Bit of a dense question. You only get in trouble with them if you’re selling and not if you’re trying to buy right?
They are always looking at peoples hands too.
Feck and I didn’t even know I was a Guard. Suppose it explains why I’m late for everything I guess
/r/repostsleuthbot
Needs more superdry
Ghastly bastards
Love samba runners. Thought air max would be a dealers choice?
There was at least one in Cork back in the 00’s and there was no way you’d pick him out. He’d long curly hair tied in a bun and a scraggly “knacker fluff” beard. Wore ripped jeans, converse and an old German army jacket. It came as such a shock to see this lad with an MP5 tucked into his jacket outside the top gate into UCC one morning that it’s seared into my memory. Literally thought he was a gunman until I clocked another two across the road dressed as above and so obviously Gardai they may as well just have worn the uniform.The guys they send into concerts might stick out but they’ve got some undercovers in the NSU you’d never suspect.
Actual undercover Gardaí are more subtle. Also, don’t wander around smoking joints or snorting coke and you’ll be grand.
Missing Northern Face – always have some of that gear on, hoodies especially. Think school teacher on a school tour, casual smart.
Just ask any people you meet to say “vehicle” before you share your hard earned drugs with them.
You never see them outside Moore Street when people are selling the fake/cheap cigarettes.
Unopened cans as well. An easy tell
“Right lads, just give us what you have on yous and we can deal with it here, otherwise we’ll take yous back to the tent and strip search you”
Been searched by them myself at EP, not fun at all, especially when you actually hadn’t done anything wrong at all. I remember staggering to the Blue Bus for food one Saturday morning, absolutely hanging, and just seeing some utterly deflated young lad leading two clear-as-day undercovers back to his tent. Poor bastard must have got shtung bad.
I’ve worked at Welfare tents at a few festivals in different countries, some providing drug testing and have seen more than twice some undercover shade wearing[ this exact T-shirt](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/QJsAAOSwF1dUPp8U/s-l500.gif). They must get a deal on them through their uniform supplier.
Don’t sully the Samba’s like that, they’re eternally ‘not unfashionable’ and they’re fucking comfy!
Question: what’s the legality of taking our your phone and just taking photos/videos of them? Seems like the best way to fuck with undercovers out in public is to just start recording them without saying a word or otherwise engaging them. It’s a public space so not a violation of privacy, don’t see how they can stop you without either blowing their cover or doing something unlawful themselves.
Forgot the billabong hoodie..
At life festival years ago in the searing heat there was 4 undercovers walking around with the shades and billabong hoodies you could see them a mile off and they refused to take them off
Everyone else could barely wear a t-shirt
I could still see he beads of sweat a mile off
I’ve always had a conspiracy theory that they deliberately put easy to spot undercover guards so you don’t see the actual undercover ones.
The new garda uniforms sure are something
So here’s my EP story.
We just got past getting the bracelet and there was this long “corridor” for want of a better word. 1 side was a wall made from big plywood boards. This female “junkie” was hanging around bothering people heading in. She was dressed like something out of a cheezy zombie movie. She started hassling this lad, that looked totally harmless. Next thing, the wall opens up, she grabs the guy and tells him he’s under arrest. 2 uniformed guards grab him in and the wall closes back up. Cunt.
Later, we’re at the rave in the woods. Several uniformed guards standing around not bothering anyone. No exaggeration, there were lads sitting right next to them chopping out lines on their phones. Absolutely zero fucks given.
Watch out for dodgy security company staff up at the rave in the woods. A mate got stopped by some English geezer security guard. It was clear he wanted a bribe.
Had one just walk up to me in a shirt and jeans and ask if I was selling cocaine or knew where to buy some, for no reason. I said no and he just said alright and walked off
Do they not all wear identical steel-toed shoes in Ireland? In the US, that’s a key giveaway
Leds, have ye got any Ronaldos for sale?
Ah com’on Adidas Sambas are great on the dancefloor…….
Grippy enough to keep you upright but slippy enough to spin, slide and whatever else you throw into the mix….
Good dancing traction on em …..
Feckin guards ruin everything 👎I’m gonna let Addidas know what’s going on here…
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Bit of a dense question. You only get in trouble with them if you’re selling and not if you’re trying to buy right?
They are always looking at peoples hands too.
Feck and I didn’t even know I was a Guard. Suppose it explains why I’m late for everything I guess
/r/repostsleuthbot
Needs more superdry
Ghastly bastards
Love samba runners. Thought air max would be a dealers choice?
There was at least one in Cork back in the 00’s and there was no way you’d pick him out. He’d long curly hair tied in a bun and a scraggly “knacker fluff” beard. Wore ripped jeans, converse and an old German army jacket. It came as such a shock to see this lad with an MP5 tucked into his jacket outside the top gate into UCC one morning that it’s seared into my memory. Literally thought he was a gunman until I clocked another two across the road dressed as above and so obviously Gardai they may as well just have worn the uniform.The guys they send into concerts might stick out but they’ve got some undercovers in the NSU you’d never suspect.
Actual undercover Gardaí are more subtle. Also, don’t wander around smoking joints or snorting coke and you’ll be grand.
Missing Northern Face – always have some of that gear on, hoodies especially. Think school teacher on a school tour, casual smart.
Just ask any people you meet to say “vehicle” before you share your hard earned drugs with them.
You never see them outside Moore Street when people are selling the fake/cheap cigarettes.
Unopened cans as well. An easy tell
“Right lads, just give us what you have on yous and we can deal with it here, otherwise we’ll take yous back to the tent and strip search you”
Been searched by them myself at EP, not fun at all, especially when you actually hadn’t done anything wrong at all. I remember staggering to the Blue Bus for food one Saturday morning, absolutely hanging, and just seeing some utterly deflated young lad leading two clear-as-day undercovers back to his tent. Poor bastard must have got shtung bad.
I’ve worked at Welfare tents at a few festivals in different countries, some providing drug testing and have seen more than twice some undercover shade wearing[ this exact T-shirt](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/QJsAAOSwF1dUPp8U/s-l500.gif). They must get a deal on them through their uniform supplier.
Don’t sully the Samba’s like that, they’re eternally ‘not unfashionable’ and they’re fucking comfy!
Question: what’s the legality of taking our your phone and just taking photos/videos of them? Seems like the best way to fuck with undercovers out in public is to just start recording them without saying a word or otherwise engaging them. It’s a public space so not a violation of privacy, don’t see how they can stop you without either blowing their cover or doing something unlawful themselves.
Forgot the billabong hoodie..
At life festival years ago in the searing heat there was 4 undercovers walking around with the shades and billabong hoodies you could see them a mile off and they refused to take them off
Everyone else could barely wear a t-shirt
I could still see he beads of sweat a mile off
I’ve always had a conspiracy theory that they deliberately put easy to spot undercover guards so you don’t see the actual undercover ones.
The new garda uniforms sure are something
So here’s my EP story.
We just got past getting the bracelet and there was this long “corridor” for want of a better word. 1 side was a wall made from big plywood boards. This female “junkie” was hanging around bothering people heading in. She was dressed like something out of a cheezy zombie movie. She started hassling this lad, that looked totally harmless. Next thing, the wall opens up, she grabs the guy and tells him he’s under arrest. 2 uniformed guards grab him in and the wall closes back up. Cunt.
Later, we’re at the rave in the woods. Several uniformed guards standing around not bothering anyone. No exaggeration, there were lads sitting right next to them chopping out lines on their phones. Absolutely zero fucks given.
Watch out for dodgy security company staff up at the rave in the woods. A mate got stopped by some English geezer security guard. It was clear he wanted a bribe.
Had one just walk up to me in a shirt and jeans and ask if I was selling cocaine or knew where to buy some, for no reason. I said no and he just said alright and walked off
Do they not all wear identical steel-toed shoes in Ireland? In the US, that’s a key giveaway
Leds, have ye got any Ronaldos for sale?
Ah com’on Adidas Sambas are great on the dancefloor…….
Grippy enough to keep you upright but slippy enough to spin, slide and whatever else you throw into the mix….
Good dancing traction on em …..
Feckin guards ruin everything 👎I’m gonna let Addidas know what’s going on here…