How do you feel when a stranger calls you sir

[chud333]

To start off with i'm only 52.
I still regard myself as a young man and lately have been
getting a lot of (sir) comments from younger adults who
we're respectable towards me. You know the "Thank You
sir", "excuse me sir", etc...
I'm still always taken aback slightly when someone uses
this when addressing me. I do appreciate them being
respectful and courteous but i just don't see myself as
and old man just yet.
Now i was always taught to use sir and ma'am by my
parents when i was young and my dad was a 20 year
Marine. So i always respected my elders.
At what point in life does being referred to as a (Sir)
start feeling comfortable to you ?

Chuck

 

[Ron H.]

To start off with i'm only 52.
I still regard myself as a young man and lately have been
getting a lot of (sir) comments from younger adults who
we're respectable towards me. You know the "Thank You
sir", "excuse me sir", etc...
I'm still always taken aback slightly when someone uses
this when addressing me. I do appreciate them being
respectful and courteous but i just don't see myself as
and old man just yet.
Now i was always taught to use sir and ma'am by my
parents when i was young and my dad was a 20 year
Marine. So i always respected my elders.
At what point in life does being referred to as a (Sir)
start feeling comfortable to you ?

Chuck

Sir, whenever someone calls me "sir," I look around to see who they're talking to. [absolutely true]

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

 

[HotRoderX]

As someone who has worked phone support they might not have a choice. As dumb as this is going to sound the company I worked for we where required to call you sir and ma'am. We didn't do it we could be written up, if the customer asked us not to we still had to do it per quality control.

 

[GKC]

It doesn't bother me near as much as when someone calls me Ma'am.

 

[captorquewrench]

It doesn't bother me near as much as when someone calls me Ma'am.

Ha! I was about to say it bothers me to be called "sir" much, much more than it bothers me to be called "ma'am," of which I am not quite particularly fond.

Unless we are at school, I expect the students to say it. but adults...not so much as long as they don't "yeah" me. "Yeah" bugs me more than "ma'am"

 

[Beemerguy53]

I address anyone I don't know on a firstname basis as "sir" or "ma'am", no matter their age or profession.

 

[pineappleshooter]

In my Navy days as a Chief Petty Officer if someone called me sir I replied with "I'm not a sir, my parents were married".

 

[Hillbilly77]

I "Sir" and "Ma'am" people quite often.

It has NOTHING to do with age. Is has to do with RESPECT.














By the way, 52 is pretty old, sir.

 

[Bello]

When someone calls me sir I'm only 34 I kid around and say hey my names Rob I work for a living! That's an old navy joke between enlisted and officers, but I'm sure officers didn't like to hear it

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

With the young people at church, once they get out of High School, I consider them as my peers and exlpain that they no longer need to call me Mister or Sir. Most get it, and some of them that have grown up around me consider this a "Right of Passage". Calling me Mister makes me feel like I've been called out by the principle back in school (and that was an all too common of event!). Ivan

 

[Joe Kent]

I do not think you can ever go wrong by being respectful of others. I think that in todays world being polite in both how you treat and address others is very important to a civil society. All my best, Joe.

 

[CoronaDan]

Chud....relax. You'll get use to it, sir.

 

[Mustang51]

I like "sir" just fine. What concerns me is the increasing number of 20-something waitresses and check-out counter girls who call me "sweety" or "honey". That's what they called my grandpa when I was a kid. It doesn't do much for a guy's ego to think that girls look at you as a cute old guy..."cute" like some little doll they won at the county fair.

 

[Alnamvet68]

It's what I'm used to...I feel like I never left the military, and that's fine with me; just don't you ever call me "Dude".; that will put you in the hurt locker ricky tick!

 

[LoadedRound]

Hey...It beats some of things I've been called.

 

[JcMack]

To start off with i'm only 52.
Chuck

Ha! I say Ha! You are closing in on the age when women you meet call you "hon" or "sweetie". This ain't because they like you or you've purchased some service from them. If you live in Indiana, you've got a beard with some gray in it. (that's the sir line). My beard is all white. I think that's when you cross the "sweetie" line. You can shave your beard and reduce your appearance by 5 yrs. but your dog won't know you and bite you.

 

[Maddog 521]

In Texas Ma'am and Sir is taught at a very young age. It's just the way it is.

 

[Arik]

A little odd since im only 33

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[snowman]

I wouldn't know how else to address someone with whom I'm unacquainted. 'Sir' and 'Ma'am' are generations-old, tried and true terms which convey one's own humility and acknowledgement of the dignity of another human being with whom one is attempting to communicate.

I minister to first-time felons(mostly drug-related) at an area state-run rehab facility. It's interesting that one of the requirements of all in the program is to address each other as 'sir'. The program is designed to retrain the participants to treat others with respect, among other things(how well it takes is another matter, but that is the intent).

Andy

 

[GRIZZLYBEAR]

I will refer to everyone I don't know as 'Sir' and 'Ma'am' out of respect..even if they are young enough to be my child or grand child.

If I know you but don't respect you I will call you by your last name [no Mr, Mrs, Miss, etc] only.

If I know you and respect you I'll call you by you first name.

Funny thing is most people I know I call by their last name.