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Finger wagging

(@Bobbyrick)
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When a clerk or cashier wags a finger at you what does it mean?

 
Posted : February 23, 2004 11:33 pm
(@the-islander)
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Hello Bobbyrick - East Ender had brought up this subject but I had commented that if joining a line and the teller wags a finger it means the line is closed. East Ender surely will answer though.

--Islander

 
Posted : February 24, 2004 5:09 am
(@east-ender)
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The gesture can mean "no", and in the context of the cashier story, it meant "No, my line is closed."

 
Posted : February 24, 2004 6:20 pm
(@Bobbyrick)
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Thanks for the info, when I see a finger in the air I usually take offense. Now I know!

 
Posted : February 25, 2004 3:48 am
(@the-islander)
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Hello Bobbyrick,

The wagging finger for no is the INDEX finger sort of with a closed hand 🙂 LOL And if they stick the index finger up with a some what open hand and a head nod at the same time it means hello, hey, whats up - usually between buddies or folks that know each other - often its just the head nod though and the response is usually a head nod back.

--Islander

 
Posted : February 25, 2004 4:23 am
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