Americans are huggers, that’s a scientific fact, and if you don’t agree, I’m going to hug you into believing it. But do you have to check your hugs at the door at work? A new survey asked people about whether they hug their coworkers, or even their clients. Here are the results:
10% of people say it’s VERY common to hug a coworker if you know them well or it’s been a while since you’ve seen them. 5% say that’s cool with a client.
44% say it might be okay to hug a coworker, depending on the situation. 17% say that about a client.
And 45% say it’s really not EVER appropriate to hug a coworker, 77% say it’s rarely ever cool to hug a client.
The survey also compared these results with a similar survey five years ago. It turns out we’ve gotten MORE accepting of hugging coworkers, but slightly less accepting of hugging clients.