Posted on 04/30/2007 4:42:15 PM PDT by beebuster2000
Do you know how bad it chaps my butt when I go thru security in the airport and a moron I never met, checking my ticket, starts calling me by my fiirst name? what happened to a little "Mr. Name"? and its not just there. EVERYwhere now people just automatically call you by your first name.
Am I the only one who is bugged by this little loss of respect?
Just another reason we are doomed.
About 15 years ago I had a battle with the IRS. The clerk we were dealing with always called me Mr....... She had her name plate on her desk and I started calling her by her first name, just to pi$$ her off and put her on defense.
Yes, I see what you mean now. I would be a little more specific when posting a vanity to start a conversation, hence some of the replies you got. I think most people mean well, but everything has become so casual. Remember looking at the crowds in baseball games? 90 degrees, 30 thousand people in suits, ties and hats, I sweat a lot, good thing I wasn’t a fan in those days.
lol!
It’s nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you.
I hear a little K-Y can help with your butt chapping problem. ;^)
His middle name is ORSA. -)
i wouldnt know but will take your word for it
You don’t have to call me Darlin’, Darlin’. You never even call me by my name.
No, you aren’t the only one bugged about it. I dislike it intensely when grocery store clerks, tellers, nurses, doctors, telemarketers and so forth call me by my first name when, of course, their name is completely unknown to me. (I think part of it is the frustration of getting the title right: “that’s MS, buster, not Miss” and part of it is some misguided idea that we are flattered by someone knowing our name.) But I feel like my privacy is violated when someone I don’t know addresses me in public or on the phone by my first name. When I want people to know me by my first name, I will give them that name. Otherwise it’s Mrs. caseinpoint.
LOL. Yep. I’m a lifer.
I wonder if the famous writer Ford Madox Ford ever had this problem.
Guess not
2nd on my list of annoyances, which must be the result of some focus group study, is when the waitresses come up to you and say "Is everything excellent"?. I mean, yeah, it's ok. But really, what are you supposed to say in return?
And you don’t have to call me Charlie Pride...
:-)
I was always taught that the respectful thing to do was first address them as Ms./Mr. - but if they request that I call them another name, then the respectful course of action is to oblige their wishes.
Prayers for you...~Pandora~
Try this: next time they ask your name say "Alouicious" pronounced al-lou-ish-us . watch them figure that out. and smile while they sweat.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I will be praying for you and your family.
There's a whole lot of prayer warriors at FR.
......yours is a great idea!
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