[Dunedin] Airport introduces time limit on hugs (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Dave@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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Dunedin Airport CEO Daniel De Bono weighed in on the topic in an interview with New Zealand’s RNZ radio. Describing airports as “hotbeds of emotion,” he pointed to a study suggesting a 20-second hug is enough to get a burst of the “love hormone” oxytocin and argued that moving customers along quickly allows more people to get more hugs.

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[-] chandlerbung@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 month ago

Seems a bit excessive.