Reply to: Bobs and racism

[amcdonald]

We've got French travellers around here!

Merde!

No cheese eating surrender monkey is cleaning my facsias.

P.S. wtf is a fascia? Is it sommat to do with fuschias?

They tried to rip off someone I know

They're going round engineering companies, offering tool sharpening services (fnar fnar)

Then they come back with massively overinflated invoice, and want it paid in cash

[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.

[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]

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

all those programs did was re-enforce my views

[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!

[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.

[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

[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!)

[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.

[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

[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.

[mudskipper]

Yes, if you base your decision on his accent. Might not be overt but it's racist - or at least discriminatory - nonetheless.

From this thread and others I get the distinct impression that CUK has more than it's fair share of Daily Mail sympathisers. Or maybe it's just that they're the opinionated people who post the most.

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.

Probably most of the 'racist' comments on CUK come from a bad experience not from the Daily Mail. When that experience is backed up by other similar experiences with persons of the same race, or DM stereotypes, the prejudice is more likely to stick.

[Bunk]

What if the bloke who knocks on your door...

Ahem

I am the one who knocks

[rhubarb]

What if the bloke who knocks on your door offering to clean your fascias has an Irish accent? Would it make any difference to whether you asked for a quote or not? Is that racist?

No. I wouldn't allow anyone randomly knocking on my door to quote.
IF anyone knocks on my door offering a new drive, windows etc, I just tell them we're renting and they go away quickly.
Works nicely with phonecalls offering crap too.

[aoxomoxoa]

What if the bloke who knocks on your door offering to clean your fascias has an Irish accent? Would it make any difference to whether you asked for a quote or not? Is that racist?

Yes, if you base your decision on his accent. Might not be overt but it's racist - or at least discriminatory - nonetheless.

From this thread and others I get the distinct impression that CUK has more than it's fair share of Daily Mail sympathisers. Or maybe it's just that they're the opinionated people who post the most.