In Praise of the Irish Goodbye. There’s no need to make a big deal about leaving every gathering you attend. There’s no need to make a big deal about leaving every gathering you attend. Just leave—it’s fine. Just leave—it’s fine. Last week, the entire Lifehacker staff convened in New York City. Our writers traveled from all…Read more What Is an Irish Goodbye? The “Irish goodbye” or “French exit”—not be confused with “ghosting”—is the act of leaving an event without actually telling everyone that you’re leaving. You just go. Sound rude? It’s not. To understand the Irish goodbye, you have to understand why it came to be. As Cahir O’Doherty explains at Irish Central, Irish goodbyes are simply the opposite of “Irish welcomes.” You see, the Irish are famous for being extremely hospitable. You can buy certain U.S.-to-Europe flights for as low as $99 via Icelandic low-cost airline WOW Air, which recently expanded to four Midwest cities. Hyde Park Group is a strategic culinary company connecting consumer insight to new food and beverage design. We deliver trend-forward new products. ![]() So hospitable, in fact, it can be a bit overwhelming. You’re offered something to drink, something to eat, and constantly being taken care of. This kind of hospitality translates to an extremely long farewell, like this example: “Are you leaving us? Ah, you’re leaving us. Would you like a cup of tea? Would you like a biscuit? There are leftovers. I have Tupperware and tinfoil, sure we’ll put it in that. It’s no trouble. And a custard cream. We’ll put it in the bag, sure. No, we’ll put it in your pocket. Say nothing. And take this and this and this and this and this and this and this. And let me hold your coat. Is this your coat? Is this – or this – or this – or this – or this – or this your coat? Look- it, it’s raining. Stay until it stops raining. I am not letting you go and it’s raining..”So, when you think about it, Irish goodbyes aren’t rude—they’re actually pretty considerate. You’re sparing your host the trouble of giving you a long farewell, you’re not interrupting people’s conversations with an egotistical “Goodbye everyone! Stop what you’re doing and look at me!”, and you avoid wasting anyone’s time making plans you’ll never follow through with. Besides, nobody cares if you leave. The party will go on without you. Making plans is hard, especially when you’re making them with a chronic flaker. There are ways to…Read more How to Do an Irish Goodbye Properly. While Irish goodbyes aren’t inherently rude, you still have to do them right. Some scenarios aren’t meant for the Irish goodbye, for example. They’re best used for exiting parties, and perhaps some work events, but probably not when you’re visiting grandma or having an intimate dinner with friends. Here’s how to do it: Plan ahead, if you can: If you know you’ll be pulling an Irish goodbye, think about your exit strategy. Don’t bring anything you’ll need to retrieve before you leave, like coats, plates, games, etc. And make sure you pay your tab first. Don’t stick anyone else with the bill. Pick an exit: When you’re ready to go, look for a route that’s out of the way and won’t draw attention. Let someone know: You don’t have to completely disappear for this to work. It’s okay to tell a close friend you’re taking off so no one starts to worry about you. A text works too. Ninja vanish: Disappear into the night and make your way home (or wherever it is you’re headed). If that all still feels too impolite for your tastes, you can always send a thank you email or text the next day. Or make your exit, then send a text once you’ve gone. They’ll understand, trust me. And if someone sends you a “Where r u?” text, be nice and respond. And that’s it! The Irish goodbye is easy as pie. Now, if you’ll excuse me.. Rio Looks Apocalyptic a Year After the Olympics. The 2. 01. 6 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were doomed from the start. Some daft optimists thought that maybe, just maybe, if we just believed in Brazil, the politicians would pull through on their promises that the games would lift the city up to a new level of prosperity. But a year later, the opposite is true. Reports from Rio are flowing in as we mark the one year anniversary of the Olympics, and boy are they bleak. A couple weeks ago, Brazil’s government deployed 8,5. Rodrigo Maja, speaker of Brazil’s equivalent of the House of Representatives, recently told the press, “We have completely lost control of public security in Rio.” This is exactly what wasn’t supposed to happen. Leading up to the Olympics, security officials in Rio attempted a new policy called “Pacification” intended to de- escalate tension between police and the gangs. It now looks like the strategy made things worse, as the number of deaths during police raids has doubled in the past four years. Local residents of the favelas say they’ve heard shootouts every single day of 2. That’s only the beginning. Improvements made for the Olympics, including the construction of multiple world class athletic stadiums, were supposed to be converted into public facilities. That didn’t happen. ESPN just published a lengthy feature on Brazil’s broken promises a year after the games, and the details are downright disturbing: While 1. Games, others sit largely abandoned, their decay and disrepair a constant reminder of what was meant to be. Even the iconic soccer stadium, the Maracanã, has been vandalized, and had its power shut off completely after amassing a $9. Here’s an aerial view of the Olympic Park which does, indeed, look quite abandoned: The situation gets worse, too: Deodoro Olympic Park, long hailed by Brazilian politicians and Olympic proponents as a path to upgrade one of Rio’s poorer neighborhoods, is shuttered. The community pool that was supposed to come out of the canoe slalom course was closed in December and has yet to re- open. Brazil’s Federal Court of Audit (TCU) reported last week that another abandoned pool, at the Deodoro Aquatics Center, is now covered in bugs, mud and rodent feces. A Deodoro elevator once used to lift fans over a busy road now leads to nowhere. Rio’s new mayor, Marcelo Crivella, has scrapped plans to turn the handball arena into four public schools. And the 3. 1 towers that made up the athletes village, which were set to be transformed into luxury condos, now sit largely vacant. While it’s hard to identify one specific reason for Rio’s failure to follow through on the commitments made leading up to the games, it’s easy to blame the politicians. At the exact same time the Olympics were unfolding, the largest government bribery scandal in Brazil’s history was unfolding behind the scenes. The aptly named “Operation Car Wash” investigation ultimately put over 2. Even the once beloved Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ended up being convicted and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison over $5 billion in bribes. That’s billion with a “b.”That’s just scratching the surface of Brazil’s post- Olympic woes. That ESPN story goes into more detail about individual athletes in Brazil who were promised fame and fortune after winning medals in Rio last year. Now, some of them say they’re worse off than they were before the games, not only losing more competitions but also losing sponsors and income. We all saw this coming. Months before they even started, the Rio Olympics seemed doomed by corruption, scandals, poop, crime, and freaking Zika. And once they did start, everything seemed to go wrong, including the athletes’ village being deemed “uninhabitable” and the suspension of the diving competition due to the pool spontaneously turning into a green pit of sludge. After six months, the Olympic venues had already started to decay. It’s simply tragic to know that things are worse than ever now. It’s even more tragic to realize that things will probably get even worse.[ESPN][ESPN].
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