On 7/7/2015 12:07 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 7/7/2015 3:30 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 12:13:40 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> My understanding is that people on the mainland don't typically hug
>>> people that are non-family members. I did not know this. Things sure
>>> are different on the mainland! I typically will hug my clients
>>> although my understanding is that's considered unprofessional
>>> behavior over there. That's a pity!
>>
>> It varies. I used to hang with a really huggy crowd, but not so much
>> anymore. The only one of my company's customers that I'd consider
>> hugging is one who used to work here but defected to work for one
>> of our customer corporations. Of course, we're all engineers both
>> at my company and at the customers' companies, so we all tend to be a bit
>> standoffish. Plus, only our sales force sees them in person; it's all
>> e-mail and telephone contact for most of us.
>>
>> There's probably regional variation, too. We Midwesterners tend to be
>> a trifle reserved. Honestly, I'm a little uncomfortable hugging my
>> in-laws,
>> but it seems to be expected so I do it.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>
> It was a person from the Midwest that told me that where he's from
> hugging is considered unprofessional. He was a private investigator that
> did background checks so I guess his profession had something to do with
> it too.


Did Jim Rockford give hugs?