Comments on: Argentina Culture: How to Greet a Porteño

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:14:17 +0000

Thanks for the comment, though I think whether you should greet the the interviewer with a kiss is hard to know. Always let them make the first move. I have never been greeted by a man interviewer with a kiss, it’s always a handshake. However, women interviewers have always greeted me with a kiss. It probably depends a lot on the type of company.

- Matt

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:41:08 +0000

I’ll recomend never ever ever kiss an interviewer no matter if you are man or woman.
The rest you got it perfect!

For all: Expect to make mistakes in this situations!!! probably you’ll end up doing a kind of shake hand/kiss until you know the person you are greeting.

Embrace the kissing culture!!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:44:14 +0000

I love the kissing. Greetings can be really awkward in the UK – handshakes, a hug, a nod, a “hello”…a veritable minefield of potential social faux pas.
Here, it is just so easy and friendly.

By: DiegoMalingo

DiegoMalingo — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:39:24 +0000

Hi tony, thanks for sharing, great comment. I love the idea for your new thesis….I’d be interested in reading it I have also become accustomed to the kissing, and shaking hands definitely feels akward when you are no longer used to it. Enjoy the rest of your stay here.

- Matt

By: Anthony Tucker

Anthony Tucker — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:34:17 +0000

I started teaching at the Hospital Alemán (German Hospital)here in BA, the first few lessons were O.K 8 or nine kisses were fine. Then suddenly as I introduced the topic of my expertise “Epidemiology” over 80 medical professionals turned up. And as the lecture started and ended the kissing started, I had no idea what to do, did I bring enough sterilwipes, should I run as fast as I could to the prep room and sterilize my face? What kind of Surgery had that Guy done before he started rubbing his cheek against mine…The thoughts started to get worse.

One of the things I love about teaching here is that after a lecture students are very keen to linger and discuss a topic, unlike other universities I’v lectured at as soon as you finish the auditorium is empty. I also love all the kissing…have I flipped…Perhaps.. There is something intimate about it and yet it’s non sexual. I feel privileged for the intimacy of touching the cheeks of my neighbor when we encounter during the day, rather than the distant nod or no greeting from my neighbor back in Boston.
I dread the thought of returning to North America in a few months when all that hand shaking will start again. I hate to think if where all those hands have been before they got a grip of mine.
Please……. a cheek/buccae would be so much more hygienic, it could never get to all the places your fingers can.
My next theses will be about the advantages of Kissing over hand shaking O.K. you can all tell me that, but now the proof? from an Epidemiological point of view?

cheers
Tony

(Besos for your Blog)

By: mark verma

mark verma — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:57:50 +0000

Hi Great Post. YOu should wright more post on same topic.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:04:44 +0000

This is true in BA. In other cities, man-man kisses and greeting are less common. The rest of us, wolud expect a hand shake.

By: maggie

maggie — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:28:27 +0000

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By: Buenos Aires Neighborhoods

Buenos Aires Neighborhoods — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:04:04 +0000

Very nice post, well done!