What it is the etiquette on touching when you first meet someone. In a business setting it has always been shake their hand both on meeting and departing. With more euro business taking place, there is more contact in a business setting. When do you stop shaking and go in for the air kiss?
In a personal setting it is more complicated. I recently went out for a drink with a work colleague. It wasn't however a drink between two work colleagues but more a drink between friends. . . But they were still a work colleague. We arrived at the pub together straight from work so no hellos required. However, on departing at the train station it was, should I hug, should I not!? In the end I went for a friendly tap on the elbow and pretended to run off for a train.
The question is, are there defined rules for this kind of physical contact or do you run the risk of banging heads in an awkward manner?
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Unfortunately there are no defined rules, that I know of at least! And as someone who is, by default, overly-tactile, I will always go for the hug/kiss (especially after a glass of wine) when a friendly wave would propably have sufficed!
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