Is it me?

Posted on July 10, 2014 by LHD-Adm14Lh — 24 Comments ↓

… or is it a left-handed thing?

Is it a left-handed thing? We were asked by a Club member whether any of us also have problems with greeting people with a kiss, either on one or both cheeks. She said that she often ended up bumping noses or planting the kiss firmly (and embarrassingly) on the other persons lips because she always seemed to start on the wrong side.

We thought about is and realised that we all do the same – it IS a left-handed thing!

When we asked about what other problems people had we got a huge response. Some of the things that were mentioned were:

Crossing other peoples paths/position on pavement
Hugging
Taking neighbour’s drink/bread roll at the dining table
Direction of work, decorating/painting rooms
Being helped to put on a jacket
Receiving change
Putting children’s socks and shoes on
Feeling more comfortable sitting on the left hand side of things
Putting belts on upside down
Visualise things the opposite way around
Trouble opening/locking locks
Work stations flow the opposite way around
Organising files “back to front”
Undoing wine corks anti-clockwise
Putting clothes back on racks the wrong way round
Flicking through magazines from back to front
Line dancing on the wrong foot
Tying shoe laces

It seems that a lot of the quirks that we have are a result of being left-handed in a right-handed world.

You can see a longer list of these and a huge amount of feedback from Club Members here.

The quirk that started it all was social kissing, and you can read a selection of anecdotes about that on the kissing confusion page.

Click here to join the Left-Handers Club FREE if you want to keep up to date with our surveys and Club member responses – It ISN’T JUST YOU – a lot of left-handers seem to do the same things.

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