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Do you say hello when passing someone on a trail?

  • 05-01-2020 6:02pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭


    It bugs the **** out of me that some people will just look you straight in the face and keep going without saying a word back. It's the height of bad manners if you ask me.

    Passing someone of a forest trail or coastal walk isn't the same as on the main street in town. From my experience it seems the worst culprits are the older generation.

    Thoughts..


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    I find it quite rare that someone doesn't give a hello in passing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭Daniogroove


    I find it quite rare that someone doesn't give a hello in passing.

    Myself and the missus have put it to the test before by not saying until spoken to first and it's about 50/50 whether you get it or not. I thought we were a friendly bunch in this country, we certainly claim to be.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Maybe the other half were waiting for you to make the first move? It can be a little awkward waiting for that moment of eye contact to speak, but if I go first the other person usually responds


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,907 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    I hate when people don't salute. Even worse when they don't make some eye contact and pass by as if you're invisible. Just plain rudeness.

    I think older people are more likely to salute and it's my experience that they generally have better manners and social skills anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭Daniogroove


    Maybe the other half were waiting for you to make the first move? It can be a little awkward waiting for that moment of eye contact to speak, but if I go first the other person usually responds

    You'll be on the lookout now after this to see do you always get the reply. We're left blanked quite a bit even when speaking first.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭FFVII


    Nothing boils my piss more!!!

    Speak to some pr1ck and they look at ya and nothing!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    Yeah I do. Unless it s some shifty couple looking to initiate something. In which case I slink back into my snood


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Boredstiff666


    It bugs the **** out of me that some people will just look you straight in the face and keep going without saying a word back. It's the height of bad manners if you ask me.

    Passing someone of a forest trail or coastal walk isn't the same as on the main street in town. From my experience it seems the worst culprits are the older generation.

    Thoughts..

    Could be they don't like you? When I am out I speak to all the young women. They just tell me to feck off dirty olde perv.

    Have a nice day!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭Daniogroove


    FFVII wrote: »
    Nothing boils my piss more!!!

    Speak to some pr1ck and they look at ya and nothing!!

    Ha ha we're on the same page


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭Daniogroove


    Could be they don't like you?

    They'd have to know me first, and it's not like I'm wearing a full kappa tracksuit with a baseball cap


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,639 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    Affirmation requirement level: alarmingly high


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,108 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Always.
    Most of the time get a response.
    Even in other countries a salute in the local language is usually responded to even if the walkers are not natives.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭MMXX


    Hello.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Boredstiff666


    Got a pic of yourself Danio?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭Daniogroove


    Got a pic of yourself Danio?

    None for on here anyways


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,841 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    I generally would but not always. Some people look like they want no interaction and that's fine with me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    From my experience it seems the worst culprits are the older generation.

    Thoughts..

    As a daily walker and regular hiker, I find it's the opposite. It's the younger people who are more likely to not acknowledge you. Although it's a rare occurrence for somebody not to greet others.
    Those that don't are usually in too much of a hurry, running or cycling with earbuds in.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,749 ✭✭✭corks finest


    Always I'm in Cork not London or Dublin


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭bfa1509


    FFVII wrote: »
    Nothing boils my piss more!!!

    Speak to some pr1ck and they look at ya and nothing!!

    I work in a fairly small company 60-70 people. A new person started and we crossed paths in the kitchen on her first day. I say "Hi". I get nothing but a blank face and no response. I thought how fkn rude can you be and on your first day and everything! Needless to say she's the most disliked person in the office.

    I don't understand where people get this upturned-nose cockiness from!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭LessOutragePlz


    I'm just back from walking a woodland trail for the first time in years and I was surprised that almost every person looked up and say hi or hello. I'm so used to everyone ignoring each other when we're walking down the street. It was a very pleasant surprise!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 673 ✭✭✭Sharp MZ700


    I always give a solid Hello when I'm out walking. The onus is on them at that stage, doesn't bother me either way. Some just look at you as if you've two heads, more say hello.
    You gotta remember some people don't meet anyone else from one end of the day to the next due to circumstance, often had good chats with strangers out walking.


  • Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Irish people salute everyone.
    Not all other countries do this.... Doesn't make them rude, it's just their culture.
    So, maybe OP is meeting foreign people out walking!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Depends , if it was like super isolated and you see somebody only like every 20 or 30 minutes then yeah probably say hello. I wouldnt have thought it was rude not to say hello, I'm quite a reserved person so I'd only really do it if they initiated, I don't think its out of rudeness or unfriendliness, I'm perfectly happy to speak to somebody if they say hi, just shyness..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 735 ✭✭✭milehip


    FFVII wrote: »
    Nothing boils my piss more!!!

    Speak to some pr1ck and they look at ya and nothing!!

    I just say at an audible level "not talking?, Suit yourself" all without breaking stride of course,
    hopefully they just about hear it and it ruins the rest of their walk with the ambiguousness of whether they've been zinged or not.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭return guide


    bubblypop wrote: »
    Irish people salute everyone.
    Not all other countries do this.... Doesn't make them rude, it's just their culture.
    So, maybe OP is meeting foreign people out walking!

    I was out on a walking trail doing some work, a lot of tourists/ non Irish passed me, without fail all answered my Good Morning with a smile and reply in kind.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    It bugs the **** out of me that some people will just look you straight in the face and keep going without saying a word back. It's the height of bad manners if you ask me.

    Passing someone of a forest trail or coastal walk isn't the same as on the main street in town. From my experience it seems the worst culprits are the older generation.

    Thoughts..
    :eek:

    Today I passed a young couple and gave them an Hola! I got a 'Hi' in return....( its not possible to win here )

    Sometimes an Hola! gets no response. If i'm quick enough , generally the situation can be rescued with a 'Grüße Gott'. Then ... before you know where you are ... they are all over you wanting to know where you are staying and how much it is costing. ( it really is not possible to win :( )

    OP, as a member of the ancient generation, I would like to apologize for the older generation




    p.s. I'm in Spain at the present


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    An older gentleman not only said hello to me but tipped his hat when passing me on a walk today.


  • Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You’re all very sensitive. You’re out for the walk not to annoy people.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,059 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    What is a trail?

    Was always a path or a walk to me. Go way now.

    Anyway who cares, it is the way of the future, online 24/7 and heads in phones and all that.

    A smile and a nod always works, even if there is no response, who cares, you have tried.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,214 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    MMXX wrote: »
    Hello.

    Ahhhh, there you are now, is it yourself ?!


  • Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I was out on a walking trail doing some work, a lot of tourists/ non Irish passed me, without fail all answered my Good Morning with a smile and reply in kind.

    Don't visit Finland! :)


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 301 ✭✭puppieperson1


    I always say hello it disarms people and you immediately can see if they have social skills or they are awkward backward libtards i speak to the irish only not to any other race don t give a **** about them . irish people always saluted each other and said hello i continue the tradition, some one has to keep up our traditions.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭CPTM


    I always say hello. I also always ponder immediately afterwards where that line stops. There is some point in between coming across a randomer in Glendalough (always say hello) vs clambering through the 1000s on the Bray to Greystones trail (never say hello). How many people need to approach us before we stop saying hello.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    I'm not the most sociable of people but always salute others and exchange a few words, maybe a comment about the weather, rarely I might not get a response but if someone doesn't see fit to respond, I just think "odd old fec*er" and move on.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    I usually acknowledge people passing me on trails but not always. Sometimes I’m really out of breath or mid-sentence to whoever I’m with and focusing on them or taking a swig of water or distracted by scenery or watching my step.


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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,217 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Of course I do. I'm not a weirdo. Well not in that sense anyway. :D

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭05eaftqbrs9jlh


    I always say hello it disarms people and you immediately can see if they have social skills or they are awkward backward libtards i speak to the irish only not to any other race don t give a **** about them . irish people always saluted each other and said hello i continue the tradition, some one has to keep up our traditions.
    So much to unpack here.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Boredstiff666


    I always say hello it disarms people and you immediately can see if they have social skills or they are awkward backward libtards i speak to the irish only not to any other race don t give a **** about them . irish people always saluted each other and said hello i continue the tradition, some one has to keep up our traditions.

    How do you know they are Irish before you speak or is just the Leprechauns you acknowledge?

    I too have had many conversations with such Irish people and while doing such, we all have a jolly great time saluting each other with our shillelaghs in the good old fashioned manner.

    People have told me to lay off the poitin but I don't know what they mean.:o

    Traditions are good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,940 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    You’re all very sensitive. You’re out for the walk not to annoy people.

    Saying hello to someone is hardly annoying someone, is it? :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 872 ✭✭✭Captain Red Beard


    I stare deliberately and make eye contact from about 20 metres back so that they more or less have to look at me, then I give them a sharp hello / how ya / well boy depending on my mood. Frightens the **** out of them.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,095 ✭✭✭Rubberchikken


    I don't mind if someone doesn't say anything. It's a free country.
    But I'll respond if spoken to, no problem. I find people with dogs, like ourselves, are more open to a howaya and a hello to the pup.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,211 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    I say it if they say it.


  • Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Rothko wrote: »
    Saying hello to someone is hardly annoying someone, is it? :confused:

    When you’re self important enough to make snipey little remarks like previous posters said then yes it is. Leave people alone to enjoy their walk.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 991 ✭✭✭TuringBot47


    This tends to be a culchie thing.
    In Dublin we go into nature to get away from people. And with more people around, no point saying hello every minute.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,539 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    This tends to be a culchie thing.
    In Dublin we go into nature to get away from people. And with more people around, no point saying hello every minute.

    Well that's understandable. Have to be discreet when you've a dead body to bury.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 991 ✭✭✭TuringBot47


    Well that's understandable. Have to be discreet when you've a dead body to bury.

    Bury? Amateurs.

    You're always gonna have problems lifting a body in one piece. Apparently the best thing to do is cut up a corpse into six pieces and pile it all together.
    Then feed it to the pigs.


  • Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,238 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    I'll always respond if someone says hello to me, but pretty much never initiate it myself.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Yep natural inclination would be to say hello. Mostly older people who are the quickest to salute, they come from a more friendly innocent time. The younger, the more chance you won't get the time of day I find.

    You always meet people who will go out of their way to avoid any interaction. Staring intently at the ground as they walk along. It just seems weird if two people pass each other on a trail or a riverside walk and there's not even an acknowledgement of each other's existence. But of course if you passed each other on a busy street, it would be weird to actually acknowledge them. Human's are odd m'kay.


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