Michael Grant wrote: > Anyone knows what it means when you shake hands with someone and they look > away? > > There's someone that comes to our office often and has known my boss for > years. Every time they shake hands the guy looks away from my boss and > doesn't make eye contact. I'm dying to know why. >
What culture? I recently heard a brief piece about some of the differences in greetings and what not in different cultures around the world. One that might relate here is that Northern Oriental cultures (Korean I believe) find it rude if you stare too intently at a person when shaking their hands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291956 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
