Vanessa Van Edwards polled 6,000 people on their biggest non-verbal pet peeve. Standing too close won by a landslide with 1,900 votes, beating bad handshakes, too much eye contact, and unwanted touching. Personal space matters more than you think, and it changes by culture.
We asked in a recent poll, what is your biggest nonverbal pet peeve? What is your biggest nonverbal pet peeve? Is it A, too much eye contact? B, a bad handshake? C, standing too close? D, touching too much? E, not making eye contact? Oh my gosh, I forgot F, a bad hug, a bad side hug. The worst. Here was the answers to this poll. We had 6,000 people take this poll, which is a lovely number. People who stand too close was number 1. This is a reminder. One, please do not do any of these nonverbal pet peeves. Little reminder. But second, our proxemics, our space zones. Make sure you know your zones of space and do not stand too close. This is a little bit culturally different. It varies culture to culture. So pay attention to where people are standing. That is the number 1. 1,900 people said that was their biggest pet peeve. Don't do these as a reminder.
