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Big Fat Gypsy Weddings? How?
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My own hard working children could never afford the lifestyle of the travellers depicted in the programme, yet it is politically incorrect to assume the beneficiaries of the travelling lifestyle are in any way dishonest. So, what gives? Do you have any informed comments to make on the gypsy financial fluidity?
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There's one family of 'settled' travellers at our local primary. He deals with scrap (but I am 'friends' with them over another issue - it doesn't harm to have them on your side rather than against you). The children are dressed a certain way though - I can't work out where they get their clothes from though.
They appear to know every Scam going.A lot of them will nick anything,that"s not nailed down.My experiences of "Travellers",is that if they want something from you,they will ask,and ask,until they have pestered the life out of you..under those circumstances,many people would succumb...And most of these "Gypsies",pay no taxes..small wonder that most are awash with cash!
Do any of you realise that if you simply knock for scrap you can easily earn a grand a day?
If it's a gypsy doing it it's appalling, disgraceful, shouldn't be allowed, if some middle class twit whose never done a hard days work in their lives does it it's called recycling.
People's abilities to jump to conclusions, assume the worst and otherwsie show their ignorance never ceases to amaze me.
If it's a gypsy doing it it's appalling, disgraceful, shouldn't be allowed, if some middle class twit whose never done a hard days work in their lives does it it's called recycling.
People's abilities to jump to conclusions, assume the worst and otherwsie show their ignorance never ceases to amaze me.
Just try and be a bit more fair minded, you can't generalise in the way people seem happy to do about travellers. Since you're clearly so good at remembering my posts you might also remember that I've had physical fights with two travellers and run ins with others as well over the years. The point of this post however was not ' Are they good, are they bad?' but rather where do they get their money from and I was simply pointing out that you can EARN ( not steal EARN) a grand a day by simply knocking for scrap. Doesn't take a genius to work out how much that could amount to in a very short space of time.
Nox is right to point out that tarring them all with the same brush is wrong, but I think he misses the point of all of the anecdotal evidence to suggest scamming and dishonesty.
Too many people have negative experiences of their contacts with travellers, so like I said earlier, some investigative reporting would be welcome.
Too many people have negative experiences of their contacts with travellers, so like I said earlier, some investigative reporting would be welcome.
