Every time I meet an American acquaintance (and some English ones), we and up fumbling through some ritualised handshake type affair.
It starts with a simple, firm grasp of the hand, then the other party attempts to to twist it round into some new orientation of palms and fingers. The sometimes I ignore their movement (which I usually go for) or sometimes find myself being carried up with it, and successfully completing the next movement, which is even worse, as their is an inevitable 3rd step to fluff.
I find the whole thing rather embarrassing. Anyone else find this?
It starts with a simple, firm grasp of the hand, then the other party attempts to to twist it round into some new orientation of palms and fingers. The sometimes I ignore their movement (which I usually go for) or sometimes find myself being carried up with it, and successfully completing the next movement, which is even worse, as their is an inevitable 3rd step to fluff.
I find the whole thing rather embarrassing. Anyone else find this?