question does it make you feel odd when you are called sir or m'am

[JohnKleeb]

This is mostly for younger people like myself but all can come in of course. Magisterate the guy who is sick and I wish him the best one time pmed and refered to me as Sir to be honest it felt kinda odd being 15 and being called sir. It was not bad or good. Then at work this week I got called sir again it feels odd. Just a rant.

[CarlBallard]

1. I was always taught

To call younger people Sir or M'am. And older people young lady/ young man.

[JohnKleeb]

6. welcome to DU

[Scottie72]

2. Oh gawd yes....

I can't stand it... I just don't feel like I should be called sir. I don't feel all _that_ old Hell I am only 30.

In undergraduate and graduate school when I TAed labs I ask my students to call me Scott, I just didn't like to be called mister Myers.

[JohnKleeb]

5. Scott how do you think I feel I am only 15

[Scottie72]

21. I can remember

being called sir at that age, and just didn't get it. I would think hell I am only a kid.. not quite a sir yet

[DUreader]

3. Mag. is sick? (Sorry to go off topic)

On topic: Sir/Maam is somewhat anachronistic at this point, so yes

kind of weird.

What is up with Mag?

[JohnKleeb]

4. dont know whats up with him I gave him a get well message

dunno the details I would ask lithos not me.

[Mel]

7. for me

my calling you sir is a sign of respect. I say thank you Sir if you are a cashier a bagger or you've waited on me it matters not what your age is. I think people that provide customer service get little respect in this country so I'm not going to do anything to make it hard on those folks. Thank you Sir or Ma'am is my way of doing that.

Of course I am from 'the south' ;-) bwa haa! haa!

[JohnKleeb]

9. I am a southerner myself but I really am not one IMO

being near DC and being of a Pennsylvanian family.

[leftist_rebel1569]

8. I don't like it either

Makes me actually sound respectable...which, for those that know me well, is quite a joke...

[JohnKleeb]

11. lol thats kinda what I got at too

Just a kid dont call me sir I am really immature I can be. I can be immature and mature its real easy. I can be silly here and serious just like reality.

[leftist_rebel1569]

13. yeah...just that

i'm 99% immature.

Calling me "sir" or "madam" (may no one ever call me that...DON'T GET ANY IDEAS, CHUNKY!) just won't feel...right

[JohnKleeb]

15. fuck off skinny I wont call you sir I dont ever do that

never been my way I dont call my own dad sir so why would I call a scrawny little fool like you sir. (to the others) We're just screwing around dont take it the wrong way. (resume) If I get drunk I might call you madam but I dont find myself getting drunk anytime soon while in August but I'll be on Vacation. I am very immature when I likes to be. Man that was a better song than the original no offense. Fuck off (sarcaism off) Why would I call you sir anyhow man I dont even call my own dad sir I probably wouldnt even call military officer sir because I have a habit of not calling people by name its god awful.

[leftist_rebel1569]

19. i dunno why you would...

I dunno why anyone would. My point exactly. And, I wouldn't call anyone sir...ever. Unless I was enslaved into 15 hours of daily back-breaking labor...then maybe. But, I really don't envision that happening...

[JohnKleeb]

20. I wouldnt either

Thats my weird thing I hardly ever refer to people by name like Mr or Mrs so and so, or their name, theres exceptions but for the most part I dont do it no one seems to care or so I think.

[leftist_rebel1569]

24. hmm...I just had a thought...

Mr. Johnathan "Chunky" Kleeb...hmm...sorry, but it's got a ring to it...

I don't call anyone by Mr. or Mrs. or whatever either. I just refer to them by their name, unless it's really important I do so otherwise...

[JohnKleeb]

26. fuck you my name aint fucking Jonathan

Fuckface dont call me Jonathan ever the fuck again you fuck. My name aint fucking Jonathan look at my name fuckface J-o-h-n not J-o-n so fucking blow me fucker. J/K but my name aint fucking Jonathan do not call me that I really resent it. Just as I resented Anti Flag calling me Jonny the only people who can call me Jonny have to have my permission growl and dont ever call me Jonathan again scrawny. You'll be crying when I weigh less than you hawhaw I weigh like 175 now and it falls day by day. Mind you dont ever call me Jonathan again. "John", "Kleeb", "Celt Slav Kraut", even "Chunky", or even John Howard are more acceptable than Jonathan but dont call me John Howard either only my cousins and aunts and uncles can do that one. Dont ever call me motherfucking Jonathan again. I was joking but please man for the love of god my name isnt Jonathan I hate that.

[leftist_rebel1569]

27. whoa..

(taken aback) sorry man...didn't know...

[JohnKleeb]

28. now you fucking no better fuck face

J/K but please do not call me jonathan or expect me to react like Tommy in Godfellas. You think I am funny no I wont call get my fucking shinebox.

[leftist_rebel1569]

29. okay..

you're acting more like Nicky Santoro in Casino...but, i get the picture...

[JohnKleeb]

30. no I think Tommy loved fuck too havent seen Casino in a ages

I just hate being called jonathan its annoying. I wasnt really mad so fuck I was fucking joking.

[leftist_rebel1569]

31. oh, ok...

you had me worried for a minute...I actually thought you were mad, sorry...

[JohnKleeb]

34. I wasnt fucking mad didnt you see my J/Ks

Dont ever call me fucking jonathan again though or wink wink they may find you in a meat truck and it will take a few days to thaw you out. Anyways I wasnt mad and a rant to that. heres my rant.
you know Corbone in goodfellas the guy with a fro the guy who turned up in the meat truck I think one of Fat Tony's guys Louie I think is based on him.

[Buns_of_Fire]

35. UH OH! SOMEBODY NEEDS A GROUP HUG!!!

:spank:...ouch... :spank:....ouch... :spank:...ouch... :spank:...I'm sorry... :spank:...ouch... :spank:...ow, shit, that hurts... :spank:...ouch...

[JohnKleeb]

36. buns I was joking

[Buns_of_Fire]

39. Oh, yeah, I know...

I was just being my usual smarmy self. (And I wasn't really going to hug anybody. ;-) )

[thermodynamic]

10. When they add "___, you're making a scene" is when I feel odd!

___ = "sir" or "ma'am"

[JohnKleeb]

12. that sounds like something at the airport or something

Please Sir we dont have tacos you are making a scene. Heh/

[mitchum]

22. HAHAHAHAHA

nice

[ibegurpard]

14. I don't mind it but what I really HATE

is when an older man calls me "son". :grr:

[JohnKleeb]

16. I havent had that but that would be annoying too

[ibegurpard]

17. It's even more annoying when you're in your 30s

n/t

[JohnKleeb]

18. must be

[KG]

23. i often use the terms

when dealing with adults of any age that i'm not familiar with. it is a sign of social respect.

i get really annoyed when i go into some these casual chain resturants and have the waitstaff refer to me as 'bud' or 'dude'. :grr:

[ForrestGump]

25. Always did make me feel weird, and probably always will

Of course, being called 'ma'am' would be even more weird.....

I still remember when a lady told her little kid something in reference to me as "the man." I was somewhere in my late teens or around 20 and it freaked me out - at that point I'd never thought of myself as anything but a boy. That still applies, really.

I don't ever call anyone 'ma'am' or 'sir.'

[AnnabelLee]

32. Yes

After I was called "ma'am" the first few times, I realized that I was not seeing myself as others do. Aging gracefully is extraordinarily difficult, IMO.

[Aristus]

33. I'm Southern-born too, John. Just like some of the other people

who have posted on this thread. With us it's a way of life. I'm teaching my grandson to say 'sir' and 'ma'am', but I'm not getting, you know, weird about it. It's simple courtesy.

However, one does not necessarily have to say those words to be thought polite. Politeness is in demeanor, just as much as in what you say. Someone could say 'sir' to me, and behave very rudely, as well, and the 'sir' won't make up for it. It's all in how you behave.

[HawkerHurricane]

37. Don't call me 'sir'....

I WORK for a living!

(Oldest NCO joke there is.)

[Buns_of_Fire]

38. Another southern-born person checking in

It's just the way I was taught. It's become habit with me, like saying "'scuse me" when I let out with a deeply-satisfying, rumbling, soul-fulfilling belch from the diaphragm. I admit it sometimes freaks out people half my age, and I've never gotten used to being called "sir" myself -- although I admit being called "sir" is probably preferable to some things I've been called...

[Kat45]

40. It's different for men and women in its connotation of age.

Girls and younger women are called 'miss' and older women are called 'ma'am.' For men, it's 'sir' no matter what the age.

I freaked out at being called ma'am in my thirties, and I still feel uncomfortable when I'm called ma'am in my forties. And I even got it in another country: when I was in Montreal (in my thirties), the chambermaid called me madame. Of course, I never liked 'miss' much either. Although, when a store clerk recently called me 'miss,' I felt good about it. :-)