Reply to: Shaking Hands!

[EternalOptimist]

Stop dropping hints about your blue oyster adventures!

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yee ha, the woolpack cowboy is back in town

[tay]

I've always found that the correct handshake will open all the right doors...

Stop dropping hints about your blue oyster adventures!

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[Ardesco]

And there was me about to say "PARKINSONS!!!! QUICK TO THE DOCTOR WITH YOU !!!!!"

[Old Greg]

I always feel dirty and unclean after someone gives me that limp, tip of the finger handshake. *shudder*

That's it. I've been looking for a good reason to adopt the limp handshake and now I've got one. I'll report back on how it goes.

[Alf W]

I think a handshake's always a good opportunity to establish some dominance with a real 'gripper'. Also, turning your own hand slightly inwards so it's on top is good for establishing who is in charge.

[EternalOptimist]

I've always found that the correct handshake will open all the right doors...

very good

[SantaClaus]

It's because IT geeks have clammy hands, especially when meeting members of the opposite sex.

[contractor79]

it probably offends some people, so everyone has to stop it

[shoes]

It's a tough old life isn't it.

[teclo]

I always feel dirty and unclean after someone gives me that limp, tip of the finger handshake. *shudder*

If you are going to do that then don't bother shaking my hand.

[Mich the Tester]

I always offer an open hand to give a firm, manly handshake, but some people grab my fingers and shake them. I hate that. It leaves me wondering if I’ve given the limp wrist, but the more I think about it the more I realise it isn’t my fault; people should wait until they feel the palm of the greeter’s hand against their own before gripping and shaking.

[Churchill]

I've always found that the correct handshake will open all the right doors...

[darmstadt]

Everyone here does it. Pain in the arse when you're meeting a load of people and everyone shakes each other's hands. Along with business cards here, when meeing clients, customer, suppliers, etc. everyon hands out their business cards first.

[cailin maith]

Agreed. Seems to be a lost art with people under about 25.

If they do shake (men) then its often a limp sweaty quivering thing, like grasping a dying cuttlefish.

When young women shake your hand, they seem to only want to offer you their fingers from the second knuckle. No palm contact please!

Nothing worse, is there?

I did some interviewing last year and the yukky handshakers didn't do well.

[bogeyman]

Why can't people do this anymore?!!

What's wrong with everybody?

What a pathetic waste of space society we are becoming

Agreed. Seems to be a lost art with people under about 25.

If they do shake (men) then its often a limp sweaty quivering thing, like grasping a dying cuttlefish.

When young women shake your hand, they seem to only want to offer you their fingers from the second knuckle. No palm contact please!