If you’re in business, you shake a lot of hands
So what does your handshake say about you and the people you’re doing business with
Find out as we count down the top 10 bad business handshakes
Here we go with number 10
The sweaty palmer
A potential deal breaker you can’t escape this nervous sweaty grip fast enough
Yes wipe that off
Number 9, the lobster claw
When this person shakes your hand, they pinch your hand between their thumb and fingers
It’s as if they are picking up a canapé
Definitely no good if you’re allergic to shellfish
At number 8, we’ve got the fist bump
Nothing says I’m business savvy like a fist bump
And exploding it, well that’s just not suitable at all, ever
Number 7, the wrestler
Ding, Ding, Ding [Sound of bell]
He flips his hand on top of yours to assert his dominance
Rumour has it, this is the guy who put the I in team
At number 6, it's the phantom
Wow, that was quick
Let’s slow it down to see what happened there
A ha, clearly she’s got more important places to be and more important people to see
The lingerer drops in at number 5
There’s shaking hands and then there’s holding hands
Obviously the lingerer has no idea which is which
Awkward
Number 4, the decliner
Decliners are fastidious folk, they won’t touch a door knob without sanitising it, let
alone shake hands
Number 3, the tickler
Everything appears normal enough, and then something feels a bit odd
It’s their middle finger stroking the palm of your hand
In second place, it’s the vice
Once you escape the crushing grip of the vice you can’t help but feel sorry for him, he must
feel terribly inadequate to shake hands like that
And here it is, the worst of the worst, the bottom of the barrel
The handshake only a mother could love
The dead fish
If handshakes say something about you, this one has to say
You’re a limp wristed pushover who’s easily battered into submission
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