{"id":12571,"date":"2020-03-27T08:46:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T12:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?p=12571"},"modified":"2020-03-27T08:47:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T12:47:37","slug":"hand-shake-replacement-elbow-bump-fist-bump-or-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/hand-shake-replacement-elbow-bump-fist-bump-or-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand Shake Replacement: Elbow Bump, Fist Bump, Or Wave?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Over a decade ago, founder of TechCrunch Mike Arrington ranted about why we should all stop shaking hands<\/a> as a ritual in all things business and social. He cited all the germs and unhealthy reasons we shouldn’t do it, and suggested some alternatives like bowing and fist bumping. This is especially important in high traffic areas, like New York City<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Elbow Bump<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For some reason he was anti elbow-bump, but if you’ve ever met him, Mike Arrington is super tall and tended to wander Palo Alto’s University Ave walking his dog. Elbow bumping someone much shorter than you while getting tangled with a dog leash is probably awkward. For those of us on the shorter side, I’ve come to terms with the unequal height bump, which usually requires some raised arm-pit action. It’s not bad in the winter, but I can see problems in Bay Area weather and attire.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Fist Bump<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Fist Bump seems to be a hybrid of sorts. You are still touching the other person’s exposed skin, and any germs on their knuckles. The fist also defeats one of the original medieval purposes of the handshake: to show the other side you are not holding a weapon. Or for more modern times, fist bumping just feels more of a bro-culture move, further promoting Brotopia as Emily Chang would say, and alienating those who prefer the more gentle and empathetic hand shake.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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