How to drive a LUAS (Dublin) - Comedy Sketch

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  • Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
  • Comedy Sketch that shows us how to drive a LUAS (tram).
    Poking fun at the LUAS drivers threatening to go on strike in Dublin who are fighting for higher wages. So we go to The LUAS School to see what it takes to be a LUAS Driver.
    We 'The Windup Merchantz' are based in Dublin, Ireland and make comedy sketches based on Irish daily life, check out more comedy videos on our channel, don't forget to thumbs up and subscribe.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 199

  • @irishclairebear2934
    @irishclairebear2934 8 років тому +125

    "This must be the advanced class" 😂😂

  • @galacticgrey5826
    @galacticgrey5826 8 років тому +46

    HAHAHA!!!That was very funny lads!
    But I bet the rest of the world is like WTH?!!😹😹

  • @eibhleannconnaughton3593
    @eibhleannconnaughton3593 8 років тому +36

    24 LUAS drivers have seen this video

  • @charlenewilliams9472
    @charlenewilliams9472 8 років тому +31

    Must be the advanced class

  • @ailinos
    @ailinos 8 років тому +25

    This is hilariously accurate. Well done:)

  • @dylanodonoghue911
    @dylanodonoghue911 8 років тому +4

    Don't see why everyday people are slagging luas drivers and that for wanting more money when bankers are still getting rich out of our pockets and where half of are government are the reason for it and i would say all of them but yea gotta have some hope that things are going to get better i think instead of butting heads with each other we should pull together to get better jobs more money and take away from the people who tuck away people's homes and probably lead alot more people to pain and depression then anyone whos pissed off over luas drivers

    • @aidangaffney4796
      @aidangaffney4796 8 років тому

      *took*

    • @mrreggiemustard6550
      @mrreggiemustard6550 8 років тому

      ur das a luas driver..We know

    • @dylanodonoghue911
      @dylanodonoghue911 8 років тому

      +mr reggie mustard cool at least someone knows where he is ha no honestly just try to look at things from both sides good one do mate xD ha

    • @amoniousbt1110
      @amoniousbt1110 8 років тому

      +Dylan O Donoghue punctuation, please

  • @indamicks
    @indamicks 8 років тому +21

    its funny cuz its true

  • @Emerald007007
    @Emerald007007 8 років тому +69

    I have to say I don't know why they are going on strike. As a bus driver the stress we have to put with regards to having to deal with the public no one would believe we don't know what is going to happen from one minute to the next. I wish some one would explain to me why they think their job is so difficult. They don't have to deal with Traffic, Public, Taxis pulling out or jamming on in front, they don't have to deal with assaults. Insults.

    • @seaghanobuadhaigh8240
      @seaghanobuadhaigh8240 8 років тому +2

      Couldn't do your job, mate.

    • @davidmorrissey5075
      @davidmorrissey5075 8 років тому +4

      hope you were one of the syndicate mate. I agree with you that driving a bus where you have to switch lanes in a busy city full of taxis in a rush and idiot cyclists is a completely different ball game

    • @Emerald007007
      @Emerald007007 8 років тому +2

      David Morrissey no unfortunately haven't done the lotto in years

    • @someman6395
      @someman6395 5 років тому

      Fair play and the fact there’s no security on buses

    • @martinskesteris6331
      @martinskesteris6331 4 роки тому

      Driving a bus is definitely more difficult than Luas. Aren't bus drivers payed better?! In my country they earn a bit more than tram drivers, the problem being that both earn too little..

  • @151Sharon
    @151Sharon 8 років тому +13

    This is f**king brilliant .

  • @insertname5813
    @insertname5813 8 років тому +4

    Fuckin great

  • @savedfaves
    @savedfaves 8 років тому +17

    Luas drivers voting down.

    • @guydecervens
      @guydecervens 8 років тому +26

      There's more than 25 Luas drivers. I suppose most of them gave a thumbs up when trying to hit the thumbs down.

  • @emmams5
    @emmams5 8 років тому +3

    If half the scangers who do nothing all day except scutt on the Luas between Tallaght & town were caught & made paid their fare, Transdev could afford to pay their drivers €2000 a week.

  • @11Anti11
    @11Anti11 8 років тому +7

    Fucking hell. This is spicy!

  • @guydecervens
    @guydecervens 8 років тому +22

    It's €42K a year after 10 years and they want that raised to €64K

    • @lmc4964
      @lmc4964 8 років тому +4

      +guydecervens looks like I was an idiot passing my leaving cert

    • @guydecervens
      @guydecervens 8 років тому +16

      L Mc
      Think of the junior doctors who studied hard to get 800 points in the leaving, did 6 years of medical school and passed all those exams too just to work 70 hrs a week for less money than these muppets start off on.

    • @a007j007
      @a007j007 8 років тому +3

      +guydecervens max for lc is 625

    • @aidangaffney4796
      @aidangaffney4796 8 років тому +1

      +guydecervens Are you stupid? 800 points? The maximum is 625 points!

    • @bbuttonz09
      @bbuttonz09 8 років тому +2

      +aidan gaffney max usable is 625.. if you do more than 6 subjects.. say you do 8, like many schools encourage students to do.. then yes 800 is attainable

  • @crochie1889
    @crochie1889 8 років тому +49

    All dislikes are from luas drivers

  • @Clisare
    @Clisare 8 років тому +26

    While I love this kind of clever comedy, I worry it feeds into the attitude around lately against Luas drivers which is, in my opinion, a bit imbalanced and unfair. I think the anti-luas driver sentiment smacks of elitism, with many of the arguments revolving around 'lack of qualifications' or it being an 'easy' job. (for 'thicks', as I heard it put once). As one of my friends put it, if your issue is with the unequal distribution of wealth in this country, aim your disdain a little higher than the dudes who drive the trams.

    • @TheIncredibleSulk1
      @TheIncredibleSulk1 8 років тому +24

      shut up you silly liberal it is not elitist to say it's an easy job and that they need to cop on 🐸🐸🐸

    • @Fine19867
      @Fine19867 8 років тому +2

      Dope who gets that kind of a pay rise? Idiots deserve to have pay cut for being greedy cunts

    • @Clisare
      @Clisare 8 років тому +5

      TDs have been paid €2M since being elected without having yet formed a government. Public sector workers cannot be fired. Cannot be fired. 18 BILLION was spent on "consultants" for Irish water, before it was even set up. A handful of individuals control 90% of this country's wealth (and media). The tram drivers are not the problem.

    • @stephens9381
      @stephens9381 8 років тому +1

      +Clisare You are right, there are bigger fish to fry. Joking aside in regards to how easy there jobs is, it is a very unrealistic rise in pay they are looking for and due to their greed and stubborness there is yet another strike today. I can understand why they would not have a large amount of public support.

    • @sullivan912
      @sullivan912 8 років тому +12

      +Clisare Would you cop yourself on? Firemen have much more involved jobs, risk their lives daily, and are not paid anything like what Luas drivers are paid. They don't have a maximum salary anywhere near the Luas drivers' 42k a year. They don't have healthcare provided. They don't get heavily discounted travel.

  • @a.dolapo
    @a.dolapo 8 років тому +10

    I love the St. Bridget's cross on the board, keeping it real 🍀.

  • @PrzemyslawTracz
    @PrzemyslawTracz 8 років тому +7

    where can I apply for this job ?

    • @guydecervens
      @guydecervens 8 років тому +17

      Any day now they should be hiring

  • @deeppurple883
    @deeppurple883 2 роки тому +1

    I don't know the rules, law's, policy of the luas in relationship to they act at stops. I see on a daily bases people being refused entry even though they are right there at the doors but the driver won't admit them, it's disgraceful and demeaning. I see the young the aged and mother's with kid's coming and going to school being refused for no justifiable reason . Sometime the tram stays at the stop for another minute after closing their doors but still they won't admit people. Daily this happens and it has to stop. 👊☘️

  • @leelicayan2180
    @leelicayan2180 8 років тому +1

    Then they f*ck up and hit a Dublin Bus somehow.

  • @BATTERIESc
    @BATTERIESc 8 років тому +5

    Would sack them all and close the luas for a few months. All the momey for wages during those months would be used to fully computerise the Luas. Driverless technology is the way forward

    • @Lucifer263
      @Lucifer263 8 років тому +1

      +BATTERIESc You see the thing is, if you were to do that, then why is there a need for humans to be involved in any public service? With driverless technology anything can go wrong.
      Yes, human error is a thing, and a very unavoidable thing at times but if you have driverless LUAS systems what we could very well be left with is LUAS systems not stopping when needed. Human drivers can stop or at least slow down when there's someone in the way....how is a computer going to realize when there's someone right in front of it?
      Fatalities could very well happen, but the only other issue is that you'll need security on the LUAS if it becomes driverless. People do get attacked on LUAS systems, and being near the driver is a good way of avoiding the unwanted attention of dodgy types (trust me, I have personal experience with this) since there's a human who can legitimately intervene.
      Driverless technology is convenient, but we can't ignore the potential risks staring us in the face :/
      Sorry for the rant, I'm not trying to Lambaste your idea, but what do you think?

    • @BATTERIESc
      @BATTERIESc 8 років тому +1

      +Pandora Sentire I agree with security measures for sure, but there must be some alternative to a defunct driver. Luas needs sensors on all sides to stop when needed. Most modern tech prob more safe that humans !

  • @daithinolanskl1977
    @daithinolanskl1977 8 років тому +6

    seems accurate.

  • @erickong255
    @erickong255 8 років тому +5

    Place your hand on the lid. the lid. the lid. the lid!!!

  • @coireallcarrollkent8863
    @coireallcarrollkent8863 8 років тому +2

    How many points do you need in the Leaving Cart for this course?

  • @axel.s
    @axel.s 8 років тому +3

    Driverless trains!!!
    Use the money saved on salary to
    1) make the network run efficiently and on time, with no delays.
    2) increase the amount of trains in service

    • @axel.s
      @axel.s 8 років тому

      +TheThaxs The problem is not the initial cost of the salaried workers, it's the long run cost. These drivers salary will increase to 64,000 in 10 years and then will increase steadily. The unions will fight for constant increases and there will be strikes if their conditions are not met. This will inevitably increase ticket prices and the costs of service will lead to less investment and cash to keep the system run efficiently. Same thing is happening in London

  • @deckoc
    @deckoc 8 років тому +1

    If we don't side with Luas drivers, we are siding with the big fellas and I'd rather not.

  • @BigBoiGrousey
    @BigBoiGrousey 8 років тому +5

    I used to go to that school.Its O'Connells Primary

    • @seanm3715
      @seanm3715 8 років тому

      What constituency

    • @ailinos
      @ailinos 8 років тому +1

      +IsaacKPS Dublin... Somewhere😁

    • @lambshank4583
      @lambshank4583 8 років тому

      +Alan S wow 👏👏👏👏👏👍

    • @seanm3715
      @seanm3715 8 років тому

      +Alan S well done😄

    • @dylanweldon9503
      @dylanweldon9503 8 років тому

      U must be a Luas driver

  • @TheChrisD
    @TheChrisD 8 років тому +9

    Seems legit.

    • @nicholasbrady3714
      @nicholasbrady3714 8 років тому +2

      If your not irish you won't understand

    • @TheChrisD
      @TheChrisD 8 років тому +1

      26 years a Dubliner, I know what the bleedin' feck is going on with those over-entitled sods they call LUAS drivers.

    • @nicholasbrady3714
      @nicholasbrady3714 8 років тому

      +TheChrisD lol

  • @gsm6808
    @gsm6808 8 років тому +3

    this is the 13th time watching this! never gets old!

  • @adeelsk4
    @adeelsk4 8 років тому +1

    This is hilarious! Caz working class people getting iffy about other working class people getting some extra dosh. Fuck it lads, if they can get it off the PRIVATE company than fair fucks to them. What's up yours?

    • @MrJohnMHenry
      @MrJohnMHenry 8 років тому

      +Karasutengu the working class are the people who ultimately pay. Also, most of us are sick of watching full buses pass them by cause of these luas drivers

    • @adeelsk4
      @adeelsk4 8 років тому

      MrJohnMHenry and when you need someone to stand beside you? would u be happy if they turned away because of a minor inconvenience? and not really it does not come out of ur pocket, it comes out of the companies pocket, they are already robbing u. why not help someone rob them back?

    • @MrJohnMHenry
      @MrJohnMHenry 8 років тому

      Karasutengu solidarity is a great thing. But not in this case. The job the Luas drivers do, and their existing compensation is fair. This is greed and we, the commuters, are the ones feeling the pinch

  • @ksb4822
    @ksb4822 8 років тому +3

    So true man.

  • @simonforrest5148
    @simonforrest5148 8 років тому

    More money?........More money.......we want more money.......We want more money, more money! We want MORE MONEY MORE MONEY MORE MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!!!

  • @emmaokeeffe9089
    @emmaokeeffe9089 8 років тому +2

    hilarious

  • @ShredCo
    @ShredCo 8 років тому +1

    If they are automating cars.... surely the Luas should be automated.

  • @DarleneAgee-c8r
    @DarleneAgee-c8r 23 дні тому

    Rodriguez Christopher Thomas Jason Anderson Mark

  • @toyotaprius79
    @toyotaprius79 2 роки тому

    The disdain for organised strikes and unionisation at the time, fucking he'll were we dopey as fuck

  • @joshuaW5621
    @joshuaW5621 11 місяців тому

    So when’s the Luas extending to Bray?

  • @philiporeilly4910
    @philiporeilly4910 8 років тому +1

    The most irish class room in the world

  • @kpitox1770
    @kpitox1770 4 роки тому +1

    You guys deserve ton more subscribers

  • @griffithbarracks
    @griffithbarracks 8 років тому

    fucking brilliant
    and those pricks are striking

  • @timjordan6714
    @timjordan6714 8 років тому

    it's stupid that they want more money when all they have to do is move apples

  • @matthewflynn8954
    @matthewflynn8954 8 років тому +1

    Hope the drivers realise how easy they have it, cuz u r looking at who can replace them.

    • @danielhewson4132
      @danielhewson4132 8 років тому

      They are very hard to fire, like most public sector employees

  • @LeeDeeDj
    @LeeDeeDj 3 місяці тому

    Aer Lingus pilots in June 2024😂

  • @mijellavladeanu3832
    @mijellavladeanu3832 8 років тому +1

    Lol literally crying from laughter😂

  • @juniorlsdmusic
    @juniorlsdmusic 8 років тому

    5k/12=416€/m? or how much do they really earn? (not from here)

  • @braveish
    @braveish 4 роки тому

    Brilliant, great sketch, fancy being UA-cam mates?

  • @OCinneide
    @OCinneide 8 років тому +2

    This is on facebook with "millions" of views, just a heads up.

    • @ronanmcintyre
      @ronanmcintyre 8 років тому

      +Caellum Aw, no really? Do you remember the facebook page just so I know to avoid it in the future? I hate when people still other people's videos, especially when the stealer is a facebook page

    • @OCinneide
      @OCinneide 8 років тому

      +Rónán McIntyre It was my mother who showed it to me, one of her friends had shared it. Idk the facebook page. But it had a load of views and nothing about who made the video.

    • @ronanmcintyre
      @ronanmcintyre 8 років тому

      +Caellum Yeah, unfortunately facebook is really bad for that kind of stuff, and they don't enforce any kinds of rules about pages reusing content from other places. Pity.

    • @OCinneide
      @OCinneide 8 років тому

      +Rónán McIntyre SoFloAntonio.... It's disgusting.

    • @rt3455rr2
      @rt3455rr2 8 років тому

      That's what autoplay does.

  • @BusinessandLifeMastery
    @BusinessandLifeMastery 4 роки тому

    Very funny, lots more of this please, let's be UA-cam mates?

  • @bugrua6180
    @bugrua6180 8 років тому

    You don't. You go on strike, ruining people's plans 😂 and the goddamn bus is terrifying to get off a Jervis.

  • @senannoone110
    @senannoone110 8 років тому

    You talk a lot Clisare

  • @michaelhiggins3895
    @michaelhiggins3895 8 років тому

    Not far off the mark at all

  • @socialoutcast6234
    @socialoutcast6234 8 років тому

    I'd love to be able to just pull a leaver back and forward and get 35 gra....... nah that's not enough

  • @ianryan782
    @ianryan782 8 років тому

    y don't we all just stop using it for a week here and dare go back to the buses and trains and see wath happens then we used it for years and done just well with out the luas

  • @zaskahertz211
    @zaskahertz211 8 років тому +1

    Unbelievably disrespectful

  • @adamlambe6390
    @adamlambe6390 8 років тому

    so true is funny

  • @alialsinan9635
    @alialsinan9635 8 років тому

    HOLY SHIT I just had a conversation discussing the exact issue ...So true

  • @MultiSamson1
    @MultiSamson1 8 років тому

    So that works out at €674 a week not bad for a driving a Luas.

  • @joshuadoyle7969
    @joshuadoyle7969 8 років тому

    lol true

  • @landonbryons184
    @landonbryons184 8 років тому

    Here i saw u on a tele show with me sister donna

  • @asitmali5419
    @asitmali5419 8 років тому

    Vulval

  • @stephenon61
    @stephenon61 6 років тому

    Lol

  • @MultiKurkulis
    @MultiKurkulis 8 років тому

    129 LUAS drivers voted

  • @HandleGF
    @HandleGF 8 років тому

    Luas drivers' idea of state exams.

  • @10jellys73
    @10jellys73 7 років тому +2

    i make it my business to see exactly who's driving the luas each time I get on. none of them are Irish nationals and I have applied to be a luas driver dozens of times. That's the Ireland I grew up in. the iteland where u have to be black to get a job

  • @keithhannon5431
    @keithhannon5431 3 роки тому

    Foil arms and hog
    The sequel

  • @proskillsgaming6027
    @proskillsgaming6027 8 років тому

    Very good well done that was funny

  • @martinskesteris6331
    @martinskesteris6331 4 роки тому +2

    Driving any city transport is difficult and responsible enough to deserve a good wage, which already is the case in Ireland. And bus drivers deserve even more.

  • @kb6122
    @kb6122 7 років тому

    we want more money 😂

  • @joscar_6425
    @joscar_6425 8 років тому

    110 Luas drivers dislike this

  • @jochenstacker7448
    @jochenstacker7448 8 років тому

    132 LUAS drivers.

  • @sineadkelly3571
    @sineadkelly3571 8 років тому

    75 luas drivers dislike ha

  • @M.W-GAMES
    @M.W-GAMES 8 років тому

    so true XD

  • @emjackson2289
    @emjackson2289 6 років тому

    Mono = One and Rail = Rail.

  • @celestialthot8412
    @celestialthot8412 7 років тому

    We did this in drama class XD

  • @gadaf2604
    @gadaf2604 8 років тому

    This is fucking brilliant

  • @markcusack680
    @markcusack680 8 років тому

    This is exactly what i thought😂

  • @HalfaShillin
    @HalfaShillin 7 років тому

    ahah Keeping them going lads, these are unreal!

  • @zach-qk1ep
    @zach-qk1ep 5 років тому

    I love being Irish

  • @maireadmaguire4589
    @maireadmaguire4589 8 років тому +1

    Why is it all men?

  • @shan4364
    @shan4364 8 років тому

    Doctors literally get paid less than them, please stop

    • @llama8024
      @llama8024 8 років тому

      What type of doctor gets less than 35,000?

    • @superD1cp
      @superD1cp 8 років тому

      +Llama Junior Doctors...

    • @llama8024
      @llama8024 8 років тому

      Matthew Rooney Fair enough

    • @shan4364
      @shan4364 8 років тому +1

      Llama alot of irish doctors, my neighbour is a doctor and she gets paid less

  • @mullagh
    @mullagh 8 років тому

    Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!! Well done!!!

  • @tranquility321
    @tranquility321 8 років тому

    lol Brilliant.

  • @LincolnFalana
    @LincolnFalana 8 років тому

    What's LUAS/What are LUAS Drivers?

    • @JDurkin2811
      @JDurkin2811 8 років тому

      trains in ireland

    • @LincolnFalana
      @LincolnFalana 8 років тому

      +Joseph Durkin oh. Alright. Thanks, bro

    • @jackeenman
      @jackeenman 8 років тому +1

      +Lincoln Falana
      Luas is a tram system that services Dublin city only.

    • @LincolnFalana
      @LincolnFalana 8 років тому

      ***** Thanks, mate.

  • @vargz1239
    @vargz1239 8 років тому

    so true

  • @irishmad123
    @irishmad123 8 років тому

    this is brilliant hahah

  • @badtotheappendixx
    @badtotheappendixx 8 років тому

    accurate

  • @Ghostey
    @Ghostey 8 років тому

    this is amazing

  • @ThabaniTBowseHadebe0909
    @ThabaniTBowseHadebe0909 8 років тому

    So good

  • @tomkilgannon5503
    @tomkilgannon5503 5 років тому

    Amazing

  • @Jordan-lr4bi
    @Jordan-lr4bi 8 років тому

    lmao

  • @adrig9114
    @adrig9114 8 років тому

    saddddd

  • @themiaster207
    @themiaster207 8 років тому

    Perfect 😂😂😂😂

  • @davidmorrissey5075
    @davidmorrissey5075 8 років тому

    ha ha excellent

  • @olivermac6882
    @olivermac6882 8 років тому

    perfect 😊

  • @niallhickey603
    @niallhickey603 8 років тому

    😂😂😘

  • @DianaB-vm1hj
    @DianaB-vm1hj 8 років тому

    this is so jokes lmaoooo

  • @joelyons886
    @joelyons886 8 років тому

    74 LUAS drivers watched this video...

    • @jackdonnelly2018
      @jackdonnelly2018 8 років тому

      98

    • @joelyons886
      @joelyons886 8 років тому

      +Jack Donnelly yup 24 more drivers turned up, better late than never I suppose! :p

    • @jackdonnelly2018
      @jackdonnelly2018 8 років тому

      +Joe Lyons lmao a couple more and they will tell enda

    • @joelyons886
      @joelyons886 8 років тому

      +Jack Donnelly haha yea apparently they are behind the Irish Water lads I bet the IW Directors n PR team are handing out CV's for their 100k+ jobs! Christ when we are paying Nurses n Gardaí 25-27k a year for doing what they do and these ****** are on 43k the mind just goes numb. Only in Ireland... only in Ireland.

  • @neilefc877
    @neilefc877 8 років тому

    This seems very accurate tbh. That people like this are demanding approx 60k per year is nothing short of despicable. If I was driving a tram I would consider myself lucky to be earning 30 thousand. They certainly do not deserve any more than that

  • @aretheymyfeet
    @aretheymyfeet 8 років тому +2

    Very funny video. Still supporter the Luas Drivers 100%.

  • @mccarraa
    @mccarraa 8 років тому

    lol