r/ireland • u/ambitiouslemur • Mar 25 '24
We did it Reddit?
KFC sign being taken down from front of apartment windows on O Connell today.
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u/LucyVialli Mar 25 '24
Would love to find out how this crazy situation was allowed to happen though, who is responsible. I mean, wtf?!
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u/TheStoicNihilist Never wanted a flair anyways Mar 25 '24
Project manager never sought permission. The people printing and installing it don’t even ask because it’s assumed you have it and it’s not their problem if you don’t.
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u/Flabbergash Mar 25 '24
And they'll get paid for taking it down, too
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u/kenistod Mar 25 '24
The plot chickens
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u/FutureComplaint Yank Mar 25 '24
That was fowl
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u/barrygateaux Mar 25 '24
cock
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u/DarkwingDuckHunt Mar 25 '24
Eggcelent comeback
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u/barrygateaux Mar 25 '24
yours was impeckable
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u/bubbleweed Mar 25 '24
I can picture the lads on the cherry picker installing it "This'll be down by tea time, double time wha??"
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u/Elbon taking a sip from everyone else's tea Mar 25 '24
Bet all the mods right shoes that the landlord sold the space for advertisement and didn't know or care what was going to be put up.
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u/kelldricked Mar 26 '24
Jup and everybody down the line also didnt care because its not their job or responsebillity. The landlord is in the wrong and whoever paid them for the add space can get their payment and more back from the landlord.
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u/Condenastier Mar 25 '24
I know for a fact the 'ask for forgiveness not permission' is a tactic 100% used when it comes to signage and advertising in Ireland.
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u/vonbauernfeind Mar 26 '24
This is used with regards to building and planning for a lot more than just signs.
As a PM when my clients want to do something they shouldn't, all I can do is put the risks associated into text and state where I'm not liable.
That works to stop them 10% of the time. The other 90%, well, they do what they want. Rarely punished.
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u/here2dare Mar 25 '24
The cynic in me suspects a publicity stunt
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u/LucyVialli Mar 25 '24
Well it would turn me right off KFC.
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u/here2dare Mar 25 '24
I hadn't been thinking of it before now, but I fancy some of that gravy
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u/LucyVialli Mar 25 '24
Not a patch on The Chicken Hut gravy, kid.
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u/NearTheSilverTable Calor Housewife of the Year Mar 25 '24
I have never heard of this Chicken Hut. And now I have a mission. To compare the gravy of these chicken places! A DELICIOUS DELICIOUS MISSION. 🐔
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u/ShapeyFiend Mar 25 '24
Turns out the Grace's Perfect Blend typically used by most independent takeaways in Ireland is closer to the original KFC flavouring than modern KFC.
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u/LucyVialli Mar 25 '24
Only available in Limerick city. You are more than welcome to come up/down/over and sample it at your leisure. Why not make a weekend of it?!
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u/Moist__Discharge Mar 25 '24
Why not make a weekend of it?! ~ Because it's Limerick.
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u/octopusridee Mar 25 '24
Here in Chile its pretty common to have giant ads covering many floors of appartment buildings. Ive always assumed they pay the people living there
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u/calex80 Mar 25 '24
I must have missed the original post covering this. So they actually blocked the apartment windows with a big sign? The fuck like?????
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u/StrangeArcticles Mar 25 '24
Yes. The poor fella who suddenly found himself without windows posted here yesterday and asked was this an acceptable way to place the sign. Apparently, it was not.
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u/Staynes Mar 25 '24
I would have just cut a hole the size of my window into that thing. Op is way more patient and accepting then me.
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u/Femboi_Hooterz Mar 25 '24
You could probably bunch it up and cut it off at your level, that's the first thing I'd do lol. Not paying over half my income to not have fucking windows
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u/Brandon_Me Mar 25 '24
It looks pretty flimsy. I would have just pulled on it from my side of the window.
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u/Brandon_Me Mar 25 '24
Insane. I'd definitely cut it then.
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u/Gunplagood Mar 25 '24
Why the heck didn't anyone?! Jeezus I would been at that thing in seconds....
Especially Ireland. Buncha disgruntled contentious buggers and nobody would cut a paper over their window?
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u/sticky-unicorn Mar 25 '24
Yeah ... light and ventilation is one thing ... but this is also a huge danger in a fire, because it will prevent anybody from escaping through the windows in a fire. And the sign itself is probably very flammable, which could make the fire much worse.
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u/mandyhtarget1985 Mar 25 '24
I saw the original post and wondered what was gonna happen, was hoping for an update but i usually miss them as im subscribed to far too many feeds. Pretty glad to see this tonight!
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u/trying-to-be-kind Mar 25 '24
Honestly relieved to see this update - was getting high blood pressure vicariously after seeing the original post!
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Mar 25 '24
Never knew there still people living on O’Connell St.
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u/ambitiouslemur Mar 25 '24
I live around the corner. Almost all shops/stores in the city centre that have windows above them have apartments up there. Too much money to be made. Neither me nor my neighbours are registered with the RTB nor BER rated though. If it can fit a bunk bed, it can be rented.
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Mar 25 '24
Never realised, presumed it was office space
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u/ambitiouslemur Mar 25 '24
Some of em are used for storage for the shop beneath it but again, money talks so a large majority were converted to apartments in the last few years
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Mar 25 '24
Popcorn view of the riots?
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u/ambitiouslemur Mar 25 '24
Like you wouldn't believe. Have some crazy videos.
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Mar 25 '24
Anything you can share? Not much worry of doxxing since we literally know where you live already =D
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u/ScribblesandPuke Mar 25 '24
What are rents like in such a central location, do you have your own room and how many people sharing?
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u/sundae_diner Mar 26 '24
FYI, if you have an issue with your landlord you can go to the RTB even if the place isn't registered. That is your landlord's problem, not yours.
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u/drguyphd Mar 26 '24
True, a landlord never registered my tenancy, refused to fully refund my deposit when I moved out, and they still took my case.
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u/Due-Ocelot7840 Mar 25 '24
I'll never forget a few years ago I was on the 12:20am bus back from laois, so probably got into Dublin for about 1am.. a couple who must've thought they didn't need curtains being a bit high up where going full on doggy style ..the bus was stopped at a red light right outside their window
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Mar 25 '24
Awesome, would love to hear from the guy who posted on reddit that this was his apartment
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u/hesaidshesdead And I'd go at it agin Mar 25 '24
It's coming to something if you need check and make sure "access to natural light" is listed on 'To Let' ads.
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u/mandyhtarget1985 Mar 25 '24
I was looking on booking dot com and expedia for a hotel room in london. Found one in a perfect location but it was about 80% of the cost of others in the area (and in the same hotel). Checked the small print and right at the very end there was a line that said it was an ‘internal room’ with no window. When i checked the reviews, they all said the room was grim and depressing, and certainly not worth only a 20% discount on standard rates
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u/Content_Yoghurt_6588 Mar 25 '24
There was a building filled with Airbnb places in Montréal that had no external windows. 7 people died in a fire because there was no escape.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/old-montreal-fire-airbnb-1.6801216
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u/ImmediatelyFallsOver Mar 25 '24
If it’s the Zedwell on Piccadilly Circus I thought it was actually quite lovely, great value. The lack of natural light does throw your internal clock off though I won’t lie
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u/Fantastic-Life-2024 Mar 25 '24
The situation looks worse when you see all the windows. Who the fcuk in their right state of mind involved instating this would not question that decision.
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u/ohhidoggo And I'd go at it agin Mar 25 '24
There needs to be an interview with the landlord on the news. No one should get away with this insanity.
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u/Altruistic-Newt9802 Mar 25 '24
Is anyone else scrolling through the comments trying to find out which advice they followed to get this taken down?!
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u/NolanSyKinsley Mar 25 '24
I wonder if the city just has a ban on large format advertising in the area and came down on them without any intervention needed. On google maps street view I don't see any other large advertisements so I think that is likely the case.
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Mar 25 '24
Good, it was a disgrace.
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u/FluffyDiscipline Mar 25 '24
So not just one set of windows... 6 and no one thought not a good idea
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u/MeccIt Mar 25 '24
Sure what's the wort that could happen attaching a flammable covering to the outside of an apartment building?
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u/FOTW09 Mar 26 '24
Ah sure the landlord was just installing external insulation to keep his tenants nice and warm.
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u/BrickEnvironmental37 Dublin Mar 25 '24
Without taking into account the meanness of blocking the window and the fire safety, having a massive KFC advertisement on O'Connell Street is tacky and shouldn't be there even on a blank canvas.
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u/ScribblesandPuke Mar 25 '24
They won't build up to alleviate the housing and rental crisis because of some ruining the ambiance of the skyline BS but this is all good like
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u/RobiePAX Mar 25 '24
I get advertising on a side of a brick wall. But at the front covering the windows... seriously?
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u/atreeinthewind Mar 25 '24
You know what i don't get? This is fairly common in the states because we love capitalism and such but even here they always use the mesh type banners that are see through from close up (and let light in). Like greedy bastards have already figured out a solution to this but these guys said, "to hell with it, just cover the windows."
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u/BusStopKnifeFight Mar 25 '24
There would have been a window shaped hole in that stupid sign if that was my apartment.
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u/doctor6 Mar 25 '24
Reddit has become the Joe Duffy Show
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u/OldManOriginal Mar 25 '24
So we need to read every comment in Joe's voice? Works for me.
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u/bubbleweed Mar 25 '24
But now how will people know about the tiny struggling restaurant KFC??
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u/NYCQuilts Mar 25 '24
Can you give an update on how you think it got taken down? Which suggestions did you use? or did you landlord /KFC just fear the potential of Reddit?
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u/munkijunk Mar 25 '24
If KFC were intending to have me boycott them, them good for em. Mission accomplished. I believe the landlord also owns the pub, so won't be going to Murray's either.
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u/_Avoxion_ Mar 25 '24
Doesn't seem like the windows can even open far enough to do that. If they did I definitely would do my best to think of some way to do untracable damage to the sign though. I wonder if acetone could dissolve the paint 🤔
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u/Special-Being7541 Mar 25 '24
Is our housing system so bad and broken that a landlord thinks they can get away with this because tenants are too afraid to say anything for fear of being evicted… unless it was an error and placed in the wrong building… this has blown my mind… the brass face cheek of whoever authorised this…
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u/chipsmaname Mar 25 '24
That sign, done exactly what it was made to do in just 24hrs.. It has probably already paid for itself.
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u/Gullible_Promise223 Mar 26 '24
Henry Street. I took this photo in February last year. It’s still there. Anyone want to complain about it?? I’m fed up writing to the council and pick and choose my battles now 😁
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u/Administrative-Pen-8 Mar 26 '24
It is CRAZY that they did that in the first place. You'd think there would be a little more control in such decisions as putting up huge advertisements on residential buildings.
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u/HucktheSmugFrog Mar 25 '24
I can’t believe this even happened in the first place. Good to see it being taken down!
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u/waddiewadkins Mar 25 '24
I posted the original post to Seinfeld in reference to episode when Kramers apartment is taken over by a very bright red neon sign from Kenny Rogers Roasters chicken place that opened across the street.
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u/crick_in_my_neck Mar 25 '24
Wow I just saw this on the front page and was like what's the big deal? Had no idea it was covering windows, that's insane.
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Mar 25 '24
I'm old enough to remember hearing that if you actually wanted something sorted out, you needed to talk to a journalist, not a politician.
Now you just have to go on Reddit.
And they say there's no such thing as progress.
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u/Gullible_Promise223 Mar 26 '24
Meanwhile across the road from the KFC sign, this estate agent ignores regulations on this heritage listed building. Oversized sign and only one sign is permitted. It’s rampant across Dublin
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u/CaliDude707 Mar 26 '24
Good work! Crap like that was banned in Krakow by a city ordinance reigning in advertisements, the impact on the city’s appearance was immediate and immensely positive. Y’all should push to implement something similar. Here’s the thread on the Krakow ordinance.
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u/fjallpen Mar 26 '24
Does anyone know how they actually got it taken down? What was the process? (Reporting I mean, I can see the cherry picker lol).
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u/clickclick00 Mar 26 '24
Some people are too nice! I'd have stabbed that sign to death the first thing before trying to contact anyone responsible for it.
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u/RealladMalaga Mar 25 '24 edited Mar 25 '24
I am the OP of the original thread and I want to thank everyone for the support. You guys are awesome!