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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:45 AM Original message |
I get called "sir" all the time now. Don't like. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Would you prefer "ma'm?" nt |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. No. I guess it could be worse. |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm a guy who gets called ma'am all the time |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Our fingers get tired typing "Douchebag", Sir |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. ... |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Now that's funny. Completely insensitive, but pretty damn funny. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Don't you know anybody who isn't into the whole brevity thing? nt |
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udbcrzy2 (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. I know customer service people are trained to be polite |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Getting old sucks, doesn't it? n/t |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It ain't for sissies. |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. My dad taught me to call anyone older than me "Sir" or "Ma'am". |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. I was called Ma'am when I was 21 years old |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Whenever anyone compliments me on my manners, I say the same thing... |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. The first time I was called "sir" when I wasn't on a military installation |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes, "sir" is bad, but it's worse when an attractive young woman calls you "sir"... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. makes me feel even older than I am....nt |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. Nice post, Sir. |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Here in the trailer park, |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. I get that...it's better than being called "Hey asshole"! oh, wait...I STILL get that |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't mind ma'am as much as "terms of endearment" from strangers! |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Its a really southern thing . I was brought up doing it and now I fight it all the time.... |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. What about that semi immortal classic, "To sir. With love!" |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yo, that's just The Magistrate being The Magistrate. |
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