Opinion
Jarlath Regan: Sure it’s grand – why not complaining is a national affliction
We’ll take anything you serve us, and won’t utter a word about how awful it is – we just wait to moan and grumble about it to anyone who will listen later
It was a horrible experience from start to finish. The food was terrible. The service was offhand. The place didn’t seem clean. The whole thing was totally overpriced. Did I complain? Absolutely not. The reluctance to tell anyone we are unhappy about anything is not an exclusively Irish trait, but it is alive and well in me. If Ireland is considering sending a team to the next Not Complaining Olympics, I would hit the qualifying ...
