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Hugging is back, FFS!

ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 27,896
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Am I the only one who actually enjoyed not having to shake hands, kiss random people on the cheeks and hug friends? I was hoping we would get rid of this censored altogether, including the fist pump and elbow shake variants... but looks like they're creeping back.
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  • ProssPross Posts: 35,398
    No, not having to make physical contact with acquintances was one of the few benefits of the last 14 months.
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,353
    We are going back to the office on Monday. Can't say I am looking forward to it.
    Another thing I've not missed is meaningless small talk.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Don't hug me.

    Don't touch me.

    Don't stroke me. I am not a cat.

    Don't try and kiss me.

    Don't perch on the end of my desk.

    Don't shake my hand for longer than 4 seconds and don't try some nobbish crusher handshake

    Get out of my personal space.

    This aspect of the pandemic was the best thing ever.

    #getthefuckawayfromme
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • ballysmateballysmate Posts: 15,903
    pblakeney said:

    We are going back to the office on Monday. Can't say I am looking forward to it.
    Another thing I've not missed is meaningless small talk.


    Cake Stop Irony?
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,650
    I wonder how many more Cake Stoppers of Italian heritage we will get saying that they can't stand all this hugging and kissing malarkey?! :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 27,896
    Stevo_666 said:

    I wonder how many more Cake Stoppers of Italian heritage we will get saying that they can't stand all this hugging and kissing malarkey?! :)

    Stereotype... I hate public display of affection
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  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    there's a difference between PDA and genuine affection.

    you're my immediate family - wife and children. i show you affection

    you are not my immediate family, not my wife or children. getthefuckawayfromme.


    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,650
    ugo.santalucia said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    I wonder how many more Cake Stoppers of Italian heritage we will get saying that they can't stand all this hugging and kissing malarkey?! :)

    Stereotype... I hate public display of affection
    Well of course - just goes to show how untrue they are.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,353
    ballysmate said:

    pblakeney said:

    We are going back to the office on Monday. Can't say I am looking forward to it.
    Another thing I've not missed is meaningless small talk.


    Cake Stop Irony?
    By meaningless small talk I mean football, the weather, usual blah.
    Some nonsense on here is interesting. Pick your threads as and when.
    Not so easy to simply turn your back on a colleague.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • ballysmateballysmate Posts: 15,903
    Stevo_666 said:

    I wonder how many more Cake Stoppers of Italian heritage we will get saying that they can't stand all this hugging and kissing malarkey?! :)

    What you can't see is them gesticulating wildly as they type. ;)
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    ma che cazza ......
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • ballysmateballysmate Posts: 15,903
    Tbh, with the lifting of restrictions, I am running out of excuses not to socialise.
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,353
    ballysmate said:

    Tbh, with the lifting of restrictions, I am running out of excuses not to socialise.

    Cultivate hay fever then walk around sneezing.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    ballysmate said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    I wonder how many more Cake Stoppers of Italian heritage we will get saying that they can't stand all this hugging and kissing malarkey?! :)

    What you can't see is them gesticulating wildly as they type. ;)

    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,111 Lives Here
    MattFalle said:

    there's a difference between PDA and genuine affection.

    you're my immediate family - wife and children. i show you affection

    you are not my immediate family, not my wife or children. getthefuckawayfromme.


    This pretty much covers it, but there are a few others that I have genuine affection for. Shame they felt the need for restraining orders.
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  • oblongomaculatusoblongomaculatus Posts: 615
    So, we're now officially allowed to hug people again?

    Let's be clear about this: at no stage during the pandemic has it ever been illegal to hug someone. It may have been advisable not to hug, we have certainly been constantly reminded of that, but you could not be fined for doing so. There were no hug police patrolling the streets, peering into houses and gardens, ready to arrest people for daring to hug their Mums. So, the fcuking government cannot now graciously give us permission.
  • pangolinpangolin Posts: 5,374
    Somebody needs a hug
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  • ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 27,896
    MattFalle said:

    ma che cazza ......

    cazzo...

    left the forum March 2023
  • oblongomaculatusoblongomaculatus Posts: 615
    pangolin said:

    Somebody needs a hug

    If you mean me, no, not really. I just object to condescendingly being given permission by Boris and his crew to do something I could legally have done at any time should I have wanted to.

    Though personally the one thing I really hope never comes back is the handshake. I've always loathed them.
  • shirley_bassoshirley_basso Posts: 5,693
    I love a good hug and appreciate handshakes.
  • oblongomaculatusoblongomaculatus Posts: 615
    I don't actually mind hugs, from a very select group of people. But handshakes just make me cringe inwardly. They're always from people you don't know well, or at all (you don't shake hands with your parents, children, brothers and sisters).
  • shirley_bassoshirley_basso Posts: 5,693
    I guess I meet a lot of businesspeople day to day so I just do it all the time.
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    ugo.santalucia said:

    MattFalle said:

    ma che cazza ......

    cazzo...

    va fa'
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • oblongomaculatusoblongomaculatus Posts: 615
    shirley_basso said:

    I guess I meet a lot of businesspeople day to day so I just do it all the time.

    Luckily for me I don't have that sort of job.
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    shirley_basso said:

    I love a good hug and appreciate handshakes.

    Well you're wrong.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • shirley_bassoshirley_basso Posts: 5,693
    MattFalle said:

    shirley_basso said:

    I love a good hug and appreciate handshakes.

    Well you're wrong.
    How else do you think clubbies greet each other? It sure as hell ain't by waving...
  • shirley_bassoshirley_basso Posts: 5,693
    ugo.santalucia said:

    Am I the only one who actually enjoyed not having to shake hands, kiss random people on the cheeks and hug friends? I was hoping we would get rid of this censored altogether, including the fist pump and elbow shake variants... but looks like they're creeping back.

    Ugo has fixed 2 or maybe 3 wheels for me. I hope I shook his hand as a thank you when I paid him ;)
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,111 Lives Here
    shirley_basso said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    Am I the only one who actually enjoyed not having to shake hands, kiss random people on the cheeks and hug friends? I was hoping we would get rid of this censored altogether, including the fist pump and elbow shake variants... but looks like they're creeping back.

    Ugo has fixed 2 or maybe 3 wheels for me. I hope I shook his hand as a thank you when I paid him ;)
    You didn't hug him?
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  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 66,185 Lives Here
    ugo.santalucia said:

    Am I the only one who actually enjoyed not having to shake hands, kiss random people on the cheeks and hug friends? I was hoping we would get rid of this censored altogether, including the fist pump and elbow shake variants... but looks like they're creeping back.

    What’s worse for you: being hugged or the curb style awkwardness of saying you don’t want to be hugged?
    _
  • rjsterryrjsterry Posts: 24,619
    pblakeney said:

    ballysmate said:

    pblakeney said:

    We are going back to the office on Monday. Can't say I am looking forward to it.
    Another thing I've not missed is meaningless small talk.


    Cake Stop Irony?
    By meaningless small talk I mean football, the weather, usual blah.
    Some nonsense on here is interesting. Pick your threads as and when.
    Not so easy to simply turn your back on a colleague.
    Isn't that what swivel chairs are for?
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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    Part of the anti-growth coalition
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