MY pet peeve...
...is people who feel free to call me "honey (or hun)," "dear," "sweetie," "babe," and the like. The only people who have the right to use these terms are people such as my mother or my husband. NOT my co-workers, not the local salesclerk, and certainly not the little teen who takes my order at the restaurant, etc. >:0
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Omigosh- my stepdad will ...
Omigosh- my stepdad will point-blank tell waitresses, cashiers, etc that he is NOT their honey, sweetie, whatever. They get really offended, but hey- it's true. A little professionalism never hurt anybody.
I dont mind unless they ...
I dont mind unless they are calling me that to demean me.
Sometimes that is just someones way of being friendly.
I must say, most of those ...
I must say, most of those don't know your name, so what else should they call you? do you introduce yourself when you walk into a store so they can call you by name. I would prefer something like dear or sweetie, which sounds a little more personal and friendly then madam or asshole.
I totally agree. It is so ...
I totally agree. It is so condescending! There is a checker at our local grocery store that uses 'hun' in just about every sentence (not exagerating)...."Did you find everything, hun?" "Wanna swipe your card, hun" "Can I see some ID, hun?" "Have a good day, hun"... Arrrrrrgggghhh!!!!I do not go through her line ever.
it happens on a daily ...
it happens on a daily basis in the southeast U.S....without question. I don't think any harm is intended...it's just their way of being nice.
It isn't a way of being ...
It isn't a way of being nice, it's apparently a way of being cute. I can't stand when women do it to be cute or men do it to be chauvanistic. I work in a mechanic's shop and hear sexist comments every single day and have to put up with it, but when I get bitchy about it they tell me to calm down as if it's okay. Women doing it bugs me too, but I get it most from men. I had one man come in and say "hi sweetheart" (I had never seen him before) to check his car in for service and I stared at him completely blankly and didn't say anything. When he laughed nervously and asked what's wrong I responded with "I'm someone else's sweetheart so I was assuming you weren't speaking to me" for which he quickly appologized. Just make them feel stupid, that usually works for me.