Then I stick my hand out again. It's stupid, but for me it beats sticking with an awkward initial shake. When it comes to men shaking hands with women, I always heard that proper etiquette was to ...

Plus, when you shake hands with people upon meeting, they're two times more likely to remember you than if you didn't shake hands, according to a study by the Incomm Center for Trade Show Research.

Officers try to shake hands and hand out Stop and Shake cards to anyone walking by. McCormack said they typically greet about 300 people at each Stop and Shake event.

As the pandemic took hold, a Kansas City-area meeting and event planning business began hawking “I Shake Hands” stickers to help ease awkward social encounters. “We didn’t want the sticker ...