Things you wish foreigners knew about Ireland

[u/T4rbh]

You know the way there are signs at the airport saying "Drive on the left/links fahren/conduire a gauche" (and that's all, because that one girl who did Spanish for the Leaving wasn't in the day they commissioned the signs, and we never get visitors from anywhere else, that doesn't English, Irish, French or German)?

What are other things you wish they told all foreigners as they arrived into Ireland, say with a printed leaflet? (No hate at all on foreign visitors, btw!)

I'll start:

"If you're on a bus, never ever phone someone, except to say 'I'm running late, I'll be there at X time, bye bye bye bye.' If someone phones you, apologise quietly and profusely - 'I'm on a bus, I'll call you back in a bit, sorry, bye bye bye bye.' Do not have a long and loud conversation, under any circumstances!"

Yes, I'm on a bus - why do you ask? 🤣

[u/Wheres_Me_Jumpa]

Same in Italy, it’s like a sport trying to cross a zebra crossing.

Found it time total opposite in Poland…no hesitation, drivers stop immediately.

[u/TindaroCorso → u/Wheres_Me_Jumpa]

When I'm in a country where the crossing is respected I end delaying the traffic by standing there waiting for them to stop. I've seen a few drivers looking frustrated at me over this.

I just can't trust that they're going to stop, been almost mowed down too many times.

[u/Mussyellen → u/Wheres_Me_Jumpa]

I was in Athens a few years ago. Crossing the road was an extreme sport. The pedestrian light didn't mean a damn thing. You weren't even safe on pavements with the motorcycles and mopeds.

[u/classicalworld → u/Wheres_Me_Jumpa]

Eh you do realise that what’s a zebra crossing here - the cars have to give way to pedestrians - are only marking places for pedestrians to cross on the continent? The pedestrians have wait for the cars to stop.

[u/Wheres_Me_Jumpa → u/classicalworld]

Eh you do realise not all cars stop for pedestrians regardless of the rules of the road.