I wish shaking hands would go away in the modern office. There are still a significant number of people who dodge soap and sometimes even water when they leave the bathroom, then go on to shake a whole load of hands. I have found senior people some of the worst.

Don't get me started on people who mine their ears and nose for nuggets of horribleness, then flick, and go onto shake hands.

Interesting. I wonder if the current Ebola outbreak is going to lead to major, lasting changes in how people greet each other.

E.g. Liberia loses its handshake: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29260185

Supposedly one of the reasons that Mussolini preferred the old Roman salute was that he had a thing about handshakes and germs.

I thought this was going to be about a different kind of handshaking[0], still interesting nonetheless.

0.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handshaking