Free food and Coffee for the Gardai in some establishments.

Turner

K-9 wrote: »

Thread is on its last legs. That's the end of bringing in a box of chocolates to teachers at the end of the school year apparently.

This was an utterly stupid thread. 100% anti Garda.

All Emergency Service Personnel get discounted coffee in some petrol stations. If people have a problem with it make a complaint to the relevant petrol stations.

Why do some people offer a cup of tea to Emergency Service Workers??

Some old granny's give a cup of tea to Gardai they see walking past their house, or who call in to make sure they are ok and have actually talked to somebody that week.

If there is a house fire in an estate the odd time somebody brings a tray full of cups of tea to the firemen putting out the fire.

One weekend when I was working with a mountain rescue team searching for a presumed suicide victim and we met in a pub car park, guess what?

The landlord invited us all in for a hot cup of tea... on the house!!!!

Shock horror.

All those people are looking out for themselves....The country is corrupt from the bottom up! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

patwicklow

Well i would not begrudge them a coffee and a snack they work hard enough dealing with all sorts this day and age one tough job

DwightSchrute1

some people seem to have no common sense at all. how can you compare a Garda getting a cup of coffee to a politician receiving a brown envelope. do you think a Gardai would abuse their authority for a cup of coffee?

steddyeddy

Turner wrote: »

This was an utterly stupid thread. 100% anti Garda.

All Emergency Service Personnel get discounted coffee in some petrol stations. If people have a problem with it make a complaint to the relevant petrol stations.

Why do some people offer a cup of tea to Emergency Service Workers??

Some old granny's give a cup of tea to Gardai they see walking past their house, or who call in to make sure they are ok and have actually talked to somebody that week.

If there is a house fire in an estate the odd time somebody brings a tray full of cups of tea to the firemen putting out the fire.

One weekend when I was working with a mountain rescue team searching for a presumed suicide victim and we met in a pub car park, guess what?

The landlord invited us all in for a hot cup of tea... on the house!!!!

Shock horror.

All those people are looking out for themselves....The country is corrupt from the bottom up! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

In fairness I havent seen it happen. I dont particualry have a problem with it but I do see a problem with unconditional respect been shown to any group in society. That in itself causes problems.

Japer

DwightSchrute1 wrote: »

. do you think a Gardai would abuse their authority for a cup of coffee?

Just one cup of coffee and a snack bar per day could be worth 600 - 700 euro a year. Get stopped by the Garda on the way home from the pub slightly over....ah sure off home with ye.....a bit over the speed limit, a verbal warning....no seat belt, never noticed;)
Would you bite the hand that fed ye? No, thought not.
Some planners have been influenced for less.

awec

Japer wrote: »

Just one cup of coffee and a snack bar per day could be worth 600 - 700 euro a year. Get stopped by the Garda on the way home from the pub slightly over....ah sure off home with ye.....a bit over the speed limit, a verbal warning....no seat belt, never noticed;)
Would you bite the hand that fed ye? No, thought not.
Some planners have been influenced for less.

I am willing to bet that people don't get away with drink driving, speeding or no seatbelt just because someone got a free coffee.

K-9

Japer wrote: »

yes me, me and everyone else who does not get the free coffee / booze / meals / brown envelopes.

Must throw in a €500 note in the box of chocolates to those teachers, and here ends this this thread.