going to get a crowd like that. Awful.

    The tide is turning…



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    Dial Hard
    Registered Users Posts: 13,378 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    They're fairly dismal places, in fairness to our suspiciously new and prolific OP.

    One of the regular posters in Cries of Retail whose name currently escapes me used to work in one. Sounded fcuking horrendous.


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    mynamejeff
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,315 ✭✭✭mynamejeff


    I frequent the bookies once or at most twice a week for a flutter on the horses , i know before i go in there how much im going to bet and almost never watch the races in the shop. i generally win more than i lose but not by a lot, i wouldn't say i have a problem, its a fairly harmless hobby , certainly less harmful and costly as some other hobby's

    I have been in there in everything from a suit to gym gear what ever is convenient to me.

    I can only think of a few time ive been in when the same two guys weren't there. Its like they live there , and in the evening there would be a big pile of betting slips (losers) in front of them , no jobs no Mrs no kids rarely see them with drink on them, just betting

    weirdly they dont even seem to talk to each other.

    It can seem very depressing in there on a quite day but i dont hang around


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    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    I've never been in one but i wouldn't mind trying that new thing of betting on a couple lotto numbers for the craic


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    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,183 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    I remember the girl in charge of the lotto, thankless job, in my old place heard that the bookies across the street did their own take on the lotto and in this one the “pay outs” were smaller but the chances of winning much higher.

    She convinced everyone in the syndicate that this would be a better “investment” and went over and picked the numbers and placed the bet.

    When she came around the next week looking for the money I asked if we were doing the National lottery or her “bookies” one. Her face dropped and she said she didn’t want to do the bookies one. Said it was an awful, the place was awful, the punters were awful, and it an, altogether, awful experience and we were going back to the “normal” lotto.

    No one really cared but this was in a fairly nice part of town but stick a bookies beside a pub and you’re going to get a crowd like that. Awful.

    I'd say she was just a tad sensitive!


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    BDI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    Thinking back now there was a fella who looked abit like a skinny begby from train spotting trying to look hard eyeballing around the place.

    Only really noticing him now 8 or so hours after I was in there. Probably still in there.


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    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,526 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I'd say she was just a tad sensitive!

    She just wasn’t expecting the place to be so “grim”. Most of us have been inside a bookies but maybe they’re just a different breed in certain areas.

    This girl was no “shrinking violet” but I think the sight, and smell, of a few of the clientele just took her by surprise.

    The tide is turning…



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    LuasSimon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭LuasSimon


    Huge amount of problem gamblers in this country some who frequent shops and others on their phones , all gambling advertising should be banned as there are many people who can’t resist betting their last tenner or worse again their family’s last tenner...


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    county
    Registered Users Posts: 6,800 ✭✭✭county


    Before the smoking ban the bookies just smelt of fags,now you get to smell everything and everyone,not pleasant.


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    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,183 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    BDI wrote: »
    Why is it so fashionable what can be done?

    When I reread your post I noticed the question at the end of it.
    All that can done is for you to toughen up.
    It's a bookies not a vegan eco cafe!


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