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ProperOperation t1_jeffufv wrote

Reply to comment by ThaumKitten in This conference has bracelets to communicate comfort levels of touching by charlesteacher

I attended a conference with this color coding late last summer. I wore yellow, and a mask as I was uncomfortable being in a convention center with that many people still. A woman tried to sit in the seat next to mine, in the back row of a mostly empty auditorium that sat at least 500 people, and gave me so much attitude when I politely asked her not to. 🤷‍♀️

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ProperOperation t1_jeffr2g wrote

Reply to comment by ThaumKitten in This conference has bracelets to communicate comfort levels of touching by charlesteacher

I attended a conference with this color coding late last summer. I wore yellow, and a mask as I was uncomfortable being in a convention center with that many people still. A woman tried to sit in the seat next to mine, in the back row of a mostly empty auditorium that sat at least 500 people, and gave me so much attitude when I politely asked her not to. 🤷‍♀️

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ProperOperation t1_jee5dl3 wrote

Reply to This conference has bracelets to communicate comfort levels of touching by charlesteacher

For people concerned about the hugging: at conferences like these, people tend to go every year and from all over (I see this is a California-specific conference so probably not all over as in people attending from North Dakota, but California is a big state so picture all over being from the north to the south of the state) so this may be the first time you’ve seen an old friend/acquaintance in a while. A hug as a greeting wouldn’t be unheard of or inappropriate in this setting.

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