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Scott Thompson: Are you allowed to kiss at a company party?

Happy businessman in Santa cap pouring champagne into flutes of his colleagues in office. Getty Images

I remember going to the company Christmas party and a big concern was if I suppose to kiss people on one check or do the European two-cheek sneak.

It could get quite awkward when I embarrassingly bumped noses for stopping at one when the other wants two kisses or vice versa.

Now I don’t know what to do.

It’s not like you would greet each other that way at work, why at a party?  What’s the protocol?

When is it OK to kiss, and when is it not OK to kiss?

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With all the allegations of sexual assault in the news recently it has left a few of us wondering what to do.

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I found myself hesitating this year.

After all, maybe they don’t want a middle-aged man doing such a thing.

How could it be misconstrued? Will I unknowingly offend someone and end up in the HR office?

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On the other hand, have we become so cold we cannot even touch each other anymore?

Add an electronic device-filled world with everyone looking down, and you have to wonder, where’s the warmth of human connection these days?

Does Merry Christmas seem a little less…merry this year?

Or can I even use that term anymore?

Scott Thompson hosts The Scott Thompson Show! on 900 CHML.

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