I went for an interview once where the woman shook my hand way too hard (I am also a woman).
I can't say I particularly warmed to her at all during the interview either. She seemed completely up her own ass and a complete bitch. I'm really grateful I didn't get the job even though it was paying well.
I have had weak handshakes too and this isn't great either.
But the too hard was definitely worse in my eyes. Each to their own though
I'd prefer to bow myself. That way you can not be concerned about whether the person has washed his or her hands recently and avoid those who think it a lark to try to break your fingers.
Bow :eek:
i wouldn't bow, i'd rather shake a hand... never had someone try to break my fingers lol
I can't bear them. It feels so unnecessarily intimate when you're just meeting someone.
The hands are such a dirty part of the body, imagine all the places they have touched throughout the day, including every single door handle that loads of other people will have touched. Germs germs germs.
Plus mine are always either hot and sweaty or really cold. It is funny giving someone a handshake with a freezing cold hand though. Serves them right.
But I usually give a rather limp grip so that they don't suffer too much.
I'd rather just wave at them. lol
This totally. I have quite a lot of meetings so best not to think about it too much as it totally grosses me out.
I went for an interview once where the woman shook my hand way too hard (I am also a woman).
I can't say I particularly warmed to her at all during the interview either. She seemed completely up her own ass and a complete bitch. I'm really grateful I didn't get the job even though it was paying well.
I have had weak handshakes too and this isn't great either.
But the too hard was definitely worse in my eyes. Each to their own though
I shudder when I see a woman shaking hands.
I'd never initiate a handshake with a woman and always feel as though they are just trying a wee bit too hard to be "one of the guys" when they present their hand to me for shaking. The ones that do usually wear a "business suit" and over-do the football talk!
A hello and a nice smile to/from a woman should suffice.
I'd never initiate a handshake with a woman and always feel as though they are just trying a wee bit too hard to be "one of the guys" when they present their hand to me for shaking. The ones that do usually wear a "business suit" and over-do the football talk!
A hello and a nice smile to/from a woman should suffice.
I'd never initiate a handshake with a woman and always feel as though they are just trying a wee bit too hard to be "one of the guys" when they present their hand to me for shaking. The ones that do usually wear a "business suit" and over-do the football talk!
A hello and a nice smile to/from a woman should suffice.
You sound like Al Murray's Pub Landlord here...lol
I'd never initiate a handshake with a woman and always feel as though they are just trying a wee bit too hard to be "one of the guys" when they present their hand to me for shaking. The ones that do usually wear a "business suit" and over-do the football talk!
A hello and a nice smile to/from a woman should suffice.
trying to be *one of the guys* you sure about that!!
& you actually shudder! my goodness
it's just a form of greeting.. i wouldn't look too deep into it
do you still like your women cooking & cleaning for you barefoot & pregnant at the sink :rolleyes::p
I'd prefer to bow myself. That way you can not be concerned about whether the person has washed his or her hands recently and avoid those who think it a lark to try to break your fingers.
Yes. I do a formal curtsey, sometimes. It really throws them.
Handshakes are good, but sometimes my and the person I'm greeting's hands don't connect properly and I'm left sort of floundering with a semi-handshake. It's happened a few times and I don't know what the correct course of action is.
- Remove hands and start again?
- Try and wriggle my hand into the proper handshake position?
- Do nothing and leave the other person thinking I have a very limp, peculiar handshake?
I don't mind hand shakes, only bad experience was my friends dad over in the Czech Republic, thought he was going to squeeze my hand into nothingness. Real men out there. Ouch.
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Unfortunately bowing will bring your face close their private parts, which brings its own hazards.
I can't say I particularly warmed to her at all during the interview either. She seemed completely up her own ass and a complete bitch. I'm really grateful I didn't get the job even though it was paying well.
I have had weak handshakes too and this isn't great either.
But the too hard was definitely worse in my eyes. Each to their own though
Bow :eek:
i wouldn't bow, i'd rather shake a hand... never had someone try to break my fingers lol
This totally. I have quite a lot of meetings so best not to think about it too much as it totally grosses me out.
People who have clammy hands..... why?
I think you've been overdoing your bows.
Probably nerves, some of the time anyway
I'd never initiate a handshake with a woman and always feel as though they are just trying a wee bit too hard to be "one of the guys" when they present their hand to me for shaking. The ones that do usually wear a "business suit" and over-do the football talk!
A hello and a nice smile to/from a woman should suffice.
My face says "Revlon" and my eyes say "f*ck me", you can't get more intimate than that!
Sexist much? :rolleyes:
You sound like Al Murray's Pub Landlord here...lol
trying to be *one of the guys* you sure about that!!
& you actually shudder! my goodness
it's just a form of greeting.. i wouldn't look too deep into it
do you still like your women cooking & cleaning for you barefoot & pregnant at the sink :rolleyes::p
I hate shaking hands though, all I can think when I am forced to do so is 'where is my sanitizer?!'
*slap around the head* :mad:
:eek::(
Yes. I do a formal curtsey, sometimes. It really throws them.
What you mean is that you have a wet-fish handshake, and you feel inferior when gripped by a hearty grip handshake don't you?
I've suddenly gone right off handshakes.
- Remove hands and start again?
- Try and wriggle my hand into the proper handshake position?
- Do nothing and leave the other person thinking I have a very limp, peculiar handshake?