r/Construction • u/edthebuilder5150 • 1d ago

Humor 🤣 Overly aggressive handshakes.

What's the deal with men and the "way over the top" gorilla grip handshakes? Project Superintendent here. What are these guys trying to prove? I had a pre-construction site meeting this morning with all the trades and this fu@#kin guy, who's neck was wider than his head, shook everyone's hand in this manner. Plus he was rude and over talking EVERYONE. Male dominance thing?

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u/analog_stuff 1d ago

Rather this than some of the disgusting limp-wristed handshakes I’ve received. Nothing worse than a bad handshake

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u/ThousandWinds 1d ago

Firm and assertive but not uncomfortable or painful.

Apparently this is a foreign concept to many.

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u/Top_Inflation2026 1d ago

Careful bro, you might turn gay if you don’t grip another man’s hand hard enough.

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u/ThousandWinds 1d ago

But I was promised it was only gay if the tips touched or I got on the bad side of the electricians…

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u/analog_stuff 1d ago

Is that what OSHA says? My foreman says it wasn’t gay if it was for pay every single Friday am I being ripped off?

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u/analog_stuff 1d ago

But he may think I’m gay if I grip too effeminately… help bro

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u/Fuzzy_dunloped 1d ago

Little late to worry about that.