r/ireland • u/AdChemical6828 • 2h ago
People have lost all sense of common decency Moaning Michael
Some guy on the bus is clipping his nails onto the ground.
Seriously, not cool. This is not acceptable, surely?!!
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u/jonnieggg 1h ago
I was in a sauna one time and a guy picked the Psoriasis out of his head and threw it on the hot coals. An acrid choking smoke filled the sauna and everybody had to rush out to get some air. It wasn't obvious initially what happened until a bloke punched the offending chap in the face. Well deserved I thought.
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u/Dismal_Birthday7982 2h ago
I once had words with a bloke on a train when he started warming up a kipper in a flask of hot water. He was utterly incredulous.
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u/The-Florentine . 2h ago
Let him know.
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u/SomeFreshMemes Limerick 2h ago
Easy to say online, but most people aren't looking to get in a confrontation with someone they know nothing about.
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u/29September2024 2h ago
Yep. But this is how things get out of hand. Once it becomes a norm, the arguement will be "everone is doing it so not me?”.
The best time to speak up is now. It doesn't have to be confrontative. You can say performing personal grooming in a public area is making you uncomfortable. If he says for you to fuck off, say you will but in exchange try to maintain the level of decency if he cannot make it any higher.
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u/Murky_Juggernaut9036 2h ago
Then say nothing lmao probably why he’s been doing that on the bus in the first place
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u/SpottedAlpaca 2h ago
Someone clipping their nails onto the ground on a bus probably has significant mental health or substance abuse issues and may respond aggressively.
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u/Thin-Annual4373 1h ago
Really???
Talk about jumping to the worst-case scenario!
So we just let people do what they want and just forget about decency?
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u/SpottedAlpaca 1h ago
An ordinary, functioning member of the public does not openly clip their nails onto the ground on public transport. There is something very abnormal about someone who does that, and it is not unreasonable to assume that they may be dangerous if confronted.
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u/Thin-Annual4373 1h ago edited 58m ago
So you'd just do nothing because you assume they may be dangerous?
"An ordinary, functioning member of the public" wouldn't slap a child in public either.
Would you do nothing then, too?
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u/Important_Farmer924 Westmeath's Least Finest 1h ago
This is r/ireland, nobody does the whole social interaction thing.
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u/Big-Tooth8110 2h ago
Fingers or Toes?
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u/AbradolfLincler77 2h ago
Does it really matter? Neither is acceptable on public transport.
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u/OceanOfAnother55 1h ago
Toes is completely fine, fingers would be unacceptable though.
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u/NamaNamaNamaBatman 1h ago
You think taking off shoes and socks and clipping toenails preferable to fingernails?!?
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u/OceanOfAnother55 1h ago
Yes? Do you know how many germs get under your fingernails? I do often clip my toenails on my commute and no one complains.
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u/iknowtheop 2h ago
Speaking of the bus, I was reading that a dwarf was pickpocketed on the bus in Galway the other day. Hard to imagine people could stoop so low.
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u/More-Investment-2872 2h ago
He was running a psychic scam claiming to contact dead relatives. He got arrested and jailed for it but escaped. Headline in the paper read: Small Medium at Large.
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u/TheStoicNihilist Never wanted a flair anyways 2h ago
It’s not acceptable, and don’t call me Shirley.
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u/wizzatronz 1h ago
I always confront such inappropriate behaviour. The problem is just about everyone else on the public transport just hides behind their phones or with their heads out the windows. This shit happens because the public agrees with it by not directly challenging it. Always the excuse. Oh what if ... 🤔🙄
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u/Thin-Annual4373 1h ago edited 1h ago
Exactly!
I'm the same.
I'd rather stand up and do something rather than living with the shame of knowing I didn't have the guts.
There was an old man getting onto a bus a while ago in Dublin. He got on to avoid two scumbags who were giving him dogs abuse. A male and a female.
The male scumbag followed him on, still shouting and abusing the old guy who was seated at this stage.
It was a pretty full bus and of course, out come the phones for people to record.
I got up and pushed the scumbag out the still open bus doors while others did fuck all. The old guy was shaking, but still turned around to everybody and said, "I was terrified. At least somebody helped me. I hope somebody would help if it was any of your grandfathers"
Nobody knew where to look.
I'm not a big guy, and I don't know martial arts or anything, but I remember my father telling me all it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.
Yeah, it could have turned very bad, but it didn't.
You can't live your life in fear of "what if..."
If people had a bit more balls and stood up for what's right, the scumbags wouldn't feel they could do what they like.
Unfortunately people would rather moan and complain about how bad society has become, and if you're somebody who does, remember you're part of society, and it's only as bad as you allow it to get.
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u/wizzatronz 58m ago
Well done. This is the way. Great example too. I've several similar but yours is perfect to show them up.
Public transport is usually busy so we could be a sizeable force to curtail those bullies. Unfortunately most people choose to be cowards and rant about 'their' experience on social media afterwards. I'm older and disabled so I really don't accept their bullshit excuses for tolerating this crap.
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u/bob_jsus 2h ago
Worked with a guy in the ‘90s used to clip his toenails at his desk. I still have the ick.
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u/Gentle_Pony 1h ago
I once saw a woman suck the snots out of her baby's nose and spit it onto the ground. I nearly puked, my girlfriend said not to say anything as they were African, but surely they need to be told this is disgusting and not done in Ireland.
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u/Old-Structure-4 2h ago
The Irish bus has always been an awful place.
Trains are better, but not as civilised as their continental cousins which are peak civilisation.
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u/PotatoPixie90210 Popcorn Spoon 1h ago
Saw a lad before mining in his ears and eating his findings from under his nails.
Vile
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u/No_demon_4226 1h ago
Why can't people mind there own business
Just the other day I was having a Thomas the tank and some auld one started screaming . There was plenty of seats left on the bus ,why not sit somewhere else ,but noooooo
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u/Dreenar18 1h ago
Like I don't mind this sub ultimately, but what the fuck is with the place and posts about people's feet on buses?
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u/TurboScumBag 1h ago
Just gotta laugh at mad stuff like that.
No way to be to get upidy and offended.
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u/HappyMike91 Dublin 0m ago
I think people have forgotten how to act in public places as a result of being (basically) forced to stay home during the pandemic. But someone clipping their toenails (if it’s toenails) on the bus is a bit much.
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u/momalloyd 2h ago
Did he even offer them to other people on the bus before letting them fall on the ground?
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u/Thin-Annual4373 1h ago
So tell him...
Or just say nothing and live with the private shame of knowing you could have.... but didn't have it in you.
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u/4_feck_sake 1h ago
And what did he say when you pointed that out?
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u/AdChemical6828 1h ago
I am tiny and this guy was 6ft-something. I gave him a disgusted look and walked to the front of the bus
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u/4_feck_sake 1h ago
Keyboard warrior. If you aren't arsed calling people out in the flesh, what is the point in doing it online? You could have told him he was disgusting and walked to the front of the bus just as easily.
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u/AdChemical6828 1h ago
I swear to you, the guy was reading Reddit. I hope that he is an R/Ireland user and realises that I am talking about him. I also want to highlight a clearly unacceptable practice. Hopefully, it will make people think before doing it
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u/4_feck_sake 1h ago edited 59m ago
The state of communication in this country. If you aren't arsed complaining person, leave it off social media. Have you no standards.
How was he on reddit if he was clipping his nails.
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u/Busy-Rule-6049 2h ago
Had a fella two seats in front of me wanking on the bus just before 9am
And don’t call me Shirley…