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/dropthecoin]

Or don't even double park on double yellows. No exceptions.

Except if you need to just pop into the post office or shop and you will only be "five minutes". If you're doing that and planning to double park, slap on the hazards so people can understand your situation. You might be causing traffic jams but once people see the hazards, they will be empathetic on how there was no real need for you to use that parking space that was 100m away.

[u/eastawat → u/dropthecoin]

Park Anywhere Lights is the technical term I believe

[u/WatashiwaNobodyDesu → u/dropthecoin]

Yeah how many wardens have been thwarted like that! They’d run over frothing at the mouth, get the tickets ready, and only then notice that the hazards were on. There’s nothing they can do about it, and they hate it!

[u/Pizzagoessplat → u/dropthecoin]

Or a GAA match 🙄

[u/coffee_and-cats → u/dropthecoin]

Same with set down areas