{"id":389,"date":"2020-04-14T19:53:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/?p=389"},"modified":"2020-04-14T19:53:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:53:57","slug":"will-handshakes-become-extinct-once-the-covid-19-pandemic-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/will-handshakes-become-extinct-once-the-covid-19-pandemic-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Will handshakes become extinct once the COVID-19 pandemic is over?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"974\" src=\"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/handshake-1024x974.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/handshake-1024x974.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/handshake-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/handshake-768x730.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/handshake.jpg 1427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Will a firm handshake,\u00a0the\u00a0traditional sealing of a business deal, become\u00a0something of the past? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When someone extends their hand, will we subconsciously\u00a0recoil\u00a0and\u00a0back up\u00a0instead of extending our hand forward\u00a0in reciprocity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts say the long-standing handshake could be replaced by a nod or elbow bump in all settings, including professional\u00a0environments\u00a0such as business meetings and conferences.\u00a0Fist-bumping, saluting, even bowing or simply smiling more are other alternatives. At least, all of\u00a0these\u00a0options\u00a0provide a general\u00a0acknowledgement of some sort towards\u00a0the other person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be interesting to see what the new greeting \u201cnorm\u201d will be once business ramps up and physical distancing is a thing of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While many companies\u00a0may\u00a0have had hand sanitizer dispensers at front entrances, it would\u00a0probably\u00a0be a good idea to keep all of the extra sanitary and\u00a0hygienic\u00a0precautions\u00a0in place\u00a0in order to maintain a safer\u00a0business environment\u00a0to protect hard working employees and\u00a0our many\u00a0valued clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So to all of you we bow and say thank you for all your support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will a firm handshake,\u00a0the\u00a0traditional sealing of a business deal, become\u00a0something of the past? When someone extends their hand, will we subconsciously\u00a0recoil\u00a0and\u00a0back up\u00a0instead of extending our&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions\/391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixto.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}