> We used to make fun of the practice of hiring based on firmness of handshake True anecdote time. A few months after starting my first full time job, I asked

> We used to make fun of the practice of hiring based on firmness of handshake True anecdote time. A few months after starting my first full time job, I asked my boss why he chose me over the other candidates. "You had the driest handshake" was his answer. In the man's defence, my first job was as a microbiology lab technician. His explanation was that a dry handshake was a good indication that a person would likely have a better aseptic technique, thus leading to fewer false positive results when performing the tests. Utter nonsense, of course.