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Weak Handshake

  • 28-06-2011 05:46PM
    #1
    chickendinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭


    What the hell is up them?

    I meet a new acquaintance last week & offered a handshake, as is the norm in my line of work,only to be returned with a handshake weaker than a 20 day old piece of lettuce.

    I took an instant dislike to the man. To be honset, I'd prefer a handcrusher.

    I think they should teach people how to shake hands properly in school - it's a social faux pas not to know how to shake hands like a normal person.


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Comments

  • #2
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    You mean your not in on the secret masonic handshake!
    Opps... I've said too much already!


  • #3
    Sinfonia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    Yo shake my nuts


  • #4
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    You can tell a lot about a person from a handshake.


  • #5
    El Horseboxo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,354 ✭✭✭El Horseboxo


    Someone tries crushing my hand and i'm crushing their face with my other one.


  • #6
    grizzly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    *offers high five*


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  • #7
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Lack of confidence.

    For someone who's shy crushing someone else's hand while staring them in the eye is a bit aggressive for them.


  • #8
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    It goes too far the other way also. People trying to crush your hand just to be macho

    Clearly reading some American sales book


  • #9
    Chuchoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭Chuchoter


    I hate handshakes...who knows where their hands have been??


  • #10
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    I hate it when one of you get your timeing wrong and close your hand to early, resulting in the other person giving a weak or almost lady like hand shake.

    Manly handshake for me all the time.


  • #11
    ChairSniffer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭ChairSniffer


    to me a handshake always meant that - just put out your hand and shake hands. no formalities, no display of manliness, no etiquette or pretense.
    some people put too much meaning on such a trivial thing.


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  • #12
    Sticky_Fingers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭Sticky_Fingers


    A good firm dry handshake always makes a good impression though some people go overboard and try to break every bone in your hand. A roid rage handshake is just as bad as a wet fish one IMO.


  • #13
    Mr. Denton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭Mr. Denton


    I'd like to ban handshakes. For all you know you're shaking the hands of a person who 10 minutes prior was taking a piss and never bothered to washed after.

    I know I'm right here because I shake peoples hands several times a day and I never washed.


  • #14
    ImpossibleDuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭ImpossibleDuck


    *about to shake someone's hand*

    In my head I'm saying: "Make sure this is a good hard handshake or they'll think you're weird"


  • #15
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64MkJ1fe46c


    Hard handshake, sometimes even a good hard slap on the back as well. :p


  • #16
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    The only thing worse than a weak handshake is an obviously contrived firm one. I'd rather someone being themselves naturally, than someone who has to force themselves to be what they feel is socially adherent.


  • #17
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    I prefer to lick a person's face as a greeting.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuB9ragEyxM


  • #18
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,385 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    Who gives a fuck? Its only a silly formality.


  • #19
    ImpossibleDuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭ImpossibleDuck


    Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »
    Who gives a fuck? Its only a silly formality.

    Indeed. I'd love to do away with the whole initial "meeting people" part of conversations. Christ I hate it! And then you're obliged to talk about the Weather or some shite like that.


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,226 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A guy I know who's pretty small over-compensates with a bone-cruncher of a hand shake.

    I dread meeting him


  • #21
    decisions
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭decisions


    crayolastereo wrote: »
    I hate handshakes...who knows where their hands have been??
    Use your imagination


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  • #22
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Biggins wrote: »
    You mean your not in on the secret masonic handshake!
    Opps... I've said too much already!

    P2 is not impressed.


  • #23
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Deleted User wrote: »
    A guy I know who's pretty small over-compensates with a bone-cruncher of a hand shake.

    I dread meeting him

    I met a guy like that once. I shook his hand (firm handshake) and he responded by squeezing mine, I responded by squeezing harder and we stood there for about 30 seconds holding hands. I'd read about such encounters before but it's pretty ridiculous (and gay looking) when you're actually standing there doing it.

    And handshakes are important to first introductions.


  • #24
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Giving somebody a weak handshake makes them think you're a push-over, and when you sh1t all over them later, they don't see it coming.


  • #25
    EverEvolving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭EverEvolving


    Chris P. Bacon wrote: »
    You can tell a lot about a person from a handshake.

    No you can't, you can tell f all from a handshake, maybe you could figure out if the person is cold or warm but that's about it, so what if someone doesn't shake hands like you expect them to, doesn't mean you can figure out their personality purely based on that.

    I've been reading too many interview articles lately and that one gets on my nerves.


  • #26
    harvester of sorrow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭harvester of sorrow


    Here we go again....:rolleyes:
    www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2056142572


  • #27
    al28283
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭al28283


    You can tell alot about someone by how much they read into a handshake


  • #28
    DHYNZY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 230 ✭✭DHYNZY


    Weak handshakes are deal breakers for me. I judge the person on the spot based on their handshake..terrible I know!


  • #29
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,385 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Giving somebody a weak handshake makes them think you're a push-over, and when you sh1t all over them later, they don't see it coming.

    You manipulative son of a bitch :eek:


  • #30
    xsiborg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,635 ✭✭✭xsiborg


    rather kinky female friend of mine was introducing me to her new girlfriend when her girlfriend put forward her hand to shake mine, i hesitated for a second, then pretended to not have noticed the gesture because i knew EXACTLY where her hand had been, and just the mental image, *shudders*, wasnt the first place you'd think of either, try round the back! :eek: :o


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  • #31
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    EverEvolving wrote: »
    No you can't, you can tell f all from a handshake, maybe you could figure out if the person is cold or warm but that's about it, so what if someone doesn't shake hands like you expect them to, doesn't mean you can figure out their personality purely based on that.

    I've been reading too many interview articles lately and that one gets on my nerves.

    Actually you can tell alot about a person from their handshake. Someone who squeezes too hard might be trying to intimidate you (ever shaken hands with a scumbag?), someone who squeezes but not too hard is most likely confident and someone who barely squeezes is likely a pretty shy person. Your personality does show up in a lot of places, anyone who's ever walked down the street can see this.
    A firm handshake was related positively to extraversion and emotional expressiveness and negatively to shyness and neuroticism; it was also positively related to openness to experience, but only for women. Finally, handshake characteristics were related to the impressions of the participants formed by the coders. These results demonstrate that personality traits, assessed through self-report, can predict specific behaviors assessed by trained observers.
    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.


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