Bobs and racism

[minestrone]

Lets face it, if someone with an Irish accent comes round your door offering work he lives in a caravan and lives a bit of thieving.

[amcdonald]

Got ripped off by travellers before. I am therefore suspicious of random callers with Irish accents even if my bush does need trimming.

I'd never heard of travellers offering brazillians

[vetran]

WMSS

let me see. Personal experience

'Mates' doing cash in hand tarmacking with Travellers.
Though the cash in hand bit is fairly pervasive. So I can't really just blame them, but they did a rubbish job of the Neighbours drive (too thin).
Travellers ripping off relatives, older friends.
Travellers turning up at my House saying my trees need cutting 'because the sap is rising'
Travellers stealing from my front lawn. Police were useless as usual.
Travellers turning up asking to take my rubbish away without a licence.
Travellers moving into hospital and beauty spot car parks leaving a mess that cost my council a fortune to clear up.
Travellers having a flexible view of personal tax, car insurance etc.

of course the reason I don't like Travellers is because I read the Daily Mail.

[mudskipper]

WMSS

let me see. Personal experience

Travellers having a flexible view of personal tax, car insurance etc.

of course the reason I don't like Travellers is because I read the Daily Mail.

Is that personal experience? Have you had a crash involving a traveller?

But the issue is that I assume any Irish accent at the door could be a traveller. If he'd had an English accent I may well have let him scrub my fascias (they need it!)

[cailin maith]

, I just tell them we're renting and they go away quickly.
Works nicely with phonecalls offering crap too.

I do that too

[cailin maith]

Got ripped off by travellers before. I am therefore suspicious of random callers with Irish accents even if my bush does need trimming. I don't feel good about it, but that's the way it is.

Don't feel bad about it - even people WITH Irish accents wouldn't let them tarmac the drive

or trim their bushes.

[vetran]

Is that personal experience? Have you had a crash involving a traveller?

But the issue is that I assume any Irish accent at the door could be a traveller. If he'd had an English accent I may well have let him scrub my fascias (they need it!)

A friend I have known a long time did.

That is true unfortunately, a couple of guys with english accents & with the right paperwork took some waste away for us on a door knock.

I resisted scrubber jokes!

[original PM]

and yeah after watching my big fat pikey wedding/communion etc etc etc

all those programs did was re-enforce my views

[minestrone]

and yeah after watching my big fat pikey wedding/communion etc etc etc

all those programs did was re-enforce my views

The view that you watch tulip TV?

[original PM]

The view that you watch tulip TV?

indeed - although I should say the 5 minutes I watched in disbelief before turning off the TV and going out to do something less boring instead re-enforced my views.