What kinda hand shaker are you?

[wkid_one]

Fuck yes - when handshaking - your hands should come together like the front rows of a bledisloe cup match.

[jrandom]

I like to think I offer the perfect handshake experience. Firm, dry, vertically orientated and accompanied by a warm smile and brief, unchallenging eye contact.

I've met the type that seem to want to out-crush you; I generally just crush back, which seems to do the trick. Likewise with the upper-hand type; I just bring in the shoulder muscles and wrench it back round. I don't like being dominated...

Shaking hands with ladies is an entirely different matter. Can't say I've ever had one present her hand palm-down 'kiss me' style, but it only seems to be the well-practiced professional female types that actually don't mind shaking hands and have any sort of technique down pat.

[Darryboy]

Also like someone said, the person that shakes your fingers because they are so keen to shake your hand and don't properly connect - that shits me cos you kind of give off that your a wet fish shaker.

I reckon that's the worst!
Especially as it makes you wet fish it.

[Hitcher]

I get irritated by bastards who grab your fingers before you can successfully complete a palm to palm hand shake.

Me too! My father-in-law gets me by the fingers every time!

[Motu]

I hate the whole handshake thing - but I was brought up in the firm handshake generation....I knew when I was a man when I could meet my uncle without my hand collapsing.

Limp fingers only seems very common these days,and I gotta say Indians excell in them.They all seem very eager to shake your hand,it's a must do,but then present damp limp fingers - like is this some sort of cultural insult we are on the receiving end of?

I have an ace up my sleeve - my hands are seldom in a shake worthy state,but hey,if you insist...go for it!

Girls?....oh,I wish....

[FROSTY:Me]

The whole handshake thing is such a minefeild I try to avoid it.
I prefer a single firm shake without the crush thing.

[KATWYN]

Limp fingers only seems very common these days,and I gotta say Indians excell in them.

Or not at all!.... We had a business meeting with an indian that had
come over from India (1st time in NZ) and he reluctantly shook my
hand when I held it out .(but he shook the guys hand no problem) -then went on to tell me in the meeting to "take notes"

I thought, you are in NZ now leave your woman hating attitude
back in India.

[vifferman]

Or not at all!.... We had a business meeting with an indian that had
come over from India (1st time in NZ) and he reluctantly shook my
hand when I held it out .(but he shook the guys hand no problem) -then went on to tell me in the meeting to "take notes"

I thought, you are in NZ now leave your woman hating attitude
back in India.

...and then kicked him in the nuts and said "take note"?

It sounds as though there's a rough consensus here - we all (apart from those who are overly competitive / have too much testosterone / are unsure about their masculinity) hate limpies, wet fish, two-hand shakers, and bullies.

And I can't say I'm too keen on trendy handshakes, like pretending you're one of the bros from the 'hood and gettin' down widdit. Or secret handshakes. Or overly long ones (unless it's a woman [like that would ever happen])

[KATWYN]

...and then kicked him in the nuts and said "take note"?

thx Firestormer, it reminded me to add that funny icon to it

[Hoon]

You can still present a firm hand shake without any actual squeezing. You just need to tense your hand up instead. I use to do the squeeze but too often I'd lapse and crush some poor girls hand...not a good move when meeting potential customers during business meetings. Also after mixed touch games you really have to pay attention when shaking hands with the other team.

[k14]

Yeah, I dont ever go for the hard hand shake, but try to be firm. Although with women I tend to be fairly soft, don't want to hurt them. If someone shakes my hand so hard it hurts I just get pissed off at them, don't care if it proves they are "masculine."

I have seen a program on TV about human behaviour and it had a segment about hand shaking. There are heaps of different techniques and they all correspond to what type of person the hand shaker is. Quite interesting but I can't remember much of what they said.

[erik]

I'd rather encounter a limp handshake than a crushing one. I hate arseholes that try to crush your hand, I mean the handshake is supposed to show you are friendly or something, it's not a competition of who's more macho.

[moko]

They all seem very eager to shake your hand,it's a must do,but then present damp limp fingers - like is this some sort of cultural insult we are on the receiving end of?

Yes,they`ve just taken a piss and that particular shake is known as "Gandhi`s revenge"

[Ms Piggy]

I'm definitely a firm handshaker - I've never thought about top or bottom before though...either or really, I'm easy to please.

I HATE wet fish handshakes or people who just grab the tips of your fingers....WTF is that all about!

[Hitcher]

Another handshaking style I really hate is the Alpha male "I'm going to get my hand on top of yours". The last guy who tried that one got a real fright and nearly a broken wrist. Dickhead.