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Which new pandemic-era "hand"shake do you prefer?

Which new greeting do you prefer?

  • Elbows

    Votes: 6 37.5%

  • Feet

    Votes: 5 31.3%

  • Butts

    Votes: 5 31.3%
  • Total voters
    16
  • Poll closed .
kenny

kenny

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I have been (still) shaking hands with people I just meet. And I hug my friends and family and nod at neighbors and other acquaintances. When we first started going to PT in mid February for my dh's recovery from TKR we did shake the hands of the physical therapist we were meeting for the first time. And then I was very conscious and careful not to touch my face until I washed my hands. My DH took the Purell right out though and applied to his hands and offered it to me and the therapist. LOL.

Right this minute I probably would eschew shaking hands and just nod a greeting to most and say nice to meet you. I don't think any new people we are meeting these days will mind not shaking hands or otherwise touching. Smart and still polite to acknowledge one another and say the necessary words without touching.

I read that touching elbows is the new way to shake hands so I guess touching elbows it is. The only butts I am touching are my DH's (delicious) butt and my kitties sweet (but stinky) butts. And after touching my kitties butts you can bet (vigorous) handwashing will ensue. :cheeky:
 
How about bowing with hands clasped? I think that is a lovely and respectful greeting.

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Namaste!!!
 
Sawadee kha
 
I'm not going to be doing greetings where I touch people, apart from my own family inside my home. I figure if one of us gets it, we are likely all getting it.

Like many people I sneeze into my elbow, so that's not sanitary either.
 
On Tuesday when we had an apointment at the respitory clinic we had quite a long consultation with the specialist and Gary and him did shake hands as we left - the doc was a pro handwasher so im sure he would have after we left and we used the hand sanatizer as we left the hospital

I feel sorry for the people sick with the virus who are without the sympathetic, empathetic, caring, nurturing and healing touch of a nurse's hand :(2
 
To be honest, I'm a huge proponent of guarding my own personal space. Only direct family members (kids and DH) can even touch me. So I'm good with no contact no matter what.
 
lyra said:
To be honest, I'm a huge proponent of guarding my own personal space. Only direct family members (kids and DH) can even touch me. So I'm good with no contact no matter what.
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@lyra That is definitely understandable given your immune system challenges. I wouldn’t let anyone touch me either. You could easily get sick from people’s germs...
I do hug my friends...but not people I just meet or acquaintances. My pet peeve is when someone talks to me inches from my face. I once had one person at a party getting in my face...too close...I kept taking a step back. They kept stepping forward. I stepped back once more...and bumped my head on the bookshelf...Now if someone does that to me I put my palm out...Being so close that you can feel their breath is too close IMO...
 
Touching elbows seems dumb because they are telling us to sneeze and cough into our arms, which can project phlegm, saliva, and snot towards the elbow.

Like, Duh! :doh:

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I am just staying in my house and not meeting anyone! Luckily, I have enough projects at home to last me till the next pandemic.
 
lyra said:
To be honest, I'm a huge proponent of guarding my own personal space. Only direct family members (kids and DH) can even touch me. So I'm good with no contact no matter what.
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If not from a hugy hugy family (and i don't have kids) so id take that even a bit further :mrgreen2:
The cat on the other hand gets cuddled to the max !
 
I'm going with this:

And in the absence of a hat:

 
Mamabean said:
@lyra That is definitely understandable given your immune system challenges. I wouldn’t let anyone touch me either. You could easily get sick from people’s germs...
I do hug my friends...but not people I just meet or acquaintances. My pet peeve is when someone talks to me inches from my face. I once had one person at a party getting in my face...too close...I kept taking a step back. They kept stepping forward. I stepped back once more...and bumped my head on the bookshelf...Now if someone does that to me I put my palm out...Being so close that you can feel their breath is too close IMO...
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Even during healthy times I dislike talking with a "Close Talker"

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On a more serious note, yesterday my mother (she's 76) took herself off to a routine cardiology appointment & was suddenly fast tracked to ICU with a BP of 235/102 & a bpm of 39. She is well, no headaches, no pain. Freaky! So today we have all been rallying around to visit in shift (there are 4 of us plus respective families, all within a 30 minute drive & a big, close family) & when I went in, after several hand sanitizer stations, they asked me not to touch her. I said "shall we bump ankles or something?" at which point she called me an idiot & went in for full bear hug :lol:

There are some SERIOUSLY poorly people in those rooms, all beeping & alarming, but she did kiss me on the lips & bear hug me again when I came to leave a couple of hours later. What to do for the best is a bit of a mystery. Stay far back, or give my very lovely mum the comfort she needs right now, as she's a bit freaked out & feels very alone. She is being fitted with a pacemaker on Monday & that should be the end of a very unexpected but potentially life threatening experience.

Tomorrow I may suggest bumping butts just for the laughs..............
 
@Alex T That must have been so frightening! I hope everything goes smoothly for your mom on Monday...
 
Mamabean said:
@Alex T That must have been so frightening! I hope everything goes smoothly for your mom on Monday...
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Thank you Mama. I hope she's back in her own home soon & all of this is done before it even got started!
 
I vote for a nod and a wink.
 
Alex T said:
On a more serious note, yesterday my mother (she's 76) took herself off to a routine cardiology appointment & was suddenly fast tracked to ICU with a BP of 235/102 & a bpm of 39. She is well, no headaches, no pain. Freaky! So today we have all been rallying around to visit in shift (there are 4 of us plus respective families, all within a 30 minute drive & a big, close family) & when I went in, after several hand sanitizer stations, they asked me not to touch her. I said "shall we bump ankles or something?" at which point she called me an idiot & went in for full bear hug :lol:

There are some SERIOUSLY poorly people in those rooms, all beeping & alarming, but she did kiss me on the lips & bear hug me again when I came to leave a couple of hours later. What to do for the best is a bit of a mystery. Stay far back, or give my very lovely mum the comfort she needs right now, as she's a bit freaked out & feels very alone. She is being fitted with a pacemaker on Monday & that should be the end of a very unexpected but potentially life threatening experience.

Tomorrow I may suggest bumping butts just for the laughs..............
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Hope mum is on the ment and how fortunate she went in for that routine test

i may have mentioned this before but i feel sorry for the people really sick with the virus who have no real physical contact with a nurse because a nurse's touch can be very comforting
 
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