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Etiquette for handshakes when hands are not clean?

Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:03 pm
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
20251 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:03 pm
Wondering the etiquette at work where I meet a bunch of people every day. Sometimes, if I'm doing an unsavory activity and I'll where gloves when I meet someone. I don't want to be a dick and turn their hand away. I don't want to get all the potential nasty things on my glove on his hand, and if I take a glove off, my hand will still be super sweaty until I wash it. So what's the general consensus?
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32990 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:03 pm to
fist bump
Posted by southernelite
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2009
53561 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:05 pm to
i don't know, but frick people who elbow bump. that's awkward as hell.
Posted by SaintCajun
Pacific Northwest
Member since Apr 2012
4294 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:06 pm to
I tell them sorry but my hands are dirty otherwise I'd shake your hand
Posted by georgia
445
Member since Jan 2007
9216 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:07 pm to
Say hi and apologize if he sticks his hand out?
Posted by Slinky
Member since Dec 2013
3118 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:07 pm to
quote:

fist bump
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15662 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:10 pm to
Is this you at work?

Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
20251 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:16 pm to
That's what I feel I should do, but I also feel like they assume that what I'm doing is a hell of a lot cleaner than it is. And they are pretty damn aggressive. I also feel like well, they're older men, they don't give a crap about the possibility of getting their hands dirty.
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
11924 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:17 pm to
I wouldn't know, I keep mine clean.
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
39738 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:23 pm to
Either tell him they are dirty


or just stare at them, menacingly, unwavering, until they move along.

Like this:
Posted by Traffic Circle
Down the Rabbit Hole
Member since Nov 2013
4882 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:25 pm to
Depends upon what's on your hand. If you just wiped, with no TP, then just shake and ignore.
Posted by BayouBandit24
Member since Aug 2010
17087 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:26 pm to
Elbow bump, they'll understand
Posted by Good Ole Baw
Member since May 2014
497 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:26 pm to
quote:

Depends upon what's on your hand. If you just wiped, with no TP, then just shake and ignore.


I like the way you think
Posted by Odinson
Asgard
Member since Apr 2014
2861 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:27 pm to
tongue kiss them
Posted by forksup
Member since Dec 2013
8817 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:29 pm to
If they insist, elbow bump. If they really want to shake knowing my hands wet or dirty, I oblige. Meh.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
71076 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:31 pm to
Forearm bump unless they don't give a damn.
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 11:32 pm
Posted by em745
Member since Nov 2013
138 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:33 pm to
Just start a rumor that you're heavy into anal fisting.

Problem solved.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
70744 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:53 pm to
I'll shar anyone's hand but keep a bottle of sanitizer nearby for this reason. Some nasty mofos out there.
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