gfs phone was stolen on O'Connells street phone

blinkey 101

if she had drop box on her iPhone and auto upload photos was turned on
maybe the scumbags that stole it took a few selfies .

she could then check her drop box on pc or iPad see if any pic have been uploaded of these scumbags ,

Holsten

cournioni wrote: »

What I find incredible is the amount of people that are willing to accept this as something that "happens" and try to find faults in the way the victim went about their day with their possessions.

This type of behaviour should not be accepted or normalised under any circumstances and any scumbag who mugs somebody else should be the focus of all wrong doing. I don't care what background they have come from or what they are addicted to, it does not excuse their actions.

Of course it shouldn't, but as it stands right now it is.

Why is open drug dealing/public drinking/public disorder allowed around this area?! That's the problem.

Temaz

cournioni wrote: »

What I find incredible is the amount of people that are willing to accept this as something that "happens" and try to find faults in the way the victim went about their day with their possessions.

This type of behaviour should not be accepted or normalised under any circumstances and any scumbag who mugs somebody else should be the focus of all wrong doing. I don't care what background they have come from or what they are addicted to, it does not excuse their actions.

It's very normal, just a part of life. No biggie

SamAK

Holsten wrote: »

Why is open drug dealing/public drinking/public disorder allowed around this area?! That's the problem.

If you can think up a fix-all way of dealing with all these things, get onto the guards or your local TD...i'm sure they'd love to hear from you.

You could ban alcohol 100%, and it still wouldn't fix the issues. The ONLY way to stop these things happening is to make the streets of Dublin completely inaccessible to humans. All of them, banned.

Seeing as this is a ridiculous idea, maybe you should re-think your comment a lil' bit

FizzleSticks

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SamAK

FizzleSticks wrote: »

I should just take what you've said as a joke of course but something tells me you don't think social problems can be tackled in an area. There are plenty of strategies, getting them agreed upon and having the man power to enforce them and implementing the restructuring of an area takes a long time.

Of course they can be tackled, but the tone of the quote I was referring to somehow made it sound a little bit too simple.

i.e - "Why is open drug dealing/public drinking/public disorder allowed around this area?! That's the problem."

To me, it sounds like the poster is saying, "well, if we didn't ALLOW these things to happen, all would be well"

I'm saying - it's not that simple! It's not just a case of prohibiting something and seeing all the problems go away.

Drug dealing/public drinking/ public disorder is all prohibited, it's not allowed, and it still happens.

Miss Mayhem

Hope your girlfriend is okay. She's lucky she didn't get hurt. I hate Town. There's too many scumbags hanging around town. Does she have the 'find my phone' app? A guy I know got his phone back using it after it was stolen.

6781

This happened to a mates GF too two years ago. He ran after the young lad only to have a knife pulled on him. Happened on a busy street during the day.

MonaPizza

king_of_inismac wrote: »

My gf just called me to say her new iPhone (a gift from her dad at christmas) had been stolen from her hand on OConnell street tonight.

She's a really caring generous person, and despite her Cry's for help, she was ignored.

I live the other side of the country but hate to see her so upset. Have an old spare phone here until I can get a second hand Iphone for her. I'm leaving here at 5am so I can meet her before work.

She's so upset and its hard to be away from her tonight. Maybe if she were more assertive/confident this wouldn't happen, but her caring nature is what I love about her most.

Whoever did this, it was a very low act and I hope you know you've caused an awful lot of pain and upset to someone who always tries to help others in her life.

I'm not sure if Karma exists, but in this case I hope its shared particularly fairly.

Life is hard sometimes...

Lesson. An iPhone like various other things, e.g. a purse, a wallet, a gold necklace, are valuable things that can and will be stolen from you. I have a laptop that I use for all kinds of sh!t. I have a phone that a beggar wouldn't steal. I use the phone in the street for calling, texting etc.

While your girlfriend might be gentle and caring, she also seems naive. Would she take out her purse and go sifting through it in the middle of the street to find a business card or whatnot? Maybe. But most people with half a brain would find a quiet protected spot to do so. Likewise with a 600 euro iPhone.....you don't need to swan around in the middle of a street checking facebook or some other crap.
Having said that.....you do know that iPhones have a GPS tracker on them? Was hers turned on so that the police could easily locate the thief?

If not.......even MORE naive!

MonaPizza

Damien360 wrote: »

I was in Milan 2 years ago and tourists were using their iPhones and iPads to take pictures. The locals used their phones without fear.

Why is it that ireland has such a massive problem with petty theft. If you used your phone in a Main Street anywhere in ireland and had it stolen you would be labelled a gob****e.

The cops in Milan were visible and took no crap.

Ever been to Naples?

Count your fingers after shaking someone's hand in that city.

ronn

I've been on o Connell street a few times this week around 8o clock, the amout of scum hanging around outside clearys is unbelievable, there's about 20 to 30 lads and girls standing watching people and god knows what else there doing.

I'm 6ft and stocky but waited till I got over o Connell bridge to make a call.