# Is touching co-workers OK?

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**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, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-touching-co-workers-ok/833424/158 "2019-05-04T07:15:10Z")

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> [@Slash1972](#):
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> I guarantee you that if we worked together, any touch of you upon me would be out of line. I hate that.
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> There’s a cool guy I work with everyday, and when he leaves, he comes over and fist-bumps me. I’d rather not do it. But I don’t want to hurt his feelings, and I actually don’t care if anyone touches me anywhere :)…

“_Any touch would be out of line…I actually don’t care if anyone touches me anywhere_ …”

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