The Order Of Reaching Hands When Shaking Hands

On a more formal occasion, shaking hands to show courtesy The most important etiquette problem is that who should shake hands to shake hands. If you don't know anything about it, if you shake hands with others, you can rush out your hand without getting the response of the other person. It must be very embarrassing.

　 1, "respecting people decides" Principle

According to etiquette rules, the order of reaching hands should be treated with respect to the principle of "respecting people" when shaking hands.

The meaning of the "respecting decision" principle is that when two people shake hands, each of them should first identify the dignity of the two sides of the handshake, and then decide the order of their hands. First, the respectable person first reaches out his hand, that is, the respectable person goes ahead. A poor person can only respond to it later, and must not rush to the front, or else it is a violation of etiquette.

When shaking hands, the principle of "respecting the decision" should be observed, not only in order to reflect the respect of the respectful respectful respectfully, but also to maintain the self-esteem of the respectable person after the handshake. Because handshake often means the beginning of further communication. If a respectable person does not want to make a deep acquainted with a humble person, he will not have to hold hands with him. In other words, if the respectable person takes the initiative to reach out to the humble person, it shows that the former is not bad at the latter and has deep meaning to it.

　 2, specific circumstances

Concretely speaking, the order of the two sides in shaking hands generally includes the following situations.

(1) the elderly should shake hands with the young, and the elderly should first extend their hands.

(2) the elders should shake hands with the younger generation, and the elders should first extend their hands.

(3) the teacher shook hands with the students. The teacher should reach out first.

(4) ladies shake hands with men. Women should first extend their hands.

(5) married people shake hands with unmarried persons, and the married couple should first extend their hands.

(6) the first place on social occasions should shake hands with the latecomers.

(7) shaking hands with subordinates should be extended by the superior.

(8) those with high status and status should shake hands with their positions and low status.

　 3, some special situations

If a person needs to shake hands with many people, then shake hands should also pay attention to the order, from respecting and being inferior, that is, the elders who are older, the younger generation, the elders and the younger generation, the first teachers, the students, the first ladies, the men who are married before, the first unmarried, the first and the lower, the first post, the higher post, the lower status.

On public occasions, when shaking hands Reach out Of Order It depends mainly on position and status. In social and leisure occasions, it mainly depends on age, sex and marriage.

When receiving visitors, this problem becomes more specific: when the guest arrives, the host should first extend his hand to hold the guest. And when the guest leaves, the guest should first reach out to hold the master. The former means "welcome" while the latter means "good-bye". If this order is reversed, it is very easy for people to misunderstand.

It should be emphasized that the order of the handshake can be self disciplined but not demanding everywhere. If you are in the position of respecting, and the humble person first to stretch out his hand to hold hands, the most appropriate way to do so is to cooperate with him and extend his hand immediately. If you are too rigid in etiquette, if you do not see it, ignore it, make it in a dilemma, and make a fool of yourself on the spot.