Do you shake hands?

hux · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:29

Now normally i don't, but on friday i shook hands with a big strapping polish lad, lo and behold two days later im here feeling like death.

So i have come to the idea of not shaking hands anymore, sounds harsh but im sick and fedup of getting sick, just because someone cba to wash their hands.

Plus this article reminded me of it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...=feeds-newsxml

What do you think, impersonal or looking after ones health?

Lopéz · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:30

Of course I shake hands.

Morgoth · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:30

I have accepted that I will never be able to walk around in an aseptic world and therefore don't mind shaking hands.

Kanifee · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:32

if you shook hands more you wouldn't be so prone to the bugs around, you are only making yourself more open to the issue

RomanNose · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:33

Of course, I don't do that Neanderthal punching fist thing though.

SHEDDER1uk · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:34

Work as a trainer with 500+ eastern europeans and always shaking bloody hands

Not got ill yet though.

hux · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:34

Perhaps, you do have a point but getting sick kinda sucks.

Plus i do have quite a healthy immune system, but when i get sick it hits hard

Shedder - What's that all about, i guess it's just their little thing.

Kanifee said:
if you shook hands more you wouldn't be so prone to the bugs around, you are only making yourself more open to the issue

CaptainRAVE · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:34

I shake hands, then again, I have a strong immune system

TechFunctions · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:36

Yep I shake hands.

SHEDDER1uk · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:37

Yeah since i started working with them in 2006 it's just what they do when they meet each other every time.

trigger-happy · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:38

why don't you wash your hands afterwards lol?

qqg3 · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:39

Stop licking your fingers.

Nexus · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:39

If somebody did have a bug, it's likely you would only catch it by touching your eyes, nose, mouth, so that's something to think about if you can't disinfect your hands.

hux · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:39

Bit difficult when you're in the works car park, plus i didn't think about it i will be putting some alcohol gel in the car, just in case.

churchhawk · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:41

Nope, i hate any form of human interaction.

Robbo · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:41

Of course I do.

You can't just do nothing in order to not get sick... it happens.

Skillmister · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:43

Getting mad because you started licking your hands after shaking with someone?

sigma · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:44

What next, not touching door handles?

Perhaps your immune system isn't as strong as you think.

Robert · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:45

hux said:
Now normally i don't, but on friday i shook hands with a big strapping polish lad, lo and behold two days later im here feeling like death.

So i have come to the idea of not shaking hands anymore, sounds harsh but im sick and fedup of getting sick, just because someone cba to wash their hands.

Plus this article reminded me of it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...=feeds-newsxml

What do you think, impersonal or looking after ones health?

Weird!

Of course I shake hands. Do you touch door handles? Do you touch computer keyboards?

nikeair94 · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:45

I only shake hands when I am drunk.