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Today's young shop staff are lacking respect.

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MartinBWFC
Mr Magoo
Bwfc1958
karlypants
Natasha Whittam
finlaymcdanger
doffcocker
gloswhite
Boggersbelief
wanderlust
scottjames30
Leeds_Trotter
Lard Lad
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Lard Lad

Lard Lad
Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

Am i just out of touch or am i right to be offended by being addressed as 

 Buddy,Geezer,Geez,Pal,Guy,Mate,Bloke,Blue,and the worst one was Chap. How do they keep their jobs or even get them. I was a rep for Spafax for years and i had to call all my customers Sir or Mr unless otherwise requested.

Leeds_Trotter


El Hadji Diouf
El Hadji Diouf

It's very rare now people address other nowadays as Sir or Mr anymore. That's the way society is now, times change and there is nothing wrong with that. It is perfectly acceptable now and I don't consider it to be rude at all.

scottjames30

scottjames30
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

They're probably being paid minimum wage, they are not expected to have manners.

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

I don't like being called "mate" so usually ignore them.

Boggersbelief

Boggersbelief
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

wanderlust wrote:I don't like being called "mate" so usually ignore them.

Then you come across as a cunt..

gloswhite

gloswhite
Guðni Bergsson
Guðni Bergsson

I see LL's point, and one thing I don't like is for a policeman to call me 'mate'. I call him 'officer', and he calls me 'sir', at least, anything but 'mate'.

LT, its because of peoples acceptance of such things, like yourself, that general respect has deteriorated. I blame it all on you, mucker. Very Happy

gloswhite

gloswhite
Guðni Bergsson
Guðni Bergsson

Boggersbelief wrote:
wanderlust wrote:I don't like being called "mate" so usually ignore them.

Then you come across as a cunt..


Unlike yourself Boggers Very Happy

doffcocker

doffcocker
Ivan Campo
Ivan Campo

All that "buddy", "fella", "geezer" crap is annoying but doesn't exactly ruin my day either.

To be fair it's hard to find the right balance between over friendly and ignorrant.

Have you ever had that where somebody is so ridiculously cheerful that you feel physically incapable of matching them, then you just feel like a miserable bastard?

I went to Subway on Tuesday and they were so OTT at the counter, I needed a lie down at the end of it, not a sandwich.

finlaymcdanger

finlaymcdanger
Frank Worthington
Frank Worthington

doffcocker wrote:Have you ever had that where somebody is so ridiculously cheerful that you feel physically incapable of matching them, then you just feel like a miserable bastard?

The reason I should never have move to the US. It makes me sick. SO sick that I had to move to Brooklyn to find a better balance of civil people and absolute wankers. Phew.

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Boggersbelief wrote:
wanderlust wrote:I don't like being called "mate" so usually ignore them.

Then you come across as a cunt..
Why should I give a f*** what they think?

scottjames30

scottjames30
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Or why should they give a fuck what you think?

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

doffcocker wrote:All that "buddy", "fella", "geezer" crap is annoying but doesn't exactly ruin my day either.

It ruins mine for obvious reasons.

karlypants

karlypants
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

A delivery man for John Lewis gave me a courtesy call this afternoon to Give me an eta of my delivery, I ended the conversation with "cheers mate". Very Happy

Bwfc1958

Bwfc1958
Tinned Toms - You know it makes sense!

Don't see the problem with it personally. The bloke at the McDonald's drive through called me sir the other day. It felt way too formal for a drive through.

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

No way should any employee be referring to a customer as mate, buddy, luv or any other over familiar term.

If someone tries it with me I ask to speak to the manager immediately. I was in Argos the other week and the tosser behind the counter called me "luv". I asked to speak to the manager to which he replied he was the manager. He looked about 12. Turns out he was just the manager of the conveyor belt. I received a written apology and a packet of batteries.

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Natasha Whittam wrote:No way should any employee be referring to a customer as mate, buddy, luv or any other over familiar term.

If someone tries it with me I ask to speak to the manager immediately. I was in Argos the other week and the tosser behind the counter called me "luv". I asked to speak to the manager to which he replied he was the manager. He looked about 12. Turns out he was just the manager of the conveyor belt. I received a written apology and a packet of batteries for my massive vibrator.

Very Happy

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

They were free so the jokes on you.

karlypants

karlypants
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

y2johnny wrote:
Natasha Whittam wrote:No way should any employee be referring to a customer as mate, buddy, luv or any other over familiar term.

If someone tries it with me I ask to speak to the manager immediately. I was in Argos the other week and the tosser behind the counter called me "luv". I asked to speak to the manager to which he replied he was the manager. He looked about 12. Turns out he was just the manager of the conveyor belt. I received a written apology and a packet of batteries for my massive vibrator.

Very Happy
You beat me to it! Very Happy

karlypants

karlypants
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Natasha Whittam wrote:No way should any employee be referring to a customer as mate, buddy, luv or any other over familiar term.

If someone tries it with me I ask to speak to the manager immediately. I was in Argos the other week and the tosser behind the counter called me "luv". I asked to speak to the manager to which he replied he was the manager. He looked about 12. Turns out he was just the manager of the conveyor belt. I received a written apology and a packet of batteries.
With all your wealth, I didn't expect you to be shopping in Argossy! Laughing

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

karlypants wrote:I didn't expect you to be shopping in Argossy! Laughing

I like to mingle with common folk every now and then, makes me realise how special I am.

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