Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agowhat advice was great when you first heard it, but has aged like milk since then?message-squaremessage-square286fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down13
arrow-up1172arrow-down1message-squarewhat advice was great when you first heard it, but has aged like milk since then?Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square286fedilink
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agosir doesn’t sit well with me either for work positions, I say it to be nice sometimes, but not because you’re my boss. and if someone calls me sir, my response is " I’m not your sir, just call me …"
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 days agoIf you’ll be my bodyguard, I can be your long lost pal!
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThat’s how I see it too. It’s like a whimsical anachronism referencing a more formal era.
sir doesn’t sit well with me either for work positions, I say it to be nice sometimes, but not because you’re my boss. and if someone calls me sir, my response is " I’m not your sir, just call me …"
Al?
If you’ll be my bodyguard, I can be your long lost pal!
Maybe?
That’s how I see it too. It’s like a whimsical anachronism referencing a more formal era.