Saying Hello When Passing / Ettiquette

[Lemond]

Always give a nod of the head to anyone passing the other way. My nan would be disappointed if I wasn't polite.

 

[John the Monkey]

As no one has outlined the actual ettiquette yet, this is how it goes;

1) Present your business card on an appropriate (ideally silver, pewter is acceptable in damp conditions) platter (assuming your butler is unavailable to present it for you).

2) Await a reciprocal card from your new acquaintance.

3) If no such response is forthcoming, apply the harshest measures, including, but not limited to;

• Pretending not to hear when asked to pass the port
• Not inviting this ruffian into the library for cigars and brandy
• If they should call, having your footman tell them that you are out, while you audibly play the piano-forte to give the lie to this statement
• Sending all correspondence to this incorrigible cad with the postage stamp affixed upside down.

Note that peers of the realm, and minor royalty will expect to acknowledge you *first*, and to present your card to such a person before being invited to would be an awful faux pas; in such cases, you may need to emigrate to the colonies until the offence is forgotten.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Nothing wrong with trying to be nice and fit in. Gosh, there's some right miserable old farts on here!!!

Sorry about the crappy comments posted by some others.

Unfortunately some people spend half their lives on here and have seen it all before - quite why they have to post 'not this again' comments is beyond me.

They forget that for many people it is all new and yes whilst there is a search function on the site it would be a pretty crappy forum if conversation was limited to just 100% virgin comments - it'd die within days.

Interestingly, if someone posts up pictures of another nice carbon super-bike dripping with bling no one posts these sorts of comments, despite there having been dozens posted before.

FWIW I say hello to everyone whilst on my bike, hiking in the mountains and just about any other time I am in situations where IMO it would be rude to ignore someone.

 

[montage]

Got a nod from Wiggo yesterday

 

[400bhp]

Whilst many jest, it's one of the things that makes cycling so nice when you get a nod, wave etc off another cyclist.

There's not that many round here that it becomes tedious to nod/wave. When some don't I often think to myself "how rude". You can chastise me now. I don't care.

 

[Velo711]

I always say good morning when passing or being passed, or a nod, like right now across the pond.

 

[Mugshot]

Sorry about the crappy comments posted by some others.

Unfortunately some people spend half their lives on here and have seen it all before - quite why they have to post 'not this again' comments is beyond me.

They forget that for many people it is all new and yes whilst there is a search function on the site it would be a pretty crappy forum if conversation was limited to just 100% virgin comments - it'd die within days.

Interestingly, if someone posts up pictures of another nice carbon super-bike dripping with bling no one posts these sorts of comments, despite there having been dozens posted before.

FWIW I say hello to everyone whilst on my bike, hiking in the mountains and just about any other time I am in situations where IMO it would be rude to ignore someone.

Spot on @SpokeyDokey there's some right miserable sods on here sometimes.
I acknowledge everybody too, walkers, joggers and cyclists alike, I usually get a "Hello" back but it doesn't spoil my day if I don't. In saying that I dont see that many anyway, I dont suppose I'd bother if there were hundreds around, I'd be too knackered from all the waving and nodding to actually ride my bike.

 

[Mummy3monkeys]

All of the time I have been passed, everyone said hi. A group went past me one evening, and everyone said hi, I thought it was fab, made me smile. So I'm one of the mad ones