Comments on: Try to give hugs to more people at work

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By: وظائف خالية

وظائف خالية — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:29:37 +0000

I don't like the idea of hugging my co-workers. I think It will give some bad feelings about me.

BTW, One of my friends fired because of drinking alcohol before work… Take Care!

By: Steve Wisbey

Steve Wisbey — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:16:20 +0000

I love hugs and cheek kisses. I give hugs and cheek kisses to lots of people…and oft even after determining that a CEO or sponsor or government minister,etc may think a hug innapropriate I weigh up the pros and cons…and then i'll probably still hug anyway!! I was fortunate enough to win a new fandangled nokia pda thingy at a recent business networking function and proceeded to run through the throngs of business card weilding relationship referral disciples screaming ( a la Price Is Right) and hugged the City Councillor and CEO presenting the award. They were mortified at first by the Hugging Steve, but as the hug lingered and the love filled the room, and the applause enveloped the stage, we all realised we were part of a special hugging moment. I wouldn't have performed such an openly unabashed enthusiastic hug in public if i hadn't worked my way up from practise on staff and friends. These practise hugs have helped me be more confident and really hug with gay abandon. ( not the sexually charged gay ababandon, the old fashioned use of the phrase gay abandon)
I work with people with disabilities and when you see the love and tolerance and acceptance they show me with a hug and the human communication this allows to someone that is non verbal you can't not be swept up in hug mania. Long live huggers!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:21:07 +0000

Dude, my whole company is built on the hug. (a former Fortune 500 company, no less) Also, an industry leader.

I have a button that says "Licensed to HUG" and anyone that has been through the program and is cool with a hug will hug you.

There is a whole section dedicated to proper hugging. Then we hug everyone in the class. Odd at first, but very comforting by the end of it all.

http://www.hcr-manorcare.com/Home/CircleofCare/tabid/213/Default.aspx

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:00:51 +0000

This is the first time I've gotten on your blog and the first article I read. I am soo with you on the hugging front. I've done Hispanic Marketing and worked with lots of Latinos – we hug (and kiss each other for that matter) when we greet each other and believe it or not, we've actually done so inside the halls of huge corporate america. Others look in awe and at times with a tiny bit of jealousy so we hug them too. It's a cultural thing for the Latino crowd and it was nice for me to be able to do it again once I was working with others like me and it actually caught on.

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By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:55:32 +0000

EXTERMINATOR?? If you have to get the bunny out of the house, it's nasty stuff, and it'll stick around. try something natural instead.

By: Alexia

Alexia — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:13:40 +0000

Amen to that! I am so tired of quasi-strangers constantly crossing my boundaries just so they can get "their hug". Unfortunately, there are some at work who would hug me if they saw me hugging my friends because they cannot respect other people's boundaries. I give hugs to those I trust, know and like and these people are not willing to develop any type of relationship with me, they just want to touch me because they feel like it. Thankfully most people understand and either develop said relationship or do not touch me.

There are a few people I wouldn't hug either:

1) Quasi-strangers – and a lot of colleagues fall in that category.
2) People who I know, but dislike. If I would barely give them the time of day, I certainly will not give them a hug.

Hugging has a different social meaning in North American culture than it does in others. It is seen as something much more significant than a handshake to many people. I don't consider it puritanical, just different.

Besides, No Hugging is a symptom of a general alienation, not a cause, and it won't be a cure to it either.