Do ma'am and sir bother you? Had a conversation with a friend about teaching our kids manners and yes/no ma'am/sir was a thing her parents that spent time growing up in I believe it was Illinois (could be wrong) didn't really push whereas my parents did ๐คทโโ๏ธ. I always try to kill 'em with kindness, so I'm a full on you're welcome and no problem!! maxi. Maybe it's a personality thing, maybe it's a regional/cultural thing. But you're welcome ๐๐ซ
Discussion
Yes.
And no.
I tend to avoid them because I hated it in the army. Most of the ma'ams and the sirs were neither deserving of my respect nor even worthy of any consideration EXCEPT their supposedly superior rank.
I don't mind using it for unknown people of obviously greater age than I.
Or if I'm playing around with someone I know.
I hadn't thought about it from the angle of teaching children to be polite. That's another layer that I'll need to ponder. Thank you. โค๏ธ
Glad I can offer some insight. It's been a a learning curve trying to figure out what to keep and what to trim away that we've been taught all our lives. Just winging it and hoping for the best sometimes ๐.
It is a long process, longer for others that don't bother to start it at all, too.
That's all we can do at times. But you've made it! ๐ชโฅ๏ธ๐๐๐
I'm weird, I say ma'am and sir even to others younger then me.
But I don't like being called sir. Weird. Right?
That is weird outside of the context of something like a service job...