@MFJohnston wrote:
I'll bail if the target is at all ill.
I hope you're bringing a thermometer...
In all seriousness, no touching without hand washing. Disposable gloves would not be out of the question when dealing with foreign locations.
I had an interview last Monday when all this was still ramping up in the news. It was a relatively important meeting and when I walked it, the person I was there to meet stuck his hand out for a handshake. It caught me a little off guard since the whole drive there, I was reminding myself to quash my internal instinct to shake hands, and planned to offer an elbow...but it took me by surprise when that hand came out!
I froze for a moment and though it may be rude to offer the elbow at that point, so I asked, "We're still doing that here?" After an uncomfortable laugh, I shook his hand, asked where the nearest sink was spent the first few minutes of our interview discussing hand-washing techniques from neighboring sinks in the men's room.
Apparently it was fondly memorable since I not only landed that particular gig/account/job, but they agreed to pay me a little more since I offer to include a software package that would allow us to work remotely....