In a couple interviews before, some of the interviewer men would shake my hand with a viselike grip applying much unnecessary force. Like they’re trying to establish who is the boss and the one asking the questions in this interview situation.

I remember when “secret” handshakes were huge. Sometimes they went beyond the hands with a bit of shoulder bump action and shimmy-shimmy-ing to top it all off.

I have a friend who as a greeting will sneak up behind me and capture me in a bear-hug and hold me captive with enormous pressure. She’s a girl, yes, but she’s got the strength of a tiger-bear-gorilla thing. I wouldn’t call her buff because she’s still feminine enough but let’s just say she recently secured an army scholarship so already has an officer training position at Sandhurst (the Royal Military Academy for officers) at age 16…