# Is touching co-workers OK?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-touching-co-workers-ok/833424>\
**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")\
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**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, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-touching-co-workers-ok/833424/157 "2019-05-04T07:13:59Z")

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> [@Pantastic](#):
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> It always amazes me how many people in these threads insist that there should be no problem with them touching people who don’t want to be touched, and that they should not have to do anything whatsoever before placing hands on people that they either don’t know or only lightly know. …

It always amazes me how many people in these threads insist that there should be no problem with them talking directly to people or making eye contact with people who don’t want that, and that they should not have to do anything whatsoever before placing talking to people or looking people in the eye that they either don’t know or only lightly know.

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