Rudest people in an occupation

**Peadar** · 10/08/2004, 4:14 PM

Originally Posted by Metrostars

In the end the missing money was put back and we all moved to the BOI, telling everyone else we knew to do so too.

Don't really thing they're too much better though.
AIB make me sick with they're attitude.
Over �600m profit in the first 6 months of this year and they think they're too big to treat their customers with a bit of respect.
We're the ones with proper jobs, not pushing some figures around a computer screen to cover up our corruption.
Had a call from someone in AMEX today about changing my address.
Couldn't have been more polite and helpful.
I think they're actually BofI staff but either way they were excellent.
If the ISEQ didn't depend so heavily on AIB I'd wish for them to collapse!

**corkharps** · 10/08/2004, 4:18 PM

10) Shop Stewarts

**born 2b a rebel** · 10/08/2004, 4:42 PM

11. The homeless man at the end of my street that seems to have moved into one of my neighbour's bushes(ya know what I mean!), that insists on shouting abuse at us everytime we venture past him and proposed to my sister this morning...

**brendy_�ire** · 10/08/2004, 4:48 PM

Lads, at the end of the day all these people are just trying to make a living out of their monotonous jobs. Is it any surprise they're so annoying? It's when they're annoying outside of work ye can call them prats.

**corkharps** · 10/08/2004, 4:54 PM

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

Lads, at the end of the day all these people are just trying to make a living out of their monotonous jobs. Is it any surprise they're so annoying? It's when they're annoying outside of work ye can call them prats.

Hey Bendy, youre a prat!

**blobbyblob** · 10/08/2004, 4:55 PM

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

Lads, at the end of the day all these people are just trying to make a living out of their monotonous jobs. Is it any surprise they're so annoying? It's when they're annoying outside of work ye can call them prats.

Which one are you Brendy?

**Schumi** · 10/08/2004, 5:03 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Is it compulsory to be racist before getting a taxi plate in Dublin?

As far as I know, yeah. You also have to be a lapsed Rovers fan who stopped going when they left Milltown.

**corkharps** · 10/08/2004, 5:04 PM

Originally Posted by Schumi

As far as I know, yeah. You also have to be a lapsed Rovers fan who stopped going when they left Milltown.

And go to Cork every year for the Jazz!!

**Pat O' Banton** · 10/08/2004, 5:08 PM

Do have to say that Brendy does have a point here, I used to work for Sainsbury's (checkout, shopfloor etc.) and have to say that even on days that you went out of your way to be nice to people, the amount of arrogence and rudeness exibited by the customers just wore you down.

Indeed remember having a discussion with several people who have to work with the public and each and everyone commented the same thing, that the amount of abuse, and rudeness just makes you get to the stage where you just don't care anymore.

**blobbyblob** · 10/08/2004, 5:13 PM

Originally Posted by Pat O' Banton

Do have to say that Brendy does have a point here, I used to work for Sainsbury's (checkout, shopfloor etc.) and have to say that even on days that you went out of your way to be nice to people, the amount of arrogence and rudeness exibited by the customers just wore you down.

Indeed remember having a discussion with several people who have to work with the public and each and everyone commented the same thing, that the amount of abuse, and rudeness just makes you get to the stage where you just don't care anymore.

No excuse. If you cant take it, get out. Ive worked in various realms of the service industry for 10+ years and obviously you do come across rude/impatient/disgruntled customers but thats no reason to pay it back to the next customer.

**Pat O' Banton** · 10/08/2004, 5:23 PM

'fraid I'm never going to agree with you here, as I pointed out it gets to the stage where you find it difficult to show politness to virtually anyone as you knew that on regular basis when you do you will recieve at best indifference. Don't know if anyone noticed that I didn't care anymore as I was just robotic about my job.
Secondly everyone got to earn money and as a student there wasn't a hell of alot of choice but to work with the public as these offered the only suitable hours. So the get out choice wasn't really an option.

**Pablo** · 10/08/2004, 8:45 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Bar staff. Some of them can be absolutely great, chatting away with the customers, being attentive etc. Some of them (particularly in Dublin's 'trendier' bars) can be rude *****s who should be yanked over the counter by their ties and given a few digs every now and again to remind them who is paying their wages. Did it myself to pay my way through uni., and I know that the average drunk Irish guy can be a pain in the hole, but you're paid to be nice and serve them drink, not to roll the eyes and pretend not to hear and stand at the furthest end of the bar and stay there on the moblie phone and then give the wrong change...

ha ha bad night out Connor?

**De Town** · 10/08/2004, 8:48 PM

12) any sort of shop workers - think they're something they're not.

13) Hairdressers - ignorant b@st@rds

**Pauro 76** · 11/08/2004, 8:34 AM

14) Ill add door-to-door salesmen to that one! I was one last year in Edinburgh, and you really have to be a fake smiley b@stard to get money off the poor souls who answer the door.... Felt guilty even making a sale, too damn nice for that job i was....

**the 12 th man** · 11/08/2004, 8:38 AM

Originally Posted by PAURO 7

14) fake smiley b@stard to get money off the poor souls who answer the door.... Felt guilty even making a sale, too damn nice for that job i was....

selling those "geniune" davinci paintings will always do that to yeh

**Peadar** · 11/08/2004, 8:41 AM

Originally Posted by Schumi

You also have to be a lapsed Rovers fan who stopped going when they left Milltown.

Isn't it astonishing how many give you that line?
I'm not joking, it must be 1 in 10 taxi drivers in Dublin.

**green goblin** · 11/08/2004, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by DE TOWN

13) Hairdressers - ignorant b@st@rds

Ignorant of what, exactly? If they're ignorant of the basics of how to do a trim at the front, grade 4 at the back and sides, fair enough. But I don't find them to be rude, as much as bored out of their brains and desperate for someone to talk to- even if that means talking to people who they don't want to talk to.
Saying that, I once had a perfectly servicable cut from a racist b*stard who gave me this dreadful rant on the laziness of asians. I really wanted to walk out, but I'm ashamed to say I didn't want to look like I'd had half me head shaved for charity and so sat there and let him get on with it. It was a transitional summer, when I swapped the Sean Ryder baggy look for the Noel Gallagher Mod-revival crop. Truly, vanity is a sin.

**De Town** · 11/08/2004, 1:13 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

In fairness, most at your average corner shop are fine. Or even in the larger stores, they're usually okay. It's the ones in high street stores or places like Brown Thomas that almost look down at you that are really painful. Listen hon, I know your bosses are charging me more than Tescos, but you're still doing the same job as a cashier there so don't think you **** diamonds just because the place smells of Chanel No. 5 and you've got make-up on...

There the sort of ones i meant, should have worded it better

Originally Posted by green goblin

Ignorant of what, exactly? If they're ignorant of the basics of how to do a trim at the front, grade 4 at the back and sides, fair enough. But I don't find them to be rude, as much as bored out of their brains and desperate for someone to talk to- even if that means talking to people who they don't want to talk to.

a lot of hairdressers wont bother talking to you. they just think that because they have the hair standing in 40 different directions and are mutton dressed as lamb that they are something.

**Macy** · 11/08/2004, 1:19 PM

Originally Posted by DE TOWN

a lot of hairdressers wont bother talking to you. they just think that because they have the hair standing in 40 different directions and are mutton dressed as lamb that they are something.

P�sses me off that they won't shut the f�ck up. I want a haircut, not to know what you got up to last weekend, or talk to you about where I'm going on holiday....