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Do you shake hands when you go over to a friends house?
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GrilledCheez posted:
I am former military and had to train myself not to say sir when I was nervous or new and come across subservient to people. It was hurting my career. I reserve sir for old people who haven't told me to call them something else.
At work I call EVERYONE by their first name. This is strictly a tactical decision though.
I do this too. At my job, everyone goes by their last name. I have everyone calling me by my first name and I make it a point to call people by their first. This is difficult because I can be referring to the same person someone else is, but they might not know I'm talking about the same guy. I think it impresses some of the people there though that I took the effort to learn their first name.
It helps that mine is so hard to pronounce that I just tell everyone to call me Vinny. Then its almost natural getting their first name.
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the_great_intex
Title: This is what cool looks like
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Haha that is very cool. You sound pretty upbeat also. I think people really enjoy that kind of connection with someone. There's so many people who are so openly pessimistic and cynical in workplaces that it is refreshing to hear someone who is not
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Yossarian_42
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Registered: 2002-2-28 11:23:20
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I would never pitch without giving a reach around if that counts.
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GrilledCheez
Title: The Lord's Balls
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haha thanks. I was a pretty mean douchey wet blanket till I was around 24. I had a crisis of faith that I ultimately never resolved. BUT it caused me to reevaluate my life. And I decided then that I would be a net positive impact on everyone I ever met.
I haven't always been that, but I've always tried. I guess that's a little too emo for the OP, but I just wanted to point out that i too make an effort to be positive and a positive influence as much as possible.
Yossarian_42 posted:
I would never pitch without giving a reach around if that counts.
That is obviously good manners, but it's clearly tactical in nature as well, so I'm only giving you partial credit.
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the_great_intex
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I think it is good that you try to make a positive impact on the people around you. That is pretty considerate and selfless in character. Some people are incapable of being genuinely nice to people without faking it.
I used to be a douche kind of in high school to a few people, but I never did it with the intention of actually hurting someone. It was all jokes and games. I think it is just part of being young and stupid
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Yukishiro1
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One of the security guards call me "sir" even though I'm two or three decades younger. It bugs me and I've been right on the edge of telling him not to several times but he does it with everyone and I think it would hurt his feelings if I told him not to so I haven't yet.
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Yossarian_42
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I do not think I have ever called anyone 'sir' in my entire life.
Thinking back I have not used the word outside of jest.
I'm not sure what it says about me but I don't really show deference to anyone. I am not in your face arrogant or cocky, I just naturally don't subserve.
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cobane
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Anyone involved in the process of preparing/serving my food is sir or ma'am. This sometimes backfires in the drive-thru. I called this husky-voiced person "sir" a bunch of times and couldn't for the life of me figure out why they were getting increasingly exasperated with my simple order. As I waited for the car ahead of me to clear the first window it dawned on me that I was speaking to a woman. I left the line and went someplace else.
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GrilledCheez posted:
I've always done this. I don't know if it's normal. Most my friends roll with it, but I can tell it catches them off guard at first. think I was just born a century too late.
I usually bring a nice bottle of something over too. I think manners should get more play these days.
you think brown people deserve to die to steal their resources and give you an easy life.....
talking about manners? Hypocrite
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Yukishiro1 posted:
One of the security guards call me "sir" even though I'm two or three decades younger. It bugs me and I've been right on the edge of telling him not to several times but he does it with everyone and I think it would hurt his feelings if I told him not to so I haven't yet.
you haven't told him yet ?
Boy, you must feel entitled young un' !
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