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re: Do You Teach Your Kids to Say "Ma'am" or "Sir" As a Sign of Respect?
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:11 am to Perfect Circle
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:11 am to Perfect Circle
Yes, I do and my children and grandchildren as well.
I think common courtesies like that demonstrating simple respect makes life easier on everyone.
I think common courtesies like that demonstrating simple respect makes life easier on everyone.
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Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:13 am to Mr. Misanthrope
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I think common courtesies like that demonstrating simple respect makes life easier on everyone.
How does someone saying yes sir make your life easier?
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:17 am to TH03
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How does someone saying yes sir make your life easier?
Guess you don't appreciate courtesy and respect. You seem like one of those people I'd address as 'yes, a-hole.'
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:17 am to Perfect Circle
Definitely. Yes sir, yes ma’am, please, and thank you immediately gives you the benefit of the doubt and ahead of your peers 80% of the time.
She still struggles with it because none of her friends do it, but I keep hammering away.
She still struggles with it because none of her friends do it, but I keep hammering away.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:18 am to Perfect Circle
Doesn't matter if you're 3 or 83, you will get a mam or sir from me when I speak to you.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:18 am to ibldprplgld
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Guess you don't appreciate courtesy and respect.
My I appreciate it just fine. And I always say yes sir or ma'am when appropriate.
I just don't see how that makes someone's life easier.
"Well I got cancer but a little boy said yes sir so it's cured"
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:23 am to TH03
So if you perceive there to be no benefit, why do it?
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:23 am to Perfect Circle
Most of you must have done a shitty job with teaching your kids this because I have never been called Sir or Ma'am in the South outside of somebody in customer service.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:26 am to ibldprplgld
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So if you perceive there to be no benefit, why do it?
Did I say this?
There's like 300 lines between the benefit gained by saying yes sir and making your life easier.
It's a nice gesture that makes you feel respected and maybe even proud of the kid who said it. It doesn't make your life easier. That's absurd.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:26 am to TH03
These threads are always good for some virtue signaling.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:34 am to Packer
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because I have never been called Sir or Ma'am in the South outside of somebody in customer service.
How old are you?
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:37 am to RogerTheShrubber
Only 32, but I worked with students at LSU daily and I remember when I was their age, I thought people in their 30's were ancient
ETA: INB4 why would they call a fry cook Sir/Ma'am? I did work in an authoritative position alongside faculty
ETA: INB4 why would they call a fry cook Sir/Ma'am? I did work in an authoritative position alongside faculty
This post was edited on 5/3/19 at 9:39 am
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:39 am to Packer
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Only 32, but I worked with students at LSU daily and I remember when I was their age, I thought people in their 30's were ancient
heathen
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:40 am to ibldprplgld
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Yes. In fact, I'm in my early 30s, and my friends and I have now reached the age where it's socially appropriate to start calling each other's parents by their first names only without the Mr. or Mrs. in front and it's just weird. It feels so disrespectful. Sometimes I still use the prefix depending on the setting.
I am a bit older than you, but I still can't bring myself to leave off the "Mr." and "Ms." when talking to friends parents or my in-laws. I can just picture my Dad scowling 'That's MR. JIM to you, boy."
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:41 am to TigerCoon
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but I still can't bring myself to leave off the "Mr." and "Ms." when talking to friends parents or my in-laws.
I was an adult when I met my in-laws. I call them by their first names.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:43 am to TH03
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I was an adult when I met my in-laws. I call them by their first names.
My father-in-law encourages me to just use his first name. Can't. "Mr." slips out.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:44 am to PawnMaster
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I’m 25 and sometimes I feel weird calling older coworkers “Mr.”.
That's because it's weird in a business setting. You won't gain respect and be looked at as a peer if you're walking around calling your older co-workers "sir" and "ma'am".
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:47 am to TH03
My children did call adults Mr. Or Ms. (Name) and did not answer with yeah or yup. But yes or no and please and thank you was enough. I did not enforce the sir and ma'am issue.
My job was professional at a national level when I was very young. Older southern people (mentors) just mentioned that it made you seem younger or weaker by using sir and ma'am when negotiating deals and you wanted to be seen as a peer/on a level playing field.
My job was professional at a national level when I was very young. Older southern people (mentors) just mentioned that it made you seem younger or weaker by using sir and ma'am when negotiating deals and you wanted to be seen as a peer/on a level playing field.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:53 am to madamsquirrel
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My job was professional at a national level when I was very young. Older southern people (mentors) just mentioned that it made you seem younger or weaker by using sir and ma'am when negotiating deals and you wanted to be seen as a peer/on a level playing field.
Exactly, I'm the one giving my clients advice. I don't want them to think I'm some young kid that doesn't know anything. If I want them to look at me as a peer, then I'm not going to call them sir or ma'am. I am still polite and will say please and thank you, but the sir and ma'am thing doesn't fly.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:22 am to Perfect Circle
I was raised that way. My kids will be raised that way as well.
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