I actually was about to hug my supervisor I was just seconds away and quickly changed to a hand shake to avoid confusions. I meet the guy for like two months now so my body is all like "I know this person, let's hug him!" I had the same issues meeting my hubby's friends I had to stop myself from kissing and hugging them at the first meeting, although I failed and now they all hug me and kiss me so I guess is okay with them now.
Is very ironic, that I have to unlearn to touch people to avoid being considered weird at my work place or worst my boss might think I'm hitting on him,he has a rep, while you have to learn it. Culture clash at its finest.
Stephenie Rowling
September 15, 2011 at 4:46 pm
Take two!
I work with a lot of women from other countries, Europe and S. America, and it took me back, at first, how touchy they were. They second day I had met them they would come up and hug me and kiss me on the cheek, to me they were still a stranger, but they were perfectly comfortable with this?