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Male - Try to squeeze as hard as you can 2 4.88%
Male - Firm hand shake 22 53.66%
Male - Weak hand shake 2 4.88%
Male - Put no thought into it 5 12.20%
Male - Don't shake hands 1 2.44%
Female - Try to squeeze as hard as you can 1 2.44%
Female - Firm hand shake 7 17.07%
Female - Weak hand shake 0 0%
Female - Put no thought into it 0 0%
Female - Don't shake hands 1 2.44%
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Old 10-03-2011, 03:35 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Damn people seem to judge others based on the stupidest things. I don't think a handshake says much of anything about the person who's attached to that hand.

Went with put no though into it, though I'm probably actually a firm shaker.
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Old 10-03-2011, 03:39 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Old 10-03-2011, 03:57 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Aren't you supposed to be able to work out someone's political stance by the way they shake your hand or something?
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Old 10-03-2011, 04:49 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I always give a firm handshake, but I temper that by the person with whom I am shaking hands. If I'm shaking hands with some tiny slip of a girl, I will give a handshake that feels firm to them, not to me. I may well be giving an -almost- limp handshake in that situation, but seeing as I'm likely much bigger than they are, I trust it won't come off that way.

On the other hand, if I'm shaking hands with a 40 year old ex-army sergeant, I will probably have my hand rather firm. In my experience, so will they in this situation, so I'm probably just matching expectations.
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Old 10-03-2011, 04:57 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I always give a firm handshake, but I temper that by the person with whom I am shaking hands. If I'm shaking hands with some tiny slip of a girl, I will give a handshake that feels firm to them, not to me. I may well be giving an -almost- limp handshake in that situation, but seeing as I'm likely much bigger than they are, I trust it won't come off that way.

On the other hand, if I'm shaking hands with a 40 year old ex-army sergeant, I will probably have my hand rather firm. In my experience, so will they in this situation, so I'm probably just matching expectations.
This describes my approach exactly.
I was taken well off guard on one occasion when being introduced to a giant of a man. When we went to shake hands I ended up with what felt like a fistfull of cold, damp sausages. I nearly broke the guys fingers over compensating.
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Is this thread based on interview situations, social, or just general?
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Old 10-03-2011, 05:39 PM   #18 (permalink)
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The worst thing is when you just end up shaking their fingers, or they shake yours. It's very off-putting, I can't even imagine being friends with that sort of person.
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General. It woulda got too convoluted if I added situations.
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Old 10-03-2011, 06:37 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Aren't you supposed to be able to work out someone's political stance by the way they shake your hand or something?
Never heard of this and as I don't have one political stance over another you definitely won't guess.

A firm hand shake is definitely preferred. A limp handshake just feels wrong but the bonecrushers that some males love to go for just makes me think 'over compensation' or twat.

I once heard that how thick the knot is on a man's tie is representative to the thickness of his pond tickler. What a crock.

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