The Handshake

I have no problem with the standard handshake. What I don't like is a limp grip on my hand. It does not matter if it is a woman or a man shaking my hand. Grip it, don't just hold it.
 
Flip-Flop said:
I have no problem with the standard handshake. What I don't like is a limp grip on my hand. It does not matter if it is a woman or a man shaking my hand. Grip it, don't just hold it.
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Yes that's pretty creepy....

In my hockey days we used to shake hands with the other team after a match - you would expect butch afrikaner girls twice your size to at least be able to give a proper handshake but it was always this slimy little hand rub :mad: :sick:
 
Zewp said:
He was being sarcastic. Read his posts up in the thread. He's very cross because I don't like, or see the point in shaking hands.
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Don't take it to heart, it wasn't aimed at you directly.
Kind of surprised at how many find it a vulgar gesture is all.
Guess we don't kiss woman's hands anymore either so some out some in
 
Zewp said:
Phobia? I still shake people's hands out of custom. I'd just prefer not to. It's ridiculous when you think about it.

And thanks for insinuating I'm in school. That really validates your post. :)
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I think I know you to be in university from your other posts. I don't mean school as in basic education.
 
Zewp said:
Why do we have to touch at all when we meet someone? :confused:
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Sign of respect, shows confidence, shows you not hiding anything.

Initiates a sense familiarity. Breaks a little ice.

Many social reasons.
 
cerebus said:
The only problem I have with handshakes is when I'm with someone cooler than me - which is many, many people - and they come in for a fancy multi-part handshake, and I'm meant to know spontaneously how to respond and I don't, and it ends up with me firmly grasping his thumb and shaking it, and then each of us disentangling ourselves from the awkwardness.
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And they give you the knowing look of a fellow master mason...
 
Noquarter said:
Do you hug anyone when you greet?
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Crikey. In this part of the world man greeting woman is a total joke. You shake the husbands hand. Then you look at the wife.

If she's local, you step back and divert your gaze. If she's from the subcontinent, you shake her hand too. If she's continental or kiwi, you do the pretend-kiss-on-either-cheek. I'm still not sure if you can touch cheeks or what you're supposed to do with your hands.

If she's a saffer, maybe a kiss on one side or a hug. Don't want to get that one wrong.

As for the rest, god only knows. If you do nothing, she gives you the death glare. What's a guy to do?
 
Between our toilets and our offices there is a door.

So whether I shake people's hands or not I'm effectively shaking everyone's hands when I open said door.

Might as well just shake their hands then.
 
I can deal with a dirty hand. Now a floppy handshake on the other hand :(
 
murraybiscuit said:
Crikey. In this part of the world man greeting woman is a total joke. You shake the husbands hand. Then you look at the wife.

If she's local, you step back and divert your gaze. If she's from the subcontinent, you shake her hand too. If she's continental or kiwi, you do the pretend-kiss-on-either-cheek. I'm still not sure if you can touch cheeks or what you're supposed to do with your hands.

If she's a saffer, maybe a kiss on one side or a hug. Don't want to get that one wrong.

As for the rest, god only knows. If you do nothing, she gives you the death glare. What's a guy to do?
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rules rules rules
 
murraybiscuit said:
Crikey. In this part of the world man greeting woman is a total joke. You shake the husbands hand. Then you look at the wife.

If she's local, you step back and divert your gaze. If she's from the subcontinent, you shake her hand too. If she's continental or kiwi, you do the pretend-kiss-on-either-cheek. I'm still not sure if you can touch cheeks or what you're supposed to do with your hands.

If she's a saffer, maybe a kiss on one side or a hug. Don't want to get that one wrong.

As for the rest, god only knows. If you do nothing, she gives you the death glare. What's a guy to do?
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Personally I go for the earlobe nibble while slipping a hand down the pants. You know... The obvious middle ground.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Between our toilets and our offices there is a door.

So whether I shake people's hands or not I'm effectively shaking everyone's hands when I open said door.

Might as well just shake their hands then.
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I make sure I use some type of utensil to open the bathroom door though.
 
Chevron said:
I make sure I use some type of utensil to open the bathroom door though.
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Then you are mental.

I'm not talking about the bathroom door though but the office's own door, so now there are two doors thanks to your enlightenment.

But the logic applies to any door or anything you need to touch on a daily basis. Do you wipe your steering wheel or gear knob down every time you drive your car? Or do you drive with a "utensil"?

What is this utensil by the way? Do you carry it around with your everywhere.


Rather just use hand sanitizer after the fact if it bothers you that much.
 
Sheesh lots of neurotic people here. Who of you have ever gotten sick from a handshake or touching some surface?
 
I guess it depends on the person. I don't see it as neurotic at all. I know it won't kill me, but why should I be exposed to more germs than is necessary? I generally don't touch railings on public stairwells or escalators either. Do you consider that neurotic as well?
 
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