Incident at Irish Village

Suid-Afrikaner · #1 (**permalink**) 14th August 2008, 08:01 AM

Let me take the time to tell you guys about a shameful event at Irish Village last weekend!
I was out with my boyfriend and 2 of his housemates just for a meal and a few drinks. The evening rather sucked so we left around 22:30. Outside we were passed by a bouncer carrying out a guy who we guessed did 'something'. They got to the gate before us and upon passing the scene this guy was obviously very drunk and was shouting and screaming about being thrown out, with his girlfriend joining in. Then there was this young british guy also joining in, I'm not sure what he had to do with this, and I could see things were getting violent. So I tried to hurry up the guys to get into the car but they were hovering and trying to watch. Eventually got in the car, was about the start it, when i realised only one other person was in the car with me and when I looked back I saw a pack of guys hitting each other, my boyfriend and friend included.
I was so angry at them for going back!

The bouncers pulled everyone apart and the guys came to the car but the young brit followed them and wanted to go again. Shouting obscenities and death-threats and I had to put myself in front of him to stop him coming closer! So the friend got in the car but then my boyfriend was out again negotiating with the bouncers to call the police because the young guy was then hitting and banging on the locked doors to 'kill' our friend inside! Then he took pictures of us and our license plate, waving and smiling us goodbye as we pulled out eventually!
Now how the hell do people act like this (same as how they do in their home-countries I presume - my friends included!) when they knowingly moved to a country with very strict rules on this kind of behaviour! Do they not realise they can get into very serious trouble with the police???? Or do they think they are in invincable!!!!!
I was really shocked and ashamed about the bad name this gives us as expats!

crazymazy1980 · #2 (**permalink**) 14th August 2008, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Suid-Afrikaner

Let me take the time to tell you guys about a shameful event at Irish Village last weekend!
I was out with my boyfriend and 2 of his housemates just for a meal and a few drinks. The evening rather sucked so we left around 22:30. Outside we were passed by a bouncer carrying out a guy who we guessed did 'something'. They got to the gate before us and upon passing the scene this guy was obviously very drunk and was shouting and screaming about being thrown out, with his girlfriend joining in. Then there was this young british guy also joining in, I'm not sure what he had to do with this, and I could see things were getting violent. So I tried to hurry up the guys to get into the car but they were hovering and trying to watch. Eventually got in the car, was about the start it, when i realised only one other person was in the car with me and when I looked back I saw a pack of guys hitting each other, my boyfriend and friend included.
I was so angry at them for going back!

The bouncers pulled everyone apart and the guys came to the car but the young brit followed them and wanted to go again. Shouting obscenities and death-threats and I had to put myself in front of him to stop him coming closer! So the friend got in the car but then my boyfriend was out again negotiating with the bouncers to call the police because the young guy was then hitting and banging on the locked doors to 'kill' our friend inside! Then he took pictures of us and our license plate, waving and smiling us goodbye as we pulled out eventually!
Now how the hell do people act like this (same as how they do in their home-countries I presume - my friends included!) when they knowingly moved to a country with very strict rules on this kind of behaviour! Do they not realise they can get into very serious trouble with the police???? Or do they think they are in invincable!!!!!
I was really shocked and ashamed about the bad name this gives us as expats!

Not good

This is the kind of life I'm trying to move away from. Can only apologise that some of us Brits (hopefully a very small minority) don't know when we've had enough and try to solve all problems with our fists.

Not good at all

Suid-Afrikaner · #3 (**permalink**) 14th August 2008, 12:27 PM

Hi Crazymazy, I wasn't talking about Brits specifically really. Us South Africans are just as quilty of using fists at every opportunity (well, not all of them of course) but it's really immature and annoying! Can only imagine what goes on in their heads to act like that.

Maz25 · #4 (**permalink**) 14th August 2008, 12:39 PM

I personally feel that when you have drunk people around making a fool of themselves, the best thing to do is simply to walk away and leave them to it. Unfortunately, whilst some people simply go off home to sleep off the effects of alcohol, others seem to fancy themselves as some sort of superhero and give others no amount of trouble cause apparently they are brave now and can beat up anyone. Some people will also obviously jump at every opportunity to cause trouble.

I imagine this incident must have been quite distressing but you just need to put it behind you and just move on. It's really not worth losing any sleep over that kind of behaviour. You are right though - in all probability, the bouncer did not get involved because, as you rightly say, he regards expats as being drunks.

hopeful · #5 (**permalink**) 14th August 2008, 01:35 PM

So what really happened then? Did you see why your boyfriend and friend ended up involved in the fight? I know its hard but I agree with Maz, when something kicks off the best thing to do is get away from the agro. Even if you are just watching, as you've experienced its easy to get dragged in and out there if the police got hold of you for being involved, as you've said you'd be in trouble! I'd string him up and tell him if there is a next time to keep well away even if he is just watching because he might not be so lucky.

Shinjuku · #6 (**permalink**) 14th August 2008, 02:26 PM

Luckily they weren't in the UK. Otherwise they'd have had their head smashed in by the bouncers.

hopeful · #7 (**permalink**) 14th August 2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Shinjuku

Luckily they weren't in the UK. Otherwise they'd have had their head smashed in by the bouncers.

lol, shouldn't really but thats sooo right. Different ends of the scale it seems, UAE and UK.

YaGatDatRite · #8 (**permalink**) 14th August 2008, 04:44 PM

A Growth Export for Britain: Boozing

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REcently there was a Fox vid showing how many Brits arrested overseas for "bad behavior"... he he. Spain - 1450 Brits arrested in 2007, US - 2000+ arrests, and even in Greece, Cyprus, and other places.

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