What's up with the whole "we-are-not-touching-each-other" thing going in America?
1) During a trip to the States in november I saw a televison segment on a teenager getting detention at her high school for hugging fellow students. Apparently the school has a ban on public displays of affection. The eighth grader broke this ban when she hugged two friends goodbye for the weekend.
2) And then Friday last week I saw this story about an employee at a Michigan supermarket who was fired for having tried to stop a shop lifter. His mistake: He touched the shop lifter and thus broke work place policies which stated that employees are not allowed to touch customers!!!!
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