Blowing off steam - The Rant Thread

[crank_case]

O'Leary is a genius to be able to treat his customers with such sheer and utter contempt. I cannot think of any other business that does this and be as successful as RA
They're my airline of last resort

Funny thing is there's often someone jumping to his defence that he made flights cheaper, which was probably inevitable with EU deregulation anyway, someone was going to fill that southwest model niche eventually, and that was near enough 30 years ago now. I don't think anyone gets to ride those laurels for eternity.

[Padrio]

O'Leary is a genius to be able to treat his customers with such sheer and utter contempt. I cannot think of any other business that does this and be as successful as RA
They're my airline of last resort

[crank_case]

To be honest, if it wasn't for a family related thing, I'd be perfectly happy ain't gettin on no plane fool BA Barracus stylee, though more because of the endless stupidity that's airports and airlines and not fear of aviation related death. I'd get on a plane piloted by Murdock if it meant not having do deal with this.

So ..Yeah, not a frequent flyer, but it's weird we tolerate this when everything else moves more toward convenience in the digital age, airlines have used digitization to make it harder..

Download the app, hop on one leg, stick a chicken up your nose... it'd be like the lyrics to that spitting image novelty hit and amusing if it wasn't such a PITA in real life.

[Cold]

You should really get priority boarding so you get to stand outside the plane for 30 mins waiting for them to clean it. It’s that extra bit of premium that is worth paying for.

[deltona]

It ain't bad, but agree that if you're not doing it regularly it's a little off-putting trying to figure it all out at first glance.

The one thing to watch for with any Ryanair flight is to 100% ensure you check in online or using the app the day before. If you arrive at the airport to check a bag or just don't check yourself in online at least 2 hours before flight time they'll charge you €55 to check you in and print a boarding pass. I've not been stung, but quite a few people have. Some desk staff are sound and will work around it, but there's no point in running the risk.

[crank_case]

Feck Ryanair and turning every flight booking into an ever changing puzzle as to what is/not included and baggage arithmetic and stuff.

In before Flet tell me how he has it all figured out, I DON'T CARE, I can't be dealing with this needless crap just because I need to go to an airport only serviced Micky O'Leeeeery

[Traco]

It's the max plated weight on the trailer that counts not what it weighs when empty.

[Type17]

It's a three-axle trailer, which generally implies a MAM of 3,000 or 3,500Kg, so unlikely to be usable on a B licence.

[Roarsbaby]

This made my day, I see this carry on way to often

I hear you, I do too. But is that trailer more than 750KG?

Category B	You can tow a trailer where: MAM1 no greater than 750 kg and/or MAM1 of trailer exceeds 750 kg but the MAM1 of the vehicle and trailer combined does not exceed 3,500 kg. Note: As a general rule a category B licence does not allow you to tow a horsebox or livestock trailer transporting animals

Source:
https://www.ndls.ie/about/cars-and-t...-a-car-licence

[crank_case]

Still not as bad a crime as the Garda Traffic Twitter...

I'm amazed the Minister for Justice hasn't just taken their keyboard away at this stage.

[Mike205]

This made my day, I see this carry on way to often

[hi-rev]

I do not disagree with you. There needs to be a steady hand to guide kids, and hopefully it is parents, but if that does not work, then a firmer hand must be there for the "or else".

Just for the record, my childhood was not a dance on roses; the area I grew up in Scandinavia is on the official "ghetto" list, but with my parents, god bless them, we got out of there.
Many (most) others did not.
So, yes I know it is not easy to do, but in those days, just like in Mike's case, the police and the authorities in general, was not something you fooled around with.
Misbehaving kids were driven home by the police for a chat. Teachers could summon the police for trouble at school (and there was a school "policeman" (not a real school policeman, just a liaison school-police teacher I guess, but us kids thought he was!))
If kids make too much "trouble" of fights, vandalism etc. the parents would get fined. If they still kept on, it would be a case for the juvenile court and the parents could risk the kids being sent to an institution or guardians.

In the last few years, the various velvet gloves of socialist governments (MHO) have allowed too much laissez faire, which has allowed crime in poor (immigrant) areas to go out of control but the base is/was there.

[Murakami]

And the parents can be there and trying to control their kids, but the situation around them is stronger than they are. Neighbours by me had this issue. Two well behaved kids who did well and then the youngest who was beyond control, smashed their house up repeatedly. Cops involved repeatedly. They moved before I ever saw it resolved.

Family situations are complicated and it’s always easy to judge from the outside. All these efforts to blame parents or dehumanise the people involved doesn’t help solve the situation. It confirms to many that they’re not worth the effort as it’s their own fault they find themselves in this position.

And I’m not denying there’s some degree of fault at that level, but it’ll only get worse if everyone else gives up on them.

And again, this isn’t an argument that they just need pats on the back, there needs to be repercussions for this anti-social behaviour but punishment alone is not the cure.

[hi-rev]

..and if the parents are not there, then it is a case for either the child protection services, or the police force.

In other countries, parents can be fined and in extreme cases, kids can be removed by the authorities.
Yes, there are problems in other countries, but these countries have problems that much bigger than Ireland.
Ireland should be able to solve its relatively small problem, but does not.

[fez]

I'm pretty sure most of the European countries have better functioning Police force which is able to deal with 15 years old kids. Obviously there are other problems but if Gardai cannot even deal with this there is no hope they can help us with other more serious matters.

Most of EU countries have proper Riot Gear squad, or simply would send 2 vans full of guys with batons and a water cannon for good matter.



What else you suggest to do when kids are throwing bricks at Gardai or throught Fire truck windows? Politely ask them to stop?

When I was teenager one of my "friends" shouted some abuse at passing Police car (This was in Poland when I grew up). Police car stopped and 2 guys jumped out with batons, I didn't even move as I didn't say anything wrong but every single one got beating with these batons, they didn't say anything just gave us good few slaps and I had thick black marks all over for weeks after. This particular experience had an affect on me and my stupid teenage friends. We never dared to repeat this stupid task because we were simply afraid the beating / or even worse - prison cell or parents finding out. After this we had as you might call it "respect" to Police force and we didn't absolutely not want to mess with them. Now imagine we didn't got that beating as kids and Police would just roll down the window and politely ask us to stop or ignore us... we would learn nothing, we would mess with them for eternity going further and further and testing waters. Of course some would never learn but I am giving you an example from my life which worked on me.

I think the difference here is that you were afraid your parents would find out, that’s not the case in these situations, the parents don’t care or aren’t there