# 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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-touching-co-workers-ok/833424/185 "2019-05-04T20:44:26Z")

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> [@Larry\_Borgia](#):
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> You’re being really weird here.
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> **Thorny locust** , I would guess that every person in the thread who isn’t\*\* DrDeth\*\* gets the point you are making. (I suspect he does too.) I can’t tell you what to do, but if I were you I’d question how far down the rabbit hole you want to go with him.

Larry, any sociologist or psychologist will tell you that light non-sexual touching among people \*you know well \*is a normal part of human communication.

They will also happily define Haphephobia.

Like it said- it’s OK to have a mild phobia. It’s Ok to ask for reasonable accommodation.

BUT- it’s not Ok to demand the whole world obey your special rules. Really, Haphephobia is not something that everyone has. Altho, true, it is getting more and more common. A lot of people are not properly socialized, they don’t know how to act in a normal social setting.

So, I am not sure what you mean by 'weird".

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