When was the last time you shook someone's hand?

Atlantic Dawn

One of the oldest ways of connecting with a stranger or a friend was to shake their hand, when was the last time you did this?


For me it was late February 2020, visitors to the workplace, Covid has now changed things. Don't know when this will return to the norm.

Lundstram

Yesterday, new lad at work.

Never stopped. I don't live my life assuming someone has a disease.

Government buildings

I can't understand the rule about not being able to shake hands.

What difference does it matter, when you wash your hands when you get home?

And that obnoxious touching of the elbows... sickening!

Atlantic Dawn

Government buildings wrote: »

I can't understand the rule about not being able to shake hands.

What difference does it matter, when you wash your hands when you get home?

And that obnoxious touching of the elbows... sickening!

Or use sanitizer on the spot, in my place if I shook someone's hand I would be straight to the electric chair.

The elbows thing is a load of sheite, it means getting nearer to output from the lungs, idiotic and only for class 1 arseholes.

Church on Tuesday

My father at Christmas whom I had not spoken to for about 4 years for reasons.

With the current times we are in, it seemed like the just thing to do and while I still have my grievances, I am thankful for it.

Quantum Erasure

New years eve/ day

timeToLive

Lundstram wrote: »

Yesterday, new lad at work.

Never stopped. I don't live my life assuming someone has a disease.

It's the smallest way you can show respect for people in this country and the effort that has been made.. and you can't even do it. smh

Last night around this time or a bit earlier.

Shook my eldest brother's hand at Christmas, when he left for England. It hasn't even occurred to me before today.

I cannot understand the preoccupation with hand-shaking as a symbol of social change. We are locked inside 5km boundaries, and we are worried about handshakes? Come on, I think we have bigger fish to fry.

Government buildings

About a year ago. A Garda in Sligo. Was just after the whole thing about hand-shaking being a bad idea came in. We both shook hands and then awkwardly kinda realised and had an awkward laugh about it.

Government buildings wrote: »

And that obnoxious touching of the elbows... sickening!

I agree with not shaking hands at the moment. However, I can't get my head around this. At least we're using alcohol sanitiser and such on our hands. People are deliberately choosing to sneeze and cough into their elbow, and somehow that has become the new handshake. :rolleyes: People are morons.

A Tyrant Named Miltiades!

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Shook my eldest brother's hand at Christmas, when he left for England. It hasn't even occurred to me before today.

I cannot understand the preoccupation with hand-shaking as a symbol of social change. We are locked inside 5km boundaries, and we are worried about handshakes? Come on, I think we have bigger fish to fry.

I don't think anyone is worried about it. There are multiple ways of dealing with the prevention of spreading it. Masks, sanitiser, handshakes, 5km radius, 2 meters, etc. all together help a lot more than just picking one thing.

Cookie_Monster

this morning

AllGunsBlazing

Honestly can't recall.

Was always more of a wave and a "howya" kind of person anyway so I don't miss it .

TheMilkyPirate

One of mates yesterday

I miss a spontaneous hug with a friend. A hot sweaty or cold clammy hand clasped in mine to signal acceptable social greeting I do not miss.

Pawwed Rig

Lundstram wrote: »

Yesterday, new lad at work.

Never stopped. I don't live my life assuming someone has a disease.

That is a dick move particularly where there is a power imbalance. Noone I have met since last March has offered their hand and neither have I offered mine. Where a hand was offered it is now an awkward situation where I can either 1. shake it against my preference to appease the other person or 2. ignore it and risk offending the other person.

My last time for me was at an interview last Feb. Since then one person has done the elbow thing (which is silly but I reciprocated as it was an old friend) other than that it is a nod.

Sharpyshoot

Since last year, we need to stop the spread of the virus. Is it any wonder funerals are super spreader events.

Mrcaramelchoc

I had a dream about doing it last night. I woke up in a cold sweat.

About a month ago when chatting to the new neighbour for the first time.

Immediate whoops moment.

PetitPois89

Early March last year. Fully understand the reasoning behind the advice not to shake hands, most people don’t wash their hands often enough and it’s very easy to shake somebody’s hand and then touch your face/eyes/mouth absentmindedly

I've always hated shaking hands.

*shudder*

It is odd that handshaking is considered so polite and nice. The last thing the other person might have had in their hand is their willy. Or indeed someone elses willy.

notsoyoungwan

Over a year ago, thankfully. I never liked shaking hands with people and I only hug those I’m very close to- good friends, close family, lovers. I hate the way hugging strangers was starting to become acceptable and even expected.

suicide_circus

timeToLive wrote: »

It's the smallest way you can show respect for people in this country and the effort that has been made.. and you can't even do it. smh

Performative piety. Just wash or sanitise your hands after. Stand up and stop being afraid of your f*cking shadow, folks.

suicide_circus

suicide_circus wrote: »

Performative piety. Just wash or sanitise your hands after. Stand up and stop being afraid of your f*cking shadow, folks.

After I shake Mr Smith's hot fat hand to be an independent-thinking hero - do I whisk out my pocket bottle and sanitise straight away while Mr Smith looks on & perhaps does the same, a sort of mutually satisfying alcohol-soaked hand wringing fetish?
Or do we both rush to the sink together and wordlessly suds up alongside each other?
Do I wait til he has left before washing and hope I don't scatch my eyelid or rub my nose during our chat/meeting (humans average 1 touch of face per 3 minutes)?
Or can I not just say howaye Mr Smith and leave out the stupid part where we grasp & shake each others limbs to be supposedly normal?

Housefree

Lundstram wrote: »

I don't live my life assuming someone has a disease.

How did all that unprotected sex work out for ya?

Pawwed Rig

suicide_circus wrote: »

Performative piety. Just wash or sanitise your hands after. Stand up and stop being afraid of your f*cking shadow, folks.

4,500 dead

MarkY91

Government buildings wrote: »

I can't understand the rule about not being able to shake hands.

What difference does it matter, when you wash your hands when you get home?

And that obnoxious touching of the elbows... sickening!

I was at my nephew's funeral on Tuesday, the priest gave all of the family a touch of the elbow including the parent's. I know he couldn't shake hands but jesus christ I found that elbow ****e in such a situation extremely disrespectful. I know he had only good intentions but ****ing hell....

lawred2

March 12th 2020

And I remember it clearly as it was the first time someone shied away from me when I went to shake their hand

Happened to me twice after.

Haven't bothered since. The awkwardness isn't worth it.

lawred2

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

4,500 dead

Because of handshakes?

suicide_circus

Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

quokula

Didn’t realise handshaking was such a big deal. Not sure I’ve ever shaken the hand of a friend or relative, seems far too formal. Only real occasion I can think of hand shaking is when meeting people for the first time in a work related setting.

I find it pretty shocking that some people are so irresponsible that even avoiding this most pointless of gestures is a bridge too far for them in doing their but for the community and reducing the numbers of dead and the time the rest of us have to spend locked down.

growleaves

A few days ago.

Collie D

I love how on any thread regarding guidelines you get the few heads who seem to see themselves as some kind of hero standing up for the masses against the man by ignoring them.

We’ll be well protected if the Russians or Chinese invade thanks to your elite hand shaking and holiday taking skills, lads. Stand proud!

frosty123

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

this morning

he said hand not willy

Pawwed Rig

lawred2 wrote: »

Because of handshakes?

All? No. Some? Probably.

Lundstram

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

4,500 dead

Around 5,000,000 not dead.

I'll take my chances.

Signore Fancy Pants

Lundstram wrote: »

Around 5,000,000 not dead.

I'll take my chances.

And the chances of the people who shake your hand.

Fair play to you, legend.

biko

Early March 2020.

Pawwed Rig

Lundstram wrote: »

Around 5,000,000 not dead.

I'll take my chances.

How about those who feel obligated to shake your hand when it is offered? If they bring the virus home and pass it around and Granny dies a month later. You are alright but presumably don't care about the damage that has been done.
It is not about You. It is about looking after the more vulnerable. I would be quite confident that if I caught the thing I would be fine at the end of it but it is not about me. It is about contacts of contacts and who I might hurt indirectly by not taking precautions.

Lundstram

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

How about those who feel obligated to shake your hand when it is offered? If they bring the virus home and pass it around and Granny dies a month later. You are alright but presumably don't care about the damage that has been done.
It is not about You. It is about looking after the more vulnerable. I would be quite confident that if I caught the thing I would be fine at the end of it but it is not about me. It is about contacts of contacts and who I might hurt indirectly by not taking precautions.

I know how a virus works, don't need Dr. Pawwed Rig's advice, thanks.

Pawwed Rig

Lundstram wrote: »

I know how a virus works, don't need Dr. Pawwed Rig's advice, thanks.

I didn't give any advice. The question is whether you care that your actions put people in danger or whether once it doesn't affect you you don't care.

It looks like the latter tbh but genuinely curious as I have not had one person offer their hand to me for more than a year.

Lundstram

Lundstram wrote: »

I know how a virus works, don't need Dr. Pawwed Rig's advice, thanks.

Less than 20% have had covid. A good bit less. So 5,000,000 is wrong for a start.
But say 5000 dead out of 1,000,000 max (20%) to make sums easy for me = 0.5% cfr.
As a thought experiment if someone offered you a bowl of 200 m&m s and said only 1 of them is cyanide, would you eat any of them?

Personally I would say keep your clammy hand and your m&m s to yourself, Mr. Smith, I don't like either of them enough to take them!

punisher5112

On Wednesday

punisher5112

I burnt my clothes and showered with sanitizer, alcohol sanitizer

Lundstram

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I didn't give any advice. The question is whether you care that your actions put people in danger or whether once it doesn't affect you you don't care.

It looks like the latter tbh but genuinely curious as I have not had one person offer their hand to me for more than a year.

Gaelic football resumed for a period last year, handshaking before and after games is custom, that didn't change. A few lads offered the elbow thing but I'm not doing that and dismiss it. The majority offered the hand as normal. Not much point in not shaking hands when there's 30 lads tearing into eachother for 70 mins of a game. Non-handshaking is as pointless as not allowing lads use dressing rooms.

Box ticking excercise.

Shook male family members hands at Christmas. No one died.

You cannot change habits of a lifetime overnight, especially for a virus with a survival rate above 99%.

Truth is many just don't care. The ones that do are more vocal and love shouting about it from the rooftops in some weird superior tone.

Truth is MOST do care about others. Thank goodness.

notsoyoungwan

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I didn't give any advice. The question is whether you care that your actions put people in danger or whether once it doesn't affect you you don't care.

It looks like the latter tbh but genuinely curious as I have not had one person offer their hand to me for more than a year.

I think the pandemic has really shown some people to be utterly selfish and self-absorbed. Some of the restrictions are undoubtedly very challenging, but to refuse to do the very small, simple things that can reduce transmission just because they won’t be told what to do or simply don’t care about others or perceive themselves to be invincible or want to seem like they’re above the ‘sheeple’ etc, it’s just mind-boggling. The ultimate irony of course is that those who are complaining about restrictions and lockdown are often the very ones perpetuating them because of their non-adherence. A point which will of course be lost on them

timeToLive

suicide_circus wrote: »

Performative piety. Just wash or sanitise your hands after. Stand up and stop being afraid of your f*cking shadow, folks.

How stupid is it to shake hands and then both people take out their personal bottle of hand sanitizer and rub their hands for 20-30 seconds. That is so idiotic to me

Pawwed Rig

Lundstram wrote: »

Shook male family members hands at Christmas. No one died.

First of all you don't know that. Noone you are aware of died because of it but you cannot tell what kind of chain of infection you are contributing to. I am glad that noone directly related to you has died because of this though.

You cannot change habits of a lifetime overnight, especially for a virus with a survival rate above 99%.

You can and most have. Hence most people in this thread and in real life have endured massive disruption to their lives over the last 12 months not seeing parents/grandparents/grand kids/friends. It is the 1% that we are looking out for and those that are not keeping the regulations are prolonging the pain for the rest of the population. The people of this country, for the most part, are absolute heroes for saving the lives of so many people (compare death rate to UK for example).

Truth is many just don't care.

That is true unfortunately. The question is are you one of the many who don't care or one of the vast majority who do? Your posts indicate the former.

Multipass

A few weeks ago when I met my new neighbour. He didn’t cough in my face, I’d say we’ll both survive.