White North Americans On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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:291958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
