Gypsy Begger with 2 bouncers

james123

Hey

I wanted to do something nice for the missus so got up early to make breakfast. Went over to tesco in drumcondra. Pulled up in the car park on the side and there was a Gypsy begger getting into a sleeping bag,well dressed mind you. Then two burly gypsy bouncers ( better dressed than I was with little red cups) were pacing up and down the footpath checking in every couple of seconds with the main attraction. Peeping around the corner looking quite intimidating.
She then proceeded to ask me for money after I saw all this going on, told her to feck off and said to ask her cronies ,who then came back and pretty much surrounded me. I just raised my voice and pushed my way past them.
This really irritated me, with the state the country is in you have people like this ripping off innocent taxpayers. Also what if i was a pensioner or someone who would be intimidated by this, you would feel forced to pay them money.

:mad:

chin_grin

And you left without calling the guards, why?

El Weirdo

chin_grin wrote: »

And you left without calling the guards, why?

Duh. He had to get home to tell the internet.

Standman

Maybe it was the fact that you told her to feck off when she asked you for money. You were the one in the wrong.

Phill Ewinn

They know well what would hhappen to them back home for this. Some pissed up police would just beat them up, take their money and drop them off down the road.

Easy pickings over here.

dodderangler

Next time just take a deep breath tilt ya head back and just scream this word
RAAAAAAAAPE

hondasam

chin_grin wrote: »

And you left without calling the guards, why?

How do you know he did not call the guards?

CardBordWindow

There's a guy in Waterford who every night of the weekend hangs around all the clubs in grubby clothes selling roses. I've seen him during the week wearing a suit on the way to work!

Poor Uncle Tom

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

They know well what would hhappen to them back home for this. Some pissed up police would just beat them up, take their money and drop them off down the road.

Easy pickings over here.

Ah, here now!

There's no call for that.....:mad:

The Gardai in Blanchardstown are the same as in Drumcondra....:p

hondasam

Standman wrote: »

Maybe it was the fact that you told her to feck off when she asked you for money. You were the one in the wrong.

Fair play to him for standing up to them too many people feel obliged to give them money. They should feck off and beg in their own country.

Nodin

james123 wrote: »

..........
This really irritated me, with the state the country is in you have people like this ripping off innocent taxpayers. .........

What happened to "innocent people"?

El Weirdo

hondasam wrote: »

Fair play to him for standing up to them too many people feel obliged to give them money.

And many others just ignore them and walk on. I really don't see how it's that difficult.

james123

chin_grin wrote: »

And you left without calling the guards, why?

Guards have been called

howardmarks

CardBordWindow wrote: »

There's a guy in Waterford who every night of the weekend hangs around all the clubs in grubby clothes selling roses. I've seen him during the week wearing a suit on the way to work!

That's a good business idea. He should go on dragons den seeking 1 million euro for 5% of his company.

Jester252

Jesus most of the times the bounce what to keep you away from they place of business.

Madam_X

Laughing at the intro - "I was in Tesco Drumcondra car park early this morning when I saw..." would have sufficed. Tranna get the ladies of Boards to fancy ya?

Fromthetrees

A 'beggar' came up to me about a year ago while I was talking to a friend, he started saying 'give me money, my child will die, my child has leukemia, I want money now, he will die' ect. ect. We just ignored him for as long as we could but he wouldn't stop asking, I looked at him and I could see he had four or five gold teeth, I said you could sell your teeth for a start, he got very nasty then and started saying '**** you, **** you', I just smiled at him, . He went off down the road and we saw him doing the same routine with another group of people, these kind of people really piss my off. :mad:

candy-gal1

hondasam wrote: »

Fair play to him for standing up to them too many people feel obliged to give them money. They should feck off and beg in their own country.

+1 there

If we were to go over to there country and do the same, im pretty sure it wouldnt be tolerated, to say the very least!
Soft touch of the irish, letting them in and now they wont leave, seems there are a lot less about than a year or two ago but maybe thats just me ignoring them :P:pac:

Ive no problem with beggars etc, these things happen and all, but you can usually see the genuine ones most of the time tbh.

hondasam

El Weirdo wrote: »

And many others just ignore them and walk on. I really don't see how it's that difficult.

Some people find it difficult to ignore them perhaps they feel sorry for them especially if they have a child with them.
personally I have no problem what so ever ignoring them and walking past.

3ndahalfof6

dodderangler wrote: »

Next time just take a deep breath tilt ya head back and just scream this word
RAAAAAAAAPE

Tommy Tiernan just jumped into me head, get out ya bastard.

The vampires wont be lettin this shiit go on for long,

howardmarks

This situation just beggars belief

El Weirdo

candy-gal1 wrote: »

+1 there

If we were to go over to there country and do the same, im pretty sure it wouldnt be tolerated, to say the very least!

Which country would that be now?

candy-gal1 wrote: »

Ive no problem with beggars etc...

Just as long as they're Irish, eh?

Stereomaniac

LMFAO. As someone said earlier, you can usually see the genuine ones. I give to those ones.

chin_grin

El Weirdo wrote: »

Duh. He had to get home to tell the internet.

<gasp> Of course! :pac:

hondasam wrote: »

How do you know he did not call the guards?

Because that's a detail you don't really omit from an opening post.

james123 wrote: »

Guards have been called

Nice one.

james123

chin_grin wrote: »

<gasp> Of course! :pac:



Because that's a detail you don't really omit from an opening post.



Nice one.

Are there rules to writing opening posts. Did I miss that session, please god someone fill me in, before anyone else gets hurt!!

candy-gal1

El Weirdo wrote: »

Which country would that be now?



Just as long as they're Irish, eh?

Well, i assumed when i saw gypsies in the OPs post and some posts after that, they were of the Roma variety since we seem to be almost overrun with them over irish beggars/gypsies especially in the city centre, but apologies if i was wrong.

the majority of the time yes.
excluding junkies looking for "spare change buuudddd" etc etc :pac: then imho the most genuine beggars are mostly of the irish.

Teyla Emmagan

james123 wrote: »

She then proceeded to ask me for money after I saw all this going on, told her to feck off and said to ask her cronies ,who then came back and pretty much surrounded me. I just raised my voice and pushed my way past them.

I hope you didn't actually say this to her. No wonder her cronies got belligerent. You were lucky you didn't get a slap.

chin_grin

james123 wrote: »

Are there rules to writing opening posts. Did I miss that session, please god someone fill me in, before anyone else gets hurt!!

Less of the lip boy.

You left it out therefore I suggested you do something that I didn't know you already did.

CarrickMcJoe

CardBordWindow wrote: »

There's a guy in Waterford who every night of the weekend hangs around all the clubs in grubby clothes selling roses. I've seen him during the week wearing a suit on the way to work!

Is this the guy?

james123

I said it to both

This is an organised crime gang which is part of a larger network and should be stamped out.

Augmerson

I very rarely, very rarely, give spare change to anyone begging. I know, I'm a bit of a prick, but it's very hard to see the genuine cases from the scammers. The Roma I don't like at all, but then it's hardly fun what they do. Some of them get forced to beg for money, and they themselves don't get it. It's some kind of Mafia.

kupus

El Weirdo wrote: »

Which country would that be now?

Just as long as they're Irish, eh?

Irish ones do not go around in gangs and then give their proceeds to the boss man at the top who is usually driving a bmw/merc by the way.
A little offering never ends with these scam artists. And they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law for fraud and tax evasion.

crazygeryy

Augmerson wrote: »

I very rarely, very rarely, give spare change to anyone begging. I know, I'm a bit of a prick, but it's very hard to see the genuine cases from the scammers. The Roma I don't like at all, but then it's hardly fun what they do. Some of them get forced to beg for money, and they themselves don't get it. It's some kind of Mafia.

don't say that about yourself, you are not a prick.
Any chance youd lend me a tenner?

twinytwo

james123 wrote: »

Hey

I wanted to do something nice for the missus so got up early to make breakfast. Went over to tesco in drumcondra. Pulled up in the car park on the side and there was a Gypsy begger getting into a sleeping bag,well dressed mind you. Then two burly gypsy bouncers ( better dressed than I was with little red cups) were pacing up and down the footpath checking in every couple of seconds with the main attraction. Peeping around the corner looking quite intimidating.
She then proceeded to ask me for money after I saw all this going on, told her to feck off and said to ask her cronies ,who then came back and pretty much surrounded me. I just raised my voice and pushed my way past them.
This really irritated me, with the state the country is in you have people like this ripping off innocent taxpayers. Also what if i was a pensioner or someone who would be intimidated by this, you would feel forced to pay them money.

:mad:

this reminds me of coming home from college one day these **** come out washing windows on cars and everyone is telling them to **** off. They thrown some dirty water on the window and come looking for money. So they come down to this audi and the driver tells them to go away and yor man keeps at the windows so the driver finally tells him to **** off. Which leds to said window washer throwing a huge kicked into the drivers door.

Driver gets out and gives the washer and his two buddies an absoulte hiding. I mean he battered the 3 of them.

Sadly they had him done for assault.

lookitsme

its simple to avoid this ever happening again OP. don't bother doing anything nice for the misses again. let her get up and make her own breakfast.

shopaholic01

I know this is annoying, but the poor woman is probably more intimidated by the 'two cronies', and has no choice but to do this.

tmc86

What did you end up making the missus for breakfast?

irishgeo

james123 wrote: »

I said it to both

This is an organised crime gang which is part of a larger network and should be stamped out.

The BBC did an interesting documentary on it in London, followed them around in London while begging with children and then followed them back to Romania where they all live in huge mansions.

Oranage2

irishgeo wrote: »

The BBC did an interesting documentary on it in London, followed them around in London while begging with children and then followed them back to Romania where they all live in huge mansions.

Saw that documentary also, it said somebody would beg for 15 years and the retire to a palace in Romania.

They'd also have housing estates that are all palaces too. Other shocking stuff was selling virgin girls as brides at the age of 12-14.

Mind not all have a palaces.

Madam_X

Huge mansions? As in, 10 bedroomed kinda gaffs?

Chuck Stone

They should make it an offence to give beggars money.

People are dumb





Including me

lookitsme

tmc86 wrote: »

What did you end up making the missus for breakfast?

i would like if someone me breakfast.

nothing to fancy, maybe a nice mixed grill with freshly squeezed orange juice with some freshly made pain au chocolate or fresh waffles with irish strawberries and sweetened cream and a nice mug of tea.

livinonaprayer

I give them money sometimes, but other times I feel that they are just professional beggars. I try to give the Irish ones money sometimes but they shout a lot of incoherent, mumbo jumbo and I tend to run off before they have a chance to physically assault me! In all seriousness though, there are beggars on the streets who literally don't have a pot to piss in, and I think it's alright to help people who genuinely need help, especially if you've got an extra couple of quid in your pocket.

My pet hate is people walking to the pub and happen upon a beggar before saying "Ah they'll only drink the money"

Mickey H

lookitsme wrote: »

i would like if someone me breakfast.

nothing to fancy, maybe a nice mixed grill with freshly squeezed orange juice with some freshly made pain au chocolate or fresh waffles with irish strawberries and sweetened cream and a nice mug of tea.

Bowl of Museli. Final offer. Take it or leave it.

arybvtcw0eolkf

james123 wrote: »

She then proceeded to ask me for money after I saw all this going on, told her to feck off and said to ask her cronies ,who then came back and pretty much surrounded me. I just raised my voice and pushed my way past them.

That was (if it really happened) a stupid course of action to take.

El Weirdo wrote: »

And many others just ignore them and walk on. I really don't see how it's that difficult.

This is what the OP, or anyone else should do in that situation rather than antagonize a potentially aggressive person.

Telling someone to "feck off" or "Fvck off" is like prodding a bloody bomb, leave the situation alone and walk on.

lookitsme

Mickey H wrote: »

Bowl of Museli. Final offer. Take it or leave it.

would there be any treats in it like berries, bits of banana, m&m's or just plain auld skittles

Oranage2

livinonaprayer wrote: »

I give them money sometimes, but other times I feel that they are just professional beggars. I try to give the Irish ones money sometimes but they shout a lot of incoherent, mumbo jumbo and I tend to run off before they have a chance to physically assault me! In all seriousness though, there are beggars on the streets who literally don't have a pot to piss in, and I think it's alright to help people who genuinely need help, especially if you've got an extra couple of quid in your pocket.

My pet hate is people walking to the pub and happen upon a beggar before saying "Ah they'll only drink the money"

I've never seen a beggar (Irish or non irish) in desperate need of a meal. To be honest I dont believe there is a beggar in Ireland begging for food. it's all drink/drugs, metal illnesses or just being parasites and by giving them money you're not helping them.

ejmaztec

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Is this the guy?

It couldn't have been him, he's an innocent tax-payer.

tayto lover

Beggars in Dublin ???
Find that very hard to believe.

mathepac

El Weirdo wrote: »

Duh. He had to get home to tell the internet.

But them internet arrest warrants is good - the are enforceable in all virtual countries using virtual policemans, there's virtually no end to their powers.

Augmerson

crazygeryy wrote: »

don't say that about yourself, you are not a prick.
Any chance youd lend me a tenner?

Sorry mate I'll get you on the way back.