Young shop assistants calling you mate or pal! Gets my back up!

[IanG]

I can't believe how pompous and anal some people are, get your head out of your arse pal.

[foxforcefive]

But he was.

 

I, however, Am not his mate or pal. I am sir.

 

Good morning sir, how may I help you. Perhaps before your time.

 

You expected him to call you sir? Did you call him sir?

 

Today's 'mate' is yesteryears 'sir'

 

I find being called madam more annoying than love/duck/chuck etc etc

 

I guess no-one can please everyone, at least he was polite, no?

[RosyRat]

I'd love to be called pal or mate. I have to put with being called "sweetheart" of "flower" by a whole raft of creepy 40 plusses who, quite frankly, I seriously want to kick up the backside for being so damned patronising.

[sccsux]

Or are you just wanting a reason to rant?

 

You've typed "a" instead of "another":hihi:.

 

I am sir.

 

Have you been knighted?

 

when I was a lad back in the early nineties

 

Perhaps before your time.

 

The nineties? I think not:hihi:.

 

Many of us are quite a lot older than you. Never bothered me being called "pal" or "mate".

 

Do you get as irate when someone says "thank you love/duck/flower...." to you?

[Bonzo77]

You've typed "a" instead of "another":hihi:.

 

 

 

Have you been knighted?

 

 

 

 

 

The nineties? I think not:hihi:.

 

Many of us are quite a lot older than you. Never bothered me being called "pal" or "mate".

 

Do you get as irate when someone says "thank you love/duck/flower...." to you?

 

 

Way, way back in the 90's eh? You would have thought this guy would have been down with the kids wouldn't you?

[mojo1]

Way, way back in the 90's eh? You would have thought this guy would have been down with the kids wouldn't you?

 

Hush now, young urchin! Don't you have a chimney to sweep?

[Bonzo77]

Hush now, young urchin! Don't you have a chimney to sweep?

 

Sorry Pal, I mean Sir

[mojo1]

Sorry Pal, I mean Sir

 

That's Ma'am to you!

[superblade1!]

you are ranting on a forum about someone being friendly??? wow

 

thankyou....i don't see the problem....christ you went to buy a bike....your not at ascot or a posh restaurant! i get called mate and pal all day long in the shops i go in. i work at spar part time and would you really expect me to adress people as sir or madame? ....come on!

[sccsux]

Did you used to drive a Capri back in the day that you called your clients Sir?

 

I doubt it. The OP wasn't even born when they (Ford) stopped manufacturing them:D (you could still by them new, from a dealers years after I left school though:().

 

No, Not quite sure what you are trying to say!?

 

That you seem to be living in the past/a timewarp?

 

Yes we do youngster.

 

Oh what irony from one so young:hihi:

 

Call me Squire.

 

Squirt is more fitting:D.

 

Not much gets my back up really luv.

 

Says he on his second rant of the month.

 

When your working for a large sales company or a bank It's more important to call people sir ect. but when you are selling WD40 I think it's a different matter.

 

I see the voice of reason has reared it's ugly head:hihih:

 

unless they are actually a Sir by title.

 

I still wouldn't then as I don't recognise it as such, as it is throw back to a bygone (rather crap) era.