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Fri, Aug 21st, 2015, 12:54 PM #46
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If you are a new or first-time customer, yes that address is startling as the first communication! However, if you are a regular customer, likely the person is trying to convey consideration in seeing you in the establishment. Sometimes customers and business staff need a social chat before getting on to the shopping or ordering-never know when that bond can become a networking strength too.
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Fri, Aug 21st, 2015, 12:57 PM #47
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Having read British children's and youth literature, I'm aware of some of the older UK raised women who use Love as a form of address equally in the shops with customers or friends and family--I can get used to it if the employee is a friendly type.
Dear to me seems more appropriate in personal social relationships, unless it is used as an adjective prior to someone's proper name or Mr./Mrs./Ms. and surname.2021-Bring on the sunshine, sweets & online shopping.
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Fri, Aug 21st, 2015, 05:28 PM #48
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Fri, Aug 21st, 2015, 06:27 PM #49
I prefer Miss, Ma'am makes me feel old.
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Fri, Aug 21st, 2015, 10:28 PM #50
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Fri, Aug 21st, 2015, 11:01 PM #51
My children's closest friends call me Miss LILO. Every time another adult hears it they are impressed as they see it as respectful. My boys do the same to their parents. I have known these boys since they were 3 and to call me mrs. Last name is too formal. But just my 1 st name is too casual. Now even their newer friends do it. It was my very british dh that started this. I laughed when I was volunteering at school and the youngest siblings called me miss LILO so the whole kindie class calls me that now.
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Fri, Aug 21st, 2015, 11:09 PM #52
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My children's friends have called me " jr penguin name's" mom..through to M'zelle..Penguin through to Mme Penguin..now I'm ..darth cos the friends are now almost...sobs Adults..I need to respect them as such..
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Fri, Aug 21st, 2015, 11:43 PM #53
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That's rather nice, Lilo. My son's friends always called me Mrs., and my son did the same to his friends' moms.
Interesting point with this - when I was teaching, I was obviously Miss or Mrs. Surname.
However, at our son's Ukrainian Bilingual elementary school, teachers were known by their first name - I don't know the origin of it. So his teachers were Pana (Miss) Tanya or Pani (Mrs.) Anhelyna or Pan (Mr.) Bohdan, for examples.
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Sat, Aug 22nd, 2015, 01:44 PM #54
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The only time people perhaps need to start getting their knickers in a twist, is when your kids start calling you by name / talking back to you / free loading off you as adults / stealing from you / etc.....then and only then do you know you've failed as a parent, and help contributed to society going down the crapper
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Sat, Aug 22nd, 2015, 03:15 PM #55
Well that went off topic quickly.
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Sat, Aug 22nd, 2015, 04:08 PM #56
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Sat, Aug 22nd, 2015, 11:25 PM #57
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i prefer to be called Ma'am but most folks call me "miss"
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Wed, Aug 26th, 2015, 10:00 PM #58
I'd rather "miss" .... I'm not even over 30 yet.
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Wed, Sep 2nd, 2015, 10:11 PM #59
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I find formal interactions going downhill - phone calls tend to go the route of "miss lisa".. Which is super weird to me - who told them to use first name with miss? Just ask if you can call me by my first name or do it or something - but at least pick one and commit to it.
Also - I sometimes forget that there is this social norm of name change when married that I didn't adhere to. So my hubby and I don't share the same last name - and it seems to throw ppl off.. It's a non thing to me until it pops up every now and then and I'm reminded that this confuses ppl..
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Wed, Sep 2nd, 2015, 11:07 PM #60
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I don't have a problem with that...I call my in-laws my thier Christian name and Mr P does that to mine
talking back to you
free loading off you as adults
stealing from you / etc.....then and only then do you know you've failed as a parent, and help contributed to society going down the crapper
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