We wave at PVC or Coachbuilt also Asda vans and Ambulances, my eyesight is getting worse!
Don't get many waves back in an RV though!
Feeling bad I didn’t wave back ...
- Thread starter Lorna and Chris
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Don't get many waves back in an RV though!
Glad to be out travelling at a guess?Had Someone in a motorhome wave at us last weekend as we headed north on the M74. They were heading south 6 lanes apart. Whats that all about?
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It is very important to carry out this tradition of "waving" at other motorhomers correctly.
First of all try to establish whether the occupants of the approaching vehicle are of a similar or lower social status to yourself.
Do they look like they went to one of the better public schools and on to Oxford or (heaven forbid) Cambridge?
If so, one should wave in an unenthusiastic manner with a nonchalant, dismissive air simply to display you have noticed their presence. Don't expect a wave back.
If they appear to be from the state system of education without the benefit of a university degree (often detected by the higher value of their newer, smarter, more expensive vans because they have been working hard in paying jobs rather than slobbing around with their chums doing pot and cocaine and waiting for auntie to die for a small Inheritance), wave energetically with a smile but don't expect a wave back if your van isn't as shiny and clean as theirs.
If the approaching van is old, decrepid and slow with a driver wearing a cravat then don't wave... drop your head down for just a moment and touch your fore lock as he is obviously a member of the aristocracy. He won't wave back but might just give you a condescending nod of his head (if he thinks you might be one of his tenants).
But, for goodness sake, don't be rude and ignore them.
You do that when you are on site parked next to them.
JJ
First of all try to establish whether the occupants of the approaching vehicle are of a similar or lower social status to yourself.
Do they look like they went to one of the better public schools and on to Oxford or (heaven forbid) Cambridge?
If so, one should wave in an unenthusiastic manner with a nonchalant, dismissive air simply to display you have noticed their presence. Don't expect a wave back.
If they appear to be from the state system of education without the benefit of a university degree (often detected by the higher value of their newer, smarter, more expensive vans because they have been working hard in paying jobs rather than slobbing around with their chums doing pot and cocaine and waiting for auntie to die for a small Inheritance), wave energetically with a smile but don't expect a wave back if your van isn't as shiny and clean as theirs.
If the approaching van is old, decrepid and slow with a driver wearing a cravat then don't wave... drop your head down for just a moment and touch your fore lock as he is obviously a member of the aristocracy. He won't wave back but might just give you a condescending nod of his head (if he thinks you might be one of his tenants).
But, for goodness sake, don't be rude and ignore them.
You do that when you are on site parked next to them.
JJ
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