Friendly greetings

• Sue Nicholas

  • Location: river
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 6,025
  1 February 2012     13:18150756
  #1      
  Surprised that comments have not been forthcoming rebus drivers in the Brighton area being too friendly?Personally I think something is wrong when I dont receive a friendly greeting .I maybe Chairman of DDC but Im still called Sue Darling ,Love ,Susie etc .
  I dont like Dear .
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  1 February 2012     13:22150758
  #2      
  was that where it was i just caught the tail end of the report?
  
  i have no objections to friendly terms though i think sometimes they can be used in certain situations to belittle someone.
  
  years ago a yorkshire council instructed their phone operators to stop using the term "luv".
• Guest 700

  • Registered: 11 Jun 2010
  • Posts: 2,868
  1 February 2012     13:22150759
  #3      
  No, I don't like Dear, it sounds somehow very patronising. Love or Duck, or 'young lady' are usually appreciated !!
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  Lincolnshire Born and Bred
• Terry Nunn

  • Location: London Road, Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 4,321
  1 February 2012     13:33150763
  #4      
  The chap on the checkout at Aldi once called my wife "young lady". I suggested he visited SpecSavers!
  
  Terry
  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
  • Aldi
• Jan Higgins

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 5 Jul 2010
  • Posts: 13,931
  1 February 2012     13:42150764
  #5      
  Terry you naughty young man.
  
  I have never worried being love, darling, ducks, mate, pal or even the dreaded dear, too patronising as Kath says but I would object if old was stuck in front any of them.
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  I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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• Guest 698

  • Registered: 28 May 2010
  • Posts: 8,664
  1 February 2012     13:45150765
  #6      
  I hate being called 'mate' by total strangers. For some reason I also hate 'darling'. Perhaps it's because my mother Always calls me that whether I deserve it or not!
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Keith Sansum1

  • Location: london
  • Registered: 25 Aug 2010
  • Posts: 23,948
  1 February 2012     14:49150775
  #7      
  peter
  sorry mate lol
  ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
• Guest 686

  • Registered: 5 May 2009
  • Posts: 556
  1 February 2012     15:31150786
  #8      
  You can call me what you, just don't call me late for lunch!
  
  Oh, and don't whistle at me. The first time I just ignore it, the second time I bark!!
  Phil West
  If at first you don't succeed, use a BIGGER hammer!!
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
  • Posts: 23,940
  1 February 2012     16:28150810
  #9      
  ok susie dear.
• Bern

  • Location: Dover
  1 February 2012     16:40150817
  #10      
  Clearly we all have pet likes and dislikes. Perhaps for that reason alone we should be addressed with more respect. Think about hospitals and care homes, for example, where elders who should be addressed respectfully unless otherwise indicated are routinely patronised and belittled with "endearments". I guess it is all in that option: respectful address unless permission otherwise is given.
  
  PS - never, ever, call me Love, Chuck or Babe................
• Melissa Pile

  • Location: Dover
  1 February 2012     16:50150823
  #11      
  Ok Bern love
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
  • Posts: 23,940
  1 February 2012     19:57150882
  #12      
  hello babe.