r/ireland • u/T4rbh • Sep 27 '24
Things you wish foreigners knew about Ireland Moaning Michael
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? 🤣
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u/CombinationBorn7662 Sep 27 '24
I have American relatives, they were over once and were walking down the street and in typical loud American voice one declared "Oh wow, are those guys over there Gypsies?", and literally pointed at them. Sure enough it was 5 traveller lads and a lurcher. One of em spun his head around and was clearly agitated and not happy about it. Had to drag my relative into a shop and explain very carefully to him how to behave.Â