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Originally posted by RealityBites
We have a meeting for the offices in our firm coming up. Recently, while attending a meeting I ran into one of my colleagues at a cocktail party. She went in for the hug hello. I was a little taken aback, but it was fine...
Is it fine? Do I make this the standard hello for the women (and the men?) Granted I work with this particular office frequently, and see them at meetings generally 3 - 4 times a year.
It's really starting to bug me and I don't want to have that awkward moment.
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Despite the fact that I am nicey-nice, I hate the business hug. Hate it, hate it, hate it. Heck, I'm not even all that big on the social hug. (My friends all know this. My wife's friends figured it out eventually. We go out, and my wife will hug everybody, and I will hug no one. Not to be confused with hugging Know Won, NTTAWWT.) But, then again, I'm an old guy, and am an old school reactionary in many ways, so what do I know?
Anyhoo, I think that you should only hug those people if you would hug them if you saw them outside of the work. Are you so close that, if you no longer worked at the same company, you would want to see them every few months? In other words, are they business acquaintances or friends? If they are friends, and you are someone who hugs your friends, hug away. If they are business acquaintances, extend the old Heisman handshake.
