# Is touching co-workers OK? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 3, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-touching-co-workers-ok/833424 "2019-05-03T15:42:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 152
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-touching-co-workers-ok/833424/152 "2019-05-04T07:00:08Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > … > I don’t really think that it’s asking for too much to expect employees to abide by elementary-school level conduct rules. “Billy, don’t touch Sally” “But it was just her wrist, why is she such a big baby” is just not a reasonable exchange in a professional environment, and I don’t think Sally has any obligation to take on the task of re-teaching grade school manners to Billy if he hasn’t learned them yet. … Is it unreasonable for HR to counsel the guy about third grade ‘no touching’ rules he doesn’t get, and in which direction - should they fire him on the spot, or should they tell Sally to shut up and accept his hand on her? I dunno about you, but in MY third grade, we touched a LOT. We’d wrestle around in the sandbox, chase each other around with “Boogers” , play Tag, do dances, and a whole lot of other things. And we had great glorious fun, and learned to like our fellow humans. And I am so sorry if you had a elementary school where no kid touched another kid. That sounds horrible. ☹ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-touching-co-workers-ok/833424)._