I despair of the younger generation who, according to research published last week, are too shy to shake hands, look someone in the eye, answer the doorbell or take a call on their mobile if the number is unknown. That’s crazy!
No wonder young people find life so difficult. Teens and twentysomethings of Gen Z might regard the physical contact of a handshake as intrusive, but it’s far easier than any of the other means of greeting people. And it’s pretty impossible to get wrong.
A long career as editor of Vogue taught me how valuable the handshake is. When a stranger
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