# ZPG Zealot:  A troll too far

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zpg-zealot-a-troll-too-far/567621>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 14, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zpg-zealot-a-troll-too-far/567621 "2011-01-14T17:55:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zpg-zealot-a-troll-too-far/567621/149 "2011-01-15T00:58:23Z")

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> [@Meyer6](#):
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> Yeah, where does she get the idea that it’s forced? I’ve never been forced to shake someones hand in my life. If you don’t want to shake, just say so. Unless she’s refused and the man has then chased her around the office and pinned her down until she finally shook his hand, I don’t think ‘forced’ is remotely the right word to use here.

You have been lucky. I have been fired from several jobs because I refused to compile with assholes sticking out their hands and said quite politely, “My religious beliefs do not permit me to have physical contact with the opposite sex.” None of these were hostress or entertainment jobs where physical contact would be expected.

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