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I worked as a SSCO in the PE department of a well known 'entertainment school' in London, and one day the deputy head wandered down to see how things were going. He was a black guy, very laid back, pretty cool and the kids thought he was ace. He wandered in and proceeded to high five our BB coach, and shake hands with the HoD. "You must be Mark, our latest cool PE member" he said warmly, and proceeded to walk over to greet me.
I have no idea what happened, but I misread his 'fist-bump' entirely, and clamped my hand over his; almost as if we'd been having a game of Paper-Scissors-Stone', and for nearly five seconds I simply held his hand. With a forced smile, he mumbled and left the office. My colleagues paused, and then pissed themselves for about a year at my lack of street etiquette.