I just HAVE to share this Dear Abby with you all.
DEAR ABBY: Can you please tell me where is the proper placement of a name tag?
I own a small business and attend many networking events. Some people have told me the tag should be worn on the right side so you can see it when you shake hands. Others say it should be on the left, because people read from left to right. What is the proper etiquette? -- JEFF IN STUART, FLA.
DEAR JEFF: According to Emily Post, the tags are usually worn on the right side because that's where most people look when they first greet each other with a handshake. (Using this logic, some women should paste the tag just above the middle of their chests.)
As an event planner it's important to know these things. It always drives me nuts when people hang a name tag from the bottom of their shirt or through a button hole in the middle. So glad Abby could clear this up for us (and give us a bit of humor).
7 comments:
I always thought it was on the left because when you shook hands with your right hand, people could see the tag on the left side. That's interesting!
I thought it was the left also! Learn something everyday! xoxo KAG
I totally usually put it on the left. Food for thought.
I guess I have been wrong too. I always thought they went on the left side.
Very interesting.
I am so glad you posted this! I always thought the right side, but everyone always told me the left!
Huh! I would have thought that the left side was right too...
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