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Originally posted by 33girl
I thought that was why you should put it on the left, because if have it on your right side, when you reach out with your right hand you're slightly leaning over where the name tag would be and it's hard to read it.
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Yep, that's what i've always learned, and from several etiquette presentations as well. When you shake hands, your right arm crosses over your body, both blocking the view of your nametag and probably distorting the angle at which it's pinned to you. If it's on the left, nothing's blocking it and it doesn't move.
Though if you are wearing your sorority pin, yeah, you kinda gotta put it on the right during pref, but that's not the end of the world.
Funny thing this makes me remember, during rush one year (a few years ago) I had on one of those one-strap tops that was in style at the time. Don't remember which way the strap went, but where I was supposed to stick my nametag there was skin and I couldn't very well put it right on the top so they're staring at my boob all night. lol. So I and another girl wearing a similar shirt broke the trend, lol.
All in all, though it bothers me a bit b/c I worry that I have it on the wrong side, this is the lesser of the etiquette offenses to me.
WIMPY HANDSHAKES ARE HORRIBLE! There is NO excuse to act like you have no feeling or motion in your right hand. Don't break any fingers, but sheesh.
Pick up an Emily Post Guide to Etiquette for your chapter. Could probably get one fairly cheap on amazon, half.com, or ebay. And it's an excellent resource that they'll have around for years to come. I'm sure it could be reimbursed somewhere in your budget.
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