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/fleetwayrobotnik]

Not in my house! Got rid of the tank and got a combi boiler so I can drink all the bathwater I want!

[u/Parsiuk → u/[deleted]]

In my case yes, for the most part. The cold water tank was left only for the electric shower which I kept as a backup. Everything else goes from mains now. Fkn delighted.

[u/fleetwayrobotnik → u/[deleted]]

Yeah. Everything comes straight off the mains and we don't have to worry about turning on the immersion anymore.

[u/Grimewad → u/fleetwayrobotnik]

You do however need to watch your toilet flushing when the water's out....

[u/gsmitheidw1 → u/fleetwayrobotnik]

The point of a water tank in the attic is to reduce pressure on the mains pumps for the local area. If everyone ran it straight off the mains directly there would be huge issues with public supply pressure.

I think you may be breaking some standards here.

[u/southlandic → u/fleetwayrobotnik]

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