Boundaries between co-workers

I have a question, mainly for the females in here, but would love answers from everyone.

So today as I was leaving the office, I went to say goodbye to a female co-worker who sits directly behind me. I put my hands on both of her shoulders for about 3 to 5 seconds to say bye and then I walked out. I'm not friends with her, nor do I know her very well, we just work in close proximity every day. I felt quite guilty on my way home as I felt I may have invaded her privacy and overstepped co-worker boundaries. I say goodbye to her everyday without using my hands, not really sure why today was different. She didn't react negatively to it. She just said see you tomorrow, as usual.

Was it inappropriate? Or am I just making a mountain out of a molehill.

Was your semi evident?
 
I have a question, mainly for the females in here, but would love answers from everyone.

So today as I was leaving the office, I went to say goodbye to a female co-worker who sits directly behind me. I put my hands on both of her shoulders for about 3 to 5 seconds to say bye and then I walked out. I'm not friends with her, nor do I know her very well, we just work in close proximity every day. I felt quite guilty on my way home as I felt I may have invaded her privacy and overstepped co-worker boundaries. I say goodbye to her everyday without using my hands, not really sure why today was different. She didn't react negatively to it. She just said see you tomorrow, as usual.

Was it inappropriate? Or am I just making a mountain out of a molehill.
Am I the only one who thinks the only thing wrong with all of this is the use of the word "co-worker".
 
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did you apologise? what did she say?

No, she acted completely normal with me yesterday morning, and started asking me work related questions, so I sensed that I had been concerned for no reason and that there was no crisis looming. So I kept the apology to myself and moved on.
 
Am I the only one who thinks the only thing wrong with all of this is the use of the word "co-worker".

At least he hypenated it, in the blurb we get from our old American owners at work, it was spelt "coworkers" which to me reads like someone who works with cows.
 

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