# 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:** 154
**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, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-touching-co-workers-ok/833424/154 "2019-05-04T07:06:12Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > It probably won’t go down that way. Most people in HR aren’t going to view Sally as a trouble maker because she’s making valid complaint. Most people in HR aren’t going to put a black mark on touchy-McFeely’s record for something so innocuous unless there was a past history of such behavior he was warned about. HR might not be your friend but we’re usually not out to get you. Some people just aren’t comfortable confronting others on their own and it’s entirely appropriate to come to HR if they are more comfortable handling things that way. A Valid complaint?\* “Bob touched me lightly on the shoulder to get my attention, so fire his ass?”\* How the fuck is _your_ weird phobia (haphephobia) a valid complaint? Look, like talking to someone, light touching among people you know well is a normal human behavior. And there are also people who dont like being talked to directly. Or having eye contact. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-touching-co-workers-ok/833424)._