is the almost bone-crunching clasp many businessmen use to shake hands. What are they trying to prove, anyway? There's no need to demonstrate your physical strength when shaking another person's hand.

If you travel to France on business, be prepared to shake hands dozens of times a day. Office workers in Paris may shake in the morning to greet, and in the afternoon to say goodbye, to colleagues.

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 ...