Comments on: The Kiss Hello: Can We Kiss It Goodbye? https://the-word-well.com/the-kiss-hello-can-we-kiss-it-goodbye.html Inspiration by the Bucket Wed, 15 Jan 2014 04:51:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Benja https://the-word-well.com/the-kiss-hello-can-we-kiss-it-goodbye.html/comment-page-1#comment-1544 Benja Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:26:19 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=241#comment-1544 It's not you. It really is kind of weird. I come from a Latin culture where kissing someone of the opposite sex on the cheek is quite de rigeur, sometimes both cheeks. You can imagine the scene: me, 5 or 6 years old, "Benny, this is your thrice removed Aunt Emma, why don't you go ahead and kiss her?" And then when I didn't, I was considered "rude." But that was personal, here we're talking professional. And kissing another person professionally should only be done by professional kissers. Everybody else, let's stick to a handshake. If you're really emotive or the situation calls for it, I'll grant you the occasional two-hands-on-one handshake (a la Clinton), or an embrace, if you just won a big award or something. BTW, I used to work in a joint where the wives of my colleagues (all the colleagues were male) wouldn't shake hands with me. Out of modesty they said. I find that just as weird as the kissing thing. It’s not you. It really is kind of weird. I come from a Latin culture where kissing someone of the opposite sex on the cheek is quite de rigeur, sometimes both cheeks. You can imagine the scene: me, 5 or 6 years old, “Benny, this is your thrice removed Aunt Emma, why don’t you go ahead and kiss her?” And then when I didn’t, I was considered “rude.”

But that was personal, here we’re talking professional. And kissing another person professionally should only be done by professional kissers. Everybody else, let’s stick to a handshake. If you’re really emotive or the situation calls for it, I’ll grant you the occasional two-hands-on-one handshake (a la Clinton), or an embrace, if you just won a big award or something.

BTW, I used to work in a joint where the wives of my colleagues (all the colleagues were male) wouldn’t shake hands with me. Out of modesty they said. I find that just as weird as the kissing thing.

]]> By: TYR https://the-word-well.com/the-kiss-hello-can-we-kiss-it-goodbye.html/comment-page-1#comment-22 TYR Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:31:58 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=241#comment-22 In my profession it's pretty popular. One on each cheek, too. I do it when I mean it. In my profession it’s pretty popular. One on each cheek, too.
I do it when I mean it.

]]> By: Mreif https://the-word-well.com/the-kiss-hello-can-we-kiss-it-goodbye.html/comment-page-1#comment-21 Mreif Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:17:13 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=241#comment-21 Good point, although would be less grossed out if it was a McDreamy look-alike.... Good point, although would be less grossed out if it was a McDreamy look-alike….

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