{"id":53741,"date":"2017-12-02T05:15:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T05:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53741"},"modified":"2017-12-02T05:15:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T05:15:36","slug":"texas-sheriff-says-he-wont-be-hugging-people-at-work-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/texas-sheriff-says-he-wont-be-hugging-people-at-work-anymore.html","title":{"rendered":"Texas sheriff says he won&#8217;t be hugging people at work anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Texas sheriff says he won&#8217;t be hugging people at work anymore<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Texas sheriff says he won&#8217;t be hugging people at work anymore:- A Texas sheriff has declared his &#8220;hugging days&#8221; over after the recent deluge of sexual assault and harassment claims against politicians, actors and other public figures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Nueces County Sheriff Jim Kaelin announced the decision Wednesday on his Facebook page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;Sad, but you just don&#8217;t know when this hug might come back and bite you,&#8221; Kaelin said. &#8220;The workplace, for one, can become hostile if an employee &#8220;feels&#8221; threatened by your hugs &#8230; SO IT&#8217;S OVER.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Family and close friends are the exception, but for all others Kaelin said he would offer a handshake or knuckle bump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;It might offend you that I will no longer participate in hugging you, but I have decided to discontinue receiving\/giving hugs from anyone outside of my family and close friends,&#8221; he said. &#8220;&#8230; I&#8217;m from the old school but the time has come for me &#8230; No more hugs.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Dozens of people responded in the comments of the post, with many saying they understood the decision and others remarking on this being a sad day and time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Kaelin, who previously served as deputy constable and deputy sheriff, took office as sheriff in November 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/texas\/2017\/12\/01\/texas-sheriff-says-hugging-people-work-anymore<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/texas-sheriff-says-he-wont-be-hugging-people-at-work-anymore.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas sheriff says he won&#8217;t be hugging people at work anymore Texas sheriff says he won&#8217;t be hugging people at work anymore:- A Texas sheriff has declared his &#8220;hugging days&#8221; over after the recent deluge of sexual assault and harassment claims against politicians, actors and other public figures. 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