Germaphobe?

My grandmother does a good job of keeping up with current news. When I come down in the morning, the news is always on... she's always cutting out pharmacy related articles for Wenisa and I, and we tend to watch the news at night or talk about current topics at dinner.

This one was a shocker.

Babcia mentioned the other day about how PURELL just came out with a study that said 55% of Americans would rather touch a public toilet seat than shake someone's hand after they've coughed or sneezed into it. She then said that 49% of Americans have chosen the fist bump over a classic handshake, because they're afraid of germs. (And YES... she does use the actual percentages in conversation!)

So, I've witnessed now on two occasions, Babcia being introduced to someone for the first time and this is what happens:

Nice to meet you... I'm Babcia *FIST POUND*

Neither of these are actually Babcia's hand...as you can clearly see from the amount of arm hair on both arms...

Maybe it's because she's 76 years old that she gets looks when she does it. She of course goes into a full length discussion about the Purell study afterwards though..and completes the introduction with:

I'm just not going to do the CHEST BUMP any time soon!

Talk about a first impression...

Purell and GermX Fist pounds,
Justine