I got into an epic handshake battle with a Texas ranch manager. It was on like donkey kong, that old boy was strong. Started crushing the hell out of my hand, then I regrouped and put him down.
I have little hands and I hate it when you have to shake with some ham handed spider fingered monster. Rigid hand all the way!
Limp handshakes don’t bother me so much, maybe they’ve got a reason as a couple of people have stated previously.
But as for the ones who deliberately try and crush your hand, squeeze back but also put your thumb right over the index finger’s phalange (just back from the knuckle) and crush it. Hurts a lot more and has worked every time for me.
IME handshakes vary a lot by region and culture so I really see no point in trying to draw conclusions or judging. And people can’t help it if they have sweaty or cold hands.
When I was younger I was taught that when you shake someone’s hand you stand proud, look them in the eye, and shake their hand firmly. That’s how I was taught and that’s what I’ve always done.
In business, older folks notice my “form” and show a great deal of respect, from my peers at my level all the way to the CEO of the company. People notice a good handshake, not a limp “pussy” handshake and not a “I’m super dick macho man” handshake.
Personally, I get disgusted and irritated when someone shakes my hand and its limp. Do you lack self-respect, or are you just not interested in presenting yourself well. What really pisses me off though, and I’ve honestly wanted to grab someone once for doing this, is when they shake your hand and either don’t even look in your direction or look away, like they are above you (and its always the douchebags with the limp handshake as a pre-cursor).
For women, I find it easier to extend my hand first. Let them set the precedent of grip strength. You can easily shake a woman’s hand and be firm without crushing. Its all about self-control. If she grips your extended hand you match her firmness if she’s firm, or if she daintily does it, keep your hand firm, but gentle as though its precious. If she extends her hand first, when you take her hand in yours, apply pressure until you feel her skin against yours, then stop. That’s all. Women are looking for confidence in a handshake, nothing more.
On an aside, living in Japan right now, people don’t handshake they bow. Its kind of cool sometimes and other times its annoying/funny. The degree of bow is always dependent on the 1) level of the person you are bowing to, and 2) how much you are thanking/apologizing/respecting what they’ve done for you. In Japan, its customary if someone bows to you to bow back - here is the annoying/funny part. What happens though, is you bow, they bow back, then you bow again (because they bowed to you), then they bow back because you bowed to them. This cycle repeats usually 4-5 times. Its hilarious to watch but you do it out of habit when in the situation. I personally witnessed an exchange of 8 bows between two people (the record thus far, wasn’t me), before they parted ways.
Shaking hands/bowing is showing respect to someone. In a world where respect seems lacking, I think people need to get back to shaking hands the right way, and getting smacked up side the head (Bruce Lee style) if they don’t.
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]Wiex wrote:
[quote]treco wrote:
^^^
Security guy goes home each day and tells wife
There is this huge engineer that wants to shake hands and I thought I finally him just waving, but no …[/quote]
LOL[/quote]
DOUBLE LOL!
Im fucking fist bumping or chest bumping from now on![/quote]
Calling it now… you’ll chest bump him and either a)knock him on his ass, or b) he’ll take it as an act of violence and taze you.
Also, if you’re engineer that’s awesome. Isn’t it great?
[quote]Quasi-Tech wrote:
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]Wiex wrote:
[quote]treco wrote:
^^^
Security guy goes home each day and tells wife
There is this huge engineer that wants to shake hands and I thought I finally him just waving, but no …[/quote]
LOL[/quote]
DOUBLE LOL!
Im fucking fist bumping or chest bumping from now on![/quote]
Calling it now… you’ll chest bump him and either a)knock him on his ass, or b) he’ll take it as an act of violence and taze you.
Also, if you’re engineer that’s awesome. Isn’t it great?[/quote]
Lol, how about I hug him, no Im not an engineer dont know why treco thought that.
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
I don’t get this palm down business. I’ve never seen or heard of that! I think if anyone ever did it to me I’d just stand there and stare, open-mouthed.
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I can almost hear that 70’s porn music playing in the background…I loved Nina Hartley.
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]Quasi-Tech wrote:
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]Wiex wrote:
[quote]treco wrote:
^^^
Security guy goes home each day and tells wife
There is this huge engineer that wants to shake hands and I thought I finally him just waving, but no …[/quote]
LOL[/quote]
DOUBLE LOL!
Im fucking fist bumping or chest bumping from now on![/quote]
Calling it now… you’ll chest bump him and either a)knock him on his ass, or b) he’ll take it as an act of violence and taze you.
Also, if you’re engineer that’s awesome. Isn’t it great?[/quote]
Lol, how about I hug him, no Im not an engineer dont know why treco thought that.[/quote]
Awesome!!! Do it!!!
(damn iPad )
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]Quasi-Tech wrote:
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]Wiex wrote:
[quote]treco wrote:
^^^
Security guy goes home each day and tells wife
There is this huge engineer that wants to shake hands and I thought I finally him just waving, but no …[/quote]
LOL[/quote]
DOUBLE LOL!
Im fucking fist bumping or chest bumping from now on![/quote]
Calling it now… you’ll chest bump him and either a)knock him on his ass, or b) he’ll take it as an act of violence and taze you.
Also, if you’re engineer that’s awesome. Isn’t it great?[/quote]
Lol, how about I hug him, no Im not an engineer dont know why treco thought that.[/quote]
I think you should hug him limply, like the kind of hug where you’re sort of drooping from his shoulders.
Waiting for that Groundhog Day Bill Murray scene
[quote]four60 wrote:
Waiting for that Groundhog Day Bill Murray scene [/quote]
Give it until tomorrow and Matty will be showing the security guard his ice sculptures and wicked piano skills.
Dillon, you son of a bitch.
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]Quasi-Tech wrote:
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]Wiex wrote:
[quote]treco wrote:
^^^
Security guy goes home each day and tells wife
There is this huge engineer that wants to shake hands and I thought I finally him just waving, but no …[/quote]
LOL[/quote]
DOUBLE LOL!
Im fucking fist bumping or chest bumping from now on![/quote]
Calling it now… you’ll chest bump him and either a)knock him on his ass, or b) he’ll take it as an act of violence and taze you.
Also, if you’re engineer that’s awesome. Isn’t it great?[/quote]
Lol, how about I hug him, no Im not an engineer dont know why treco thought that.[/quote]
I think you should hug him limply, like the kind of hug where you’re sort of drooping from his shoulders.[/quote]
I’m a big fan of the firm squeeze at the lower back. Lots of hips in that kind of hug.
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]Wiex wrote:
[quote]treco wrote:
^^^
Security guy goes home each day and tells wife
There is this huge engineer that wants to shake hands and I thought I finally him just waving, but no …[/quote]
LOL[/quote]
DOUBLE LOL!
Im fucking fist bumping or chest bumping from now on![/quote]
Matty bad idea, you would send the guy through the wall
[quote]sen say wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
All my wife’s friends love me [/quote]
WTF? When did you get married? I thought She Say and I were coming back to the Cape of Cod and we were going to party with your lesbian waitress friends…or am I thinking of polo78j? Can’t you em effers come up with less confusing handles? Breaker one my ass.[/quote]
goin on 2 years Sen
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]sen say wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
All my wife’s friends love me [/quote]
WTF? When did you get married? I thought She Say and I were coming back to the Cape of Cod and we were going to party with your lesbian waitress friends…or am I thinking of polo78j? Can’t you em effers come up with less confusing handles? Breaker one my ass.[/quote]
goin on 2 years Sen[/quote]
hahahahhhahaahhahhaha
Wow, Sen uh do we need to do a Alzheimers test on you.
My father taught me to be firm and give it a little snap at the end and look them in the eye, that’s important.
I pretty much shake my sons hand every time we say goodbye for the day or if he’s off to work. If it’s out for the night it’s a shake-hug. Is that weird?
The last factory job I had I worked with a lot of older Polish guys. At the end of every shift there would be a line up at the punch clock and all the Pollocks would greet each other with handshakes. I thought it was odd and asked one of them about it. He said it all goes back to WWII. He said something along the lines of “it’s good to greet your brothers in arms everyday and celebrate life yes?”
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
If it’s out for the night it’s a shake-hug. Is that weird?
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Nope. I don’t see my dad often, but when I do, this is how we say goodbye. He’s old and I’m an idiot, so you never know when either of us will see our time reach an end.
I fist bumped him today…warming him up for the real thing…
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
I fist bumped him today…warming him up for the real thing…
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I was going to say if you get a pic Bill Murray Hugging Him I would video myself dry Humping a bench machine in Planet Fitness…but with my luck I would Lose