Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
Aug 12th 2012 | 2:32 am
#61
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
There certainly is. We have one person in our office whose nasty racist comments (towards poms, Irish, Kiwis and Philippinos) have been reported more than once yet the bosses don't want to rock the boat by doing more than having "a quick word".
I also got my first taste of it fairly recently, being singled out for racist abuse via a widespread email from senior management. The excuse - from my similarly horrified manager? "that staff member is under a bit of pressure in his personal life" Bully for him, that describes most of us. That was in May, still waiting for the apology.
I also got my first taste of it fairly recently, being singled out for racist abuse via a widespread email from senior management. The excuse - from my similarly horrified manager? "that staff member is under a bit of pressure in his personal life" Bully for him, that describes most of us. That was in May, still waiting for the apology.
Aug 12th 2012 | 7:38 am
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
Quoting, and some context, does make conversation easier 
I'm trying to decipher the OP's connection between their original post about Irish trouble in Australia and their next post about trouble for a family in Ireland. Stuff that could happen anywhere, and the connection with one random event and trouble in Australia and point of it all is a bit lost on me but maybe I'm dim.
I'm trying to decipher the OP's connection between their original post about Irish trouble in Australia and their next post about trouble for a family in Ireland. Stuff that could happen anywhere, and the connection with one random event and trouble in Australia and point of it all is a bit lost on me but maybe I'm dim.
Conversation ebbs and flows.Not always on-topic.
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Aug 12th 2012 | 8:58 am
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
Stay off the glue, it's making you an idiot.
Aug 12th 2012 | 10:39 am
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
Is is true Cuthbert Rizla starts leading threads disguised as genuine factual questions just to big up his/her own country?
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Aug 12th 2012 | 3:56 pm
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nooo, "high tolerance of that rubbish"! Didn't help that you edited your post halfway through my reply 
Aug 12th 2012 | 3:58 pm
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Aug 12th 2012 | 7:53 pm
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Aug 12th 2012 | 10:04 pm
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Aug 12th 2012 | 11:32 pm
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
So...are these sorts of statements okay around here, then?
Aug 12th 2012 | 11:47 pm
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Aug 13th 2012 | 3:56 pm
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
I think this one has died a natural death. Say night night everyone. Night night.
