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re: Responding to Your Superiors as Sir and/or Ma’am
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:28 am to Oilfieldbiology
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:28 am to Oilfieldbiology
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How do you not say yes sir or ma’am to people older than you?
Easy.
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when someone asks you a question you just respond with yeah?
No, I respond with an answer to the question they ask.
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Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:29 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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Is there any excuse to not respond to your superior/boss’ questions, etc with Yes Sir or No Sir?
Newsflash chief...it’s because they don’t fricking respect you. Much like everyone else in your miserable, pathetic excuse for a life
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:29 am to northshorebamaman
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Got it so the discipline the Army taught you didn’t carry over into your civilian life.
In a thread full of cringe comments made by the OP that one takes the cake
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:30 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Keeping permanent formality with someone you frequently interact with is bizarre. I’m far more likely to say sir/ma’am to a summer law clerk I’m just getting to know than I am my boss who I’ve known almost a decade.
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:32 am to northshorebamaman
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I don't stand at parade rest or call the room to attention when my boss enters, either.
My 1SG used to get pissed at me because I would sneak in to the company area all the time because I got annoyed when everyone called the area to attention when I entered through the front.
"Sir, you can't be doing that shite. You're giving them a complex"
I eventually gave in and started entering from the front area again.
This post was edited on 2/27/20 at 7:33 am
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:33 am to Centinel
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My 1SG used to get pissed at me because I would sneak in to the company area all the time because I got annoyed when everyone called the area to attention when I entered through the front.
"Sir, you can't be doing that shite. You're giving them a complex"
I eventually gave in.
Exactly once you relax the standards even just once discipline in your unit erodes.
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:33 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Got any good stories from the Dust Bowl or Great Depression?
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:35 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
What the frick you know about it...you didn’t serve.
You continue to get worse and worse.
You continue to get worse and worse.
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:35 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
I like when your wife says "yes sir, may I have another?"
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:38 am to Packer
We had an intern who was a former Air Force guy and he would address all emails with the intro “Sir,” or “Ma’am,” and couldn’t figure out that the tone of the email sounded condescending. No “Dear Jim” or “Good Afternoon Jennifer.” Just Sir and Ma’am.
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:42 am to JumpingTheShark
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We had an intern who was a former Air Force guy and he would address all emails with the intro “Sir,” or “Ma’am,”
You totally made this up. No one in the Air Force uses sir or ma'am.
This post was edited on 2/27/20 at 7:44 am
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:43 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
One time, I answered a bus driver in Boston with a good natured "Yes sir!"
His response was, "If you call me sir again, I'm going to punch you where you pee."
His response was, "If you call me sir again, I'm going to punch you where you pee."
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:43 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
I have testicles so I don’t do this
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:51 am to iAmBatman
quote:After reading his posts I fully believe he was a second lieutenant. Whether he progressed beyond that is up for debate.
What the frick you know about it...you didn’t serve.
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:52 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Go wash your airplane.
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:53 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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Is there any excuse to not respond to your superior/boss’ questions, etc with Yes Sir or No Sir?
if they're younger than me.
Posted on 2/27/20 at 7:58 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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If I’m your boss I am your commander.
Posted on 2/27/20 at 8:02 am to northshorebamaman
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After reading his posts I fully believe he was a second lieutenant. Whether he progressed beyond that is up for debate.
Well for starters it’s almost impossible barring misconduct to get out less than an O-3...
Posted on 2/27/20 at 8:04 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
quote:At least you had that going for you.
Well for starters it’s almost impossible barring misconduct to get out less than an O-3...
Posted on 2/27/20 at 8:08 am to Booyow
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The most alpha move is to respond to your subordinates with yes/no sir
Why is this a alpha move? I do it just out of curiosity and habit.
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