Quote: Originally posted by john4578 on 07/8/2011
i found campers always spoke , bought our first van and found them to be snobs. Oh dear i may have upset some people. Come on caravnners lighten up. Were all out for a good time arnt we??
Lol I must admit I've heard that said before - all the same I can't really say I've found it to be true either ! Though if I'm honest I supposeas a rule we tend to have more in common with tent people than caravan people....
Thankfully in my experience most people are at least not so ill-mannered as to ignore a smile or a hello / good morning / whatever, and plenty are friendly & actually like a natter sometimes. But that applies to caravanners as well tenters.
Our experience of sites 'all over' has shown us that 9 times out of 10 it is the atmosphere generated by the site itself which appears to be the deciding factor.
I think some people are just antisocial, not just on sites, you get people in cars not thanking you for letting them through or in shops when you stand aside & people walk past & ignore you & I presume it's the same folk who dont say hello on the site.
when walking through a town centre , i often think i must be invisible , the amount of people who just walk straight at me , its like pedestrianised chicken ,,
It's a great relief to read the contents of this thread. I thought it was only me that these things happened to.
One thing that happens to me frequently that hasn't been mentioned is people, young and old alike walking out in front of my car while gawping at or talking on their bloody mobile phones. It has happened so many times that now, I let the car creep up to them VERY quietly and when close to them I let them have a good full blast on the VERY strident horns that are fitted as standard to my car.
Quote: Originally posted by steveiem on 08/8/2011 when walking through a town centre , i often think i must be invisible , the amount of people who just walk straight at me , its like pedestrianised chicken ,,
Always been the same in the deep south up here in Gods country you walk down the high street and folks speak to you without hesitation especially on a Sunday Morning .
I've always said below Lancashire and West/North Yorkshire people become less friendly the further south you are
The deep south ? ? ,, well ,, I do recall the last couple who ignored my , good morning to you both , nearly crashed into me on their buggy , cracked a whip at me and I could hear the man declare to his good lady wife , Frankly my dear , I don't give a damn !! ,, ; )
i found campers always spoke , bought our first van and found them to be snobs. Oh dear i may have upset some people. Come on caravnners lighten up. Were all out for a good time arnt we??
John, have you found that tenters don't acknowledge you now that you have a van? We changed from a fc to a caravan this year as we needed to use a seasonal pitch. I have found that, on the same site, we seem to have suddenly become invisible to those in tents!! It's nothing to do with the value of the unit as we have a 13 year old van which is worth less than the fc we sold.
But maybe you do all need to consider, as a previous poster said, that some people may have an "invisible" disability. My husband is profoundly deaf and, although he is a really friendly type, often doesn't know people are speaking to him unless they are directly in his line of vision
we`ve found more people tend to speak on the basic club sites rather than the "top notch" ones with shower blocks etc. went to a commercial site near southport a month ago and found the people far more friendly than on CC sites.
its certainly the older generation (40+) who tend to strike up a conversation .
all abit bizarre really
I was brought up to speak when spoken to or I was being rude. Apart from those who have a hearing disability or similar, I don't think there's any excuse. Although in these days of 'not talking to strangers' that is taught to our children today (and for a good reason), I can see there is a line here.
All over 30's (or thereabouts)seem to 'speak when spoken to'.
All under 30's seem to 'not talk to strangers'...
Well we always speak to people but not always get a reply don`t really no what it is with caravanners but they are not as sociable as tenters, for that reason we are seriously considering going back to camping we seemed to have much more fun and socialising and we are in our 50`s.
Quote: Originally posted by Jax365 on 08/8/2011
All under 30's seem to 'not talk to strangers'...
My experience of a lot of them is they don't speak to strangers but are quite happy to swear and curse at them, especially on the large commercial sites.
I will talk to anyone, I get into trouble more times than enought for gassing, (has anyone else found that windbreaks resemble garden fences???) The number of times tho OH has told me we're going to be late as I'm putting the world to rights with someone over a cup of coffee is so many I've lost count Caravaning and camping is a social thing, why not be social???
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I think you are right about times changing, today i thought the same thing (am i getting old) when i went to the dishwashing area the kids had pinched all the plugs, went to the toilet block and a man took his large dog with him into a toilet?? and a man washed out his chemical toilet at the fresh water suply
and that was just this afternoon,
i wonder what tomorrow will bring (yes im getting old
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- all the same I can't really say I've found it to be true either ! Though if I'm honest I supposeas a rule we tend to have more in common with tent people than caravan people....
