I was shopping today and every time an assistant asked me if I needed help they called me sir. I can't get used to be called sir, OK so I'm 40(ish) but it still feels wrong when people call me sir. Anyone else have this problem?
Don't call me sir!
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Don't call me sir!
Sir is quite OK with me. So is Your Highness, Eminence and any other form of subservience.
i hate it :bang:
In the shop I work, we are told to say sir or madam.... u hate hearing it, and we feel daft saying it 
Back in the days before computer networks existed and they used to send receipts and change round department stores in air driven Lamson tubes (I jest not), we were always told to address customers as "Sir" or "Madam" . However it is entirely possible to call somebody "Sir" in a way which conveys total contempt if the situation requires it - as it often did, and probably still does even more so today. Just smile nicely, and they'll never know what you're really thinking !In the shop I work, we are told to say sir or madam.... u hate hearing it, and we feel daft saying it
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Thankfully I've not experienced being called Sir outside the forum
I much prefer 'Sir' to 'mate'
'Mate' really pisses me off.
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'Mate' really pisses me off.
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depending on where i shop is what i get called.
young hip shops = mate
expensive upper class shops = Sir
i hate walking into a shop that has someone on the door greeting people. Or going into a place like carphone warehouse where they have like 10 members of staff and 1 customer.
young hip shops = mate
expensive upper class shops = Sir
i hate walking into a shop that has someone on the door greeting people. Or going into a place like carphone warehouse where they have like 10 members of staff and 1 customer.
i have to say sir - well it depends how they approach me
i say nothing to the women
i say nothing to the women
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makes a change where in america i get something like oik or treated as if im 5.
I'm quite happy being called Sir.
I'd prefer to be called Sir Robert but my letter from the Palace is still lost in the Royal Mail somewhere.
I'd prefer to be called Sir Robert but my letter from the Palace is still lost in the Royal Mail somewhere.
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I hate to be called Sir:bang:
I get called Boss in a lot of places i go
even the boss in the Indian resturant calls me boss, if i the boss how come he the one with a 50k car an massive house
even the boss in the Indian resturant calls me boss, if i the boss how come he the one with a 50k car an massive house
i like Sir, it makes me feel important and special.
It also gives me satisfaction knowing that they HAVE to say it to me and that they dont like it :devil:
It also gives me satisfaction knowing that they HAVE to say it to me and that they dont like it :devil:
Yeah I get this too, from a lot of people round here.I get called Boss in a lot of places i go
even the boss in the Indian resturant calls me boss, if i the boss how come he the one with a 50k car an massive house
As for Sir I have a lecturer at uni which I obviously address as Sir but was suprised when he started calling me Sir. Just a mark of common respect amongst people, better than being called "Oi!" or "Mate".
How would you address somebody you don't know? Bit too forward to ask for a name so Sir and Madam is fine.
My colleagues and I enjoy calling people "Sir" just before advising them that they ".....do not have to say anything etc....."
Other favourites are: "Where WERE you about to fly to Sir?" or "Those 'cuffs aren't too tight are they Sir?" "Is there anybody you'd like informed of your arrest Sir?"
The use of "Sir" is also one of the defining differences between football and rugby union. In football which don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching, they call the ref everything under the sun, but get sent off for a gentle slap on an opponent's shoulder. In club rugby they knock seven bells out of each other but call the referee "sir".And they actually mean it because the referee's the boss.
Same with motorsport. Its all very formal.
Do you remember how you got all the way to this tyre barrier Sir?
Do you remember how you got all the way to this tyre barrier Sir?
i got asked "how are you?" In Sainsburys at lunch.
I paniced
I paniced
...and so you should since you were obviously trying to thieve something.
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