Travellers

[mondatoo]

I cannot stand the ones who knock on my door and offer to service my drive , offer gardening services , offer to do the guttering , offering Safestye type services etc etc.

Has anybody on here paid for any sort of gypsies service ? If not is there anybody who would be happy to use the services of a gypsies?

I know that my views sound anti gypsy , which they are , but it is based on my experience of them over the years and i would say i disliked probably 90% of the ones I've met. Saying that I'm sure there are ones who are pleasant and the total opposite to the ones in my area.

I can't stand ignorant,racist and prejudice people.

[boldie]

I cannot stand the ones who knock on my door and offer to service my drive , offer gardening services , offer to do the guttering , offering Safestye type services etc etc.

Has anybody on here paid for any sort of gypsies service ? If not is there anybody who would be happy to use the services of a gypsies?

I know that my views sound anti gypsy , which they are , but it is based on my experience of them over the years and i would say i disliked probably 90% of the ones I've met. Saying that I'm sure there are ones who are pleasant and the total opposite to the ones in my area.

I don't buy anything from anyone who comes to my door. Would have nothing to do with whether they are Gypsies or not.

I dislike the Travellers that has completely destroyed some of the Telecomms sites we are currently working on. £10k worth of damage so they could get £75 worth of copper. VWP, you bunch of thieving bastards.

Having said that, I also hate the neds that damaged a site recently and caused £5k worth of damage because "They were bored".

Oh and the "respectable" middle-class white pillocks that protested against Vodafone being tax-dodgers by setting fire to 5 Telecomms sites (none of which were Voda sites). I hate those ignorant do-gooders as well.

Good and bad to be found in every society. I don't know many Gypsies. In fact, I don't know any other than Mr and Mrs Red who are two of the nicest people I have ever come across.

As for disliking 90% of any race/culture of people you've ever some across. Yeah, I have the same...mainly because 90% of people are knobs, you're kind off proving my point there, nothing to do with what race they are.

[Acidmouse]

I watched the TV shows and the travellers in general didn't come off great. Not sure if it was because of the editing, but there seemed a sway of threats to village locals who dared complain they were doing stuff illegally i.e building houses/structures without seeking permission first. To dismiss threats of killing someone as a joke does not wash we me.

Did you see both programs Acidmouse?
"Travellers" was on tuesday 19th at 12pm,   "The big gipsy eviction" was on thursday at about 10:30.
I just wondered because I thought the first one was a good, well rounded program, actualy following the men and women (rather than silly mouthy teens and old ladies with obvious "issues" god bless her) as they went about their daily lives.
I think it showed some of the huge differences between the seperate groups the media, and most people on the street lump together and call Gypsys, and it did state at the very clearly at the start of the program that the people shown were Scotch Travellers, then stuck to that term throughout, whereas the other program was called "gipsy eviction" even though every last one of them were Irish Travellers, they even had the Irish flag flying over site!
The makers of this program obviously knew the difference, but chose to keep saying Gyspy to try to tie in with the B.F.G.W. programs, once again abusing their positions and adding to the confusion and problems we face everyday without a second thought.

How typical, and what a shame that they chose to show the more educational (even to me, I dont know many Scotch Travellers) honest program at midnight, and the sensationalist, anger provoking show straight after the news when more people would see it.

I just watched the first show and thought it was excellent, fair and showed how the whole community live. Unlike the evicted crap that I kinda guessed was naughty editing and basically crap tv that has a negative effect on people's perceptions of travellers.

[brolove]

I don't buy anything from anyone who comes to my door. Would have nothing to do with whether they are Gypsies or not.

Whys that then ? Door to door is a valid route to market.

i do Door to Door for BskyB, I don't hide anything from customers, i am fully CRB checked every 6 months and get lots and lots of referals from existing customers who i have signed up on the door.

So why wouldn't you sign up with a door to door person ?

[AndrewT]

I don't buy anything from anyone who comes to my door. Would have nothing to do with whether they are Gypsies or not.

Whys that then ? Door to door is a valid route to market.

i do Door to Door for BskyB, I don't hide anything from customers, i am fully CRB checked every 6 months and get lots and lots of referals from existing customers who i have signed up on the door.

So why wouldn't you sign up with a door to door person ?

If I want to buy something, I'll go to a shop. That's what they're for.

If I'm sat at home, I'm not looking to buy anything, so don't pester me.

[Jon MW]

I don't buy anything from anyone who comes to my door. Would have nothing to do with whether they are Gypsies or not.

Whys that then ? Door to door is a valid route to market.

i do Door to Door for BskyB, I don't hide anything from customers, i am fully CRB checked every 6 months and get lots and lots of referals from existing customers who i have signed up on the door.

So why wouldn't you sign up with a door to door person ?

If I want to buy something, I'll go to a shop. That's what they're for.

If I'm sat at home, I'm not looking to buy anything, so don't pester me.

Same here about never buying anything door to door, if I want something I'll look up the alternatives and go and buy it - by definition a door to door salesman therefore won't have anything I want.

[boldie]

I don't buy anything from anyone who comes to my door. Would have nothing to do with whether they are Gypsies or not.

Whys that then ? Door to door is a valid route to market.

i do Door to Door for BskyB, I don't hide anything from customers, i am fully CRB checked every 6 months and get lots and lots of referals from existing customers who i have signed up on the door.

So why wouldn't you sign up with a door to door person ?

If I want to buy something, I'll go to a shop. That's what they're for.

If I'm sat at home, I'm not looking to buy anything, so don't pester me.

Same here about never buying anything door to door, if I want something I'll look up the alternatives and go and buy it - by definition a door to door salesman therefore won't have anything I want.

Indeed, I am not saying that door to door sales people are all crooks...I just don't want anything they're selling because, if I did, I would already have bought it.

[AndrewT]

In fact, the one thing that I wouldn't mind door-to-door salesmen selling would be those signs which say 'No door-to-door salesmen' because that would be the one thing I'd need right then.

[Geo the Sarge]

I don't buy anything from anyone who comes to my door. Would have nothing to do with whether they are Gypsies or not.

Whys that then ? Door to door is a valid route to market.

i do Door to Door for BskyB, I don't hide anything from customers, i am fully CRB checked every 6 months and get lots and lots of referals from existing customers who i have signed up on the door.

So why wouldn't you sign up with a door to door person ?

If I want to buy something, I'll go to a shop. That's what they're for.

If I'm sat at home, I'm not looking to buy anything, so don't pester me.

This and going by the attitudes of some on the thread, by association you are linked to News International so gtfo

 

Geo

[smashedagain]

i am just  about to watch Tyson Fury fight. A nicer guy in boxing you are gonna struggle to find and he is a traveller. His dad John fought in the 80's but is now serving an 11 year jail sentance for gouging a mans eye out. good and bad in all walks of life and most certainly not like father like son

[Woodsey]

I don't buy anything from anyone who comes to my door. Would have nothing to do with whether they are Gypsies or not.

Whys that then ? Door to door is a valid route to market.

i do Door to Door for BskyB, I don't hide anything from customers, i am fully CRB checked every 6 months and get lots and lots of referals from existing customers who i have signed up on the door.

So why wouldn't you sign up with a door to door person ?

If I want to buy something, I'll go to a shop. That's what they're for.

If I'm sat at home, I'm not looking to buy anything, so don't pester me.

+1 Who the fuck to invited them knock on my door?

[mouth]

Just to revert back to an earlier point, can I correct one small point?

All scousers are thieves. That's all.

[smashedagain]

Just to revert back to an earlier point, can I correct one small point?

All scousers are thieves. That's all.

but they are only called thieves if they get caught

[boldie]

Just to revert back to an earlier point, can I correct one small point?

All scousers are thieves. That's all.

but they are only called thieves if they get caught

Obviously, if they're not caught thieving they're benefit scroungers

[smashedagain]

Just to revert back to an earlier point, can I correct one small point?

All scousers are thieves. That's all.

but they are only called thieves if they get caught

Obviously, if they're not caught thieving they're benefit scroungers

you need your own show lol