Could we PLEASE eliminate shaking hands: forever???

[kayaker]

I still shake hands and hug my friends who initiate it, but I’ve long avoided shaking hands with strangers. Sometimes I extend my fist, sometimes I feign ignorance to the custom.

A few months ago at work I had a woman aggressively stick out her hand wanting to shake. She refused to back down and my refusal to participate was just as strong.

Here it is:

@kayaker

I’ve never been into handshaking, usually offering up a fist bump to someone who wants to shake. Lately I’ve been even more anti-handshaking. Shake my hand and I’m then going to wanna wash my hands.

So, yesterday I was already in a bad mood when a client at work aggressively wanted to shake. I walk up to her while perusing some paperwork, and she thrusts out her hand, which I pointedly ignore.

I begin answering the question she needed answered, all the while ignoring the hand, which she kept rigidly extended. Eventually she said, “you’re not going to shake my hand?” By now I was kind of pissed off, so I answered, “extra quick on the uptake, today?!”

Boyhowdy, was she ever pissed off!