How could anyone ruin a handshake? This experience rarely happens in Hawai’i, but frequent when meeting others of diverse backgrounds. In The International Bank of Bob, the author, Bob Harris, quotes that, “I’m still awkward about where to put my own hand in response, so I make a joke out of it, and Hamid and I share a fun moment of goofing around (6).” There are many ways of meeting new people, such as a handshake and a hug and kiss, but no one is expected to know which gesture to use when meeting someone new, which may lead to an awkward encounter for the two people meeting in their own culture or those in business together. Meeting new students in the classroom or the dorms were all the same. It was a simple routine; someone has a question,
