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Matariki

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13. You're hairsplitting

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #12)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:33 PM

May 2013

If the person doing the hiring says that part of the job requires shaking hands, as per the article, then we can assume that it's part of the job to greet people, whether clients, or the public, or business contracts with the city or whatever.

Someone who can't shake women's hands needs a job in a cave, or an all-male monastery, or on mars, or under the sea. Ugh.

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Man gets payout for not shaking woman's hand [View all] The Straight Story May 2013 OP

That is the stupidest...most ridiculous..aaaargghh! louis-t May 2013 #1

Actually some fundamentalist Muslims and Orthodox Jews won't shake a woman's hand, ever. riderinthestorm May 2013 #9

Knew it had to be a fundie siligut May 2013 #11

So why won't an Orthodox woman shake a man's hand? Betsy Ross May 2013 #24

Because clearly there are women who believe that brainwashed crap too. riderinthestorm May 2013 #25

i agre with the female supervisor - the man should not be hired. samsingh May 2013 #2

what if he said "i don't drink with you" Enrique May 2013 #3

Sorry. cloudbase May 2013 #27

So this guy gets rewarded for being a misogynist, superstitious bellend? Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #4

What bullshit! smirkymonkey May 2013 #5

Wasn't that the "safe word" in Fla_Democrat May 2013 #6

Atheism makes more sense every day. LiberalAndProud May 2013 #7

Why are handshakes part of the job? nt geek tragedy May 2013 #8

Meeting with clients? Matariki May 2013 #10

municipal government position. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #12

You're hairsplitting Matariki May 2013 #13

Obvi the guy has fairly backwards views. geek tragedy May 2013 #14

What if someone he had to deal with professionally extended their hand to shake? Matariki May 2013 #15

I don't think physical contact is part of an office job. geek tragedy May 2013 #16

As a woman I'd feel offended, and discriminated against if I were going in for contract negotiations riderinthestorm May 2013 #17

And that's probably why they initially sacked the guy. geek tragedy May 2013 #18

He wasn't sacked. He simply wasn't hired and filed suit. riderinthestorm May 2013 #19

We're talking about shaking hands here. Matariki May 2013 #21

Very common when meeting people. geek tragedy May 2013 #22

You know this was the INTEGRATION office? If someone were discriminating against me as a woman riderinthestorm May 2013 #23

I am unaware of what an 'integration office' does. geek tragedy May 2013 #26

I won't shake hands with anyone any more. 0zone May 2013 #20