13 Alternatives To Shaking Hands [0:00:00]
When it comes to greeting people, things have changed. The handshake, it’s dead. Kissing
on the cheeks, it’s gone. The hug, your opportunity to catch a feel is over.
In today’s video, I’m laying out all the ways that you can properly acknowledge and
greet people without getting sick, your modern alternatives to the handshake.
First up, the air high five. So, what I love about the air high five as displayed by Jim
and Pam right here is that this one is fun. You can use it at work, you can use it with
friends, you can use this one with family. I also like the distance. So, if you’re
5 feet from each other, if you’re 100 feet from each other, it doesn’t matter, you
can still make it happen. Next up, we’ve got the Vulcan salute. Live
long and prosper. So, apparently the actor that played Spock, Leonard Nimoy, he came
up with this one looking at Churchill’s V for victory sign. He created these two fingers
V for victory sign and it became a cultural icon.
Personally, as a science fiction nerd, I absolutely love it, plus what you’re saying, [Live
long and prosper]. That’s a nice thing to say to somebody.
Next up, we’ve got the V sign. This one, throughout history has actually meant different
things. Now, Churchill and the allies, they adopted it for V is victory, but later on,
it was adopted as the peace sign. Nowadays, a lot of people bring this into photos. It’s
just simply a nice sign in their minds. But, flip this around, we’ve got something
not very nice. We’ve got the forks if I go like this. You guys down in Australia,
you know what I’m talking about. Point is, be careful with this, make sure you use it
in the right way. Next up, how about the Texas howdy? Now, this
one a bit more fun, a bit more regional, and it’s a little bit interesting because basically
you’re going to shape your hand like a gun. And, no, you’re not going to point at them
like this. You’re going to hold that firearm like this and you’re just going to say,
“Hey, how are you doing there?” Now, obviously I get it. This one is not for
everybody. Some of you guys are anti-finger gun. In addition, you do this too much, people
are going to think you’re a Texas Tech fan. Eww.
And with that being said, hook ‘em. Next up, we’ve got the eye contact, smile, and
nod. Pretty simple, gets across the message, “Hey, I like what I see. You’re making
me smile, I’m happy to see you.” And if that’s too friendly, if that’s
too forward for you, then just simply the eye contact with the nod works perfectly.
And, don’t forget, you’ve got a voice, use a verbal acknowledgement; hi, hello, how
are you. Now, what about air kisses? When I was doing
the research for this video, I saw people advocating them. Me, it’s a little bit too
much, but I want to hear from you guys. So, let me know, air kisses, yes or no down in
the comments. Now, for this next one, I know many of my
viewers are over in the Middle East, so please correct me if I’m wrong here. But, my understanding
you can put your palm into your heart here and you can say salam which means peace.
Normally, this is preceded by a handshake, but we’re going to skip the handshake here,
again, we’re just simply going to put the hand here and you’re going to say, salam.
Next up, we’ve got the namaste which is a customary Hindu greeting that’s been around
for almost 3,000 years. Now, the word namaste, this means I bow to the divine in you or I
recognize the light within you. What I like about this one, it’s simple,
it’s elegant, it’s timeless and it’s being used already by a over a billion people
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the fist bump is interesting. Apparently, it started with boxers right before the fight
touching gloves. But, in the 1950s, Stan Musial, Stan the Man, this guy said, “You know what?
I’m tired of catching colds. I’m just going to start fist bumping people instead
of shaking hands.” Then, in the 1970s, we saw Fred Carter do
the same thing in the basketball world. And athletes all around started picking up, they
just found it was faster, it was easier, and it kept them from getting sick.
And sure enough, these guys were onto something because the study came out on the early 1990s
clearly showing that shaking hands passed a lot more germs than simply the fist bump
or a high five. Now, with all the being said and it today’s
current environment, do you actually want to make contact when you do the fist bump?
So, my thoughts on the CDC guidance, you want to maintain a 6-foot distance between you
and other people. So, unless you and that other person have 3-foot arms, yeah, you probably
just want to do an air fist bump. Now, what about the elbow bump? So, two problems
with the elbow bump. First up, people are coughing and sneezing into their elbows, so,
yeah, we don’t want to be rubbing these together. And, also, the 6-foot distance,
very difficult unless you’ve got 6-foot long arms.
[0:04:54] What about the feet bump? All right. So, a
few issues with this one. First up, the 6-foot distance, you’re not maintaining it. Next
up, this one just looks a little bit odd. And, third and most importantly, this one
requires a lot more dexterity. Can you imagine doing this one with your grandmother
and actually sweeping out her leg from under her? All of a sudden, grandma’s on the ground.
Yeah, grandma is down and she ain’t getting back up.
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