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I've always done this. I don't know if it's normal. Most my friends roll with it, but I can tell it catches them off guard at first. think I was just born a century too late.
I usually bring a nice bottle of something over too. I think manners should get more play these days.
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Depends..with some i hug when we say hi and goodbye, others a shake, others nothing..
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I often shake hands or give salutes. I also say "sir" a lot. I always get ask if I am former military
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hahahah
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I think some people just aren't polite and society has let people get away with it
But yeah, I also get that "old soul" comment about myself a lot too
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I am former military and had to train myself not to say sir when I was nervous or new and come across subservient to people. It was hurting my career. I reserve sir for old people who haven't told me to call them something else.
At work I call EVERYONE by their first name. This is strictly a tactical decision though.
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I try not to do it but it is a reflex. I've gotten a lot better, at my last job people I worked with actually poked fun at it a lot. I also say "howdy" a lot IRL. Training yourself that had to have been tough, I agree it does come off as a weakness to some.
I don't know where I got it from. My dad wasn't former military, both of my parents are former hippies
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I say howdy all the time. So that is a funny similarity. I think you can get away with being a little quirky and folksy, but you can't let it define you. That is altogether different than the posture you take in a communication/relationship.
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I say howdy all the time. So that is a funny similarity. I think you can get away with being a little quirky and folksy, but you can't let it define you. That is altogether different than the posture you take in a communication/relationship.
Oh yeah for sure, lol. Defiantly not a total serious greeting by any means. I am a pretty upbeat kind of guy though to most people, compared to other people in general that is
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what i am known most for is saying "outstanding" when someone asks me how I am doing. A lot of times in meetings someone would say, well we already know how GC is doing. 
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I am former military and had to train myself not to say sir when I was nervous or new and come across subservient to people. It was hurting my career. I reserve sir for old people who haven't told me to call them something else.
At work I call EVERYONE by their first name. This is strictly a tactical decision though.
I do this too. At my job, everyone goes by their last name. I have everyone calling me by my first name and I make it a point to call people by their first. This is difficult because I can be referring to the same person someone else is, but they might not know I'm talking about the same guy. I think it impresses some of the people there though that I took the effort to learn their first name.
It helps that mine is so hard to pronounce that I just tell everyone to call me Vinny. Then its almost natural getting their first name.
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Haha that is very cool. You sound pretty upbeat also. I think people really enjoy that kind of connection with someone. There's so many people who are so openly pessimistic and cynical in workplaces that it is refreshing to hear someone who is not
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I would never pitch without giving a reach around if that counts.
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haha thanks. I was a pretty mean douchey wet blanket till I was around 24. I had a crisis of faith that I ultimately never resolved. BUT it caused me to reevaluate my life. And I decided then that I would be a net positive impact on everyone I ever met.
I haven't always been that, but I've always tried. I guess that's a little too emo for the OP, but I just wanted to point out that i too make an effort to be positive and a positive influence as much as possible.
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I would never pitch without giving a reach around if that counts.
That is obviously good manners, but it's clearly tactical in nature as well, so I'm only giving you partial credit.
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I think it is good that you try to make a positive impact on the people around you. That is pretty considerate and selfless in character. Some people are incapable of being genuinely nice to people without faking it.
I used to be a douche kind of in high school to a few people, but I never did it with the intention of actually hurting someone. It was all jokes and games. I think it is just part of being young and stupid
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One of the security guards call me "sir" even though I'm two or three decades younger. It bugs me and I've been right on the edge of telling him not to several times but he does it with everyone and I think it would hurt his feelings if I told him not to so I haven't yet.
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I do not think I have ever called anyone 'sir' in my entire life.
Thinking back I have not used the word outside of jest.
I'm not sure what it says about me but I don't really show deference to anyone. I am not in your face arrogant or cocky, I just naturally don't subserve.
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Anyone involved in the process of preparing/serving my food is sir or ma'am. This sometimes backfires in the drive-thru. I called this husky-voiced person "sir" a bunch of times and couldn't for the life of me figure out why they were getting increasingly exasperated with my simple order. As I waited for the car ahead of me to clear the first window it dawned on me that I was speaking to a woman. I left the line and went someplace else.
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GrilledCheez posted:
I've always done this. I don't know if it's normal. Most my friends roll with it, but I can tell it catches them off guard at first. think I was just born a century too late.
I usually bring a nice bottle of something over too. I think manners should get more play these days.
you think brown people deserve to die to steal their resources and give you an easy life.....
talking about manners? Hypocrite
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One of the security guards call me "sir" even though I'm two or three decades younger. It bugs me and I've been right on the edge of telling him not to several times but he does it with everyone and I think it would hurt his feelings if I told him not to so I haven't yet.
you haven't told him yet ?
Boy, you must feel entitled young un' !
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If I haven't seen them in a while, yes I shake hands.
I almost always bring over a bottle of something for them if I know they're a drinker or a food item if they're an eater.
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I'm in the military. But I use it the same way as "dude" or "man". I usually call a peer or juniors by their first name and seniors by their rank, officers always as sir. The civilians usually want to be called by their first name, but I'll throw a Mr. or Miss/Mrs in there once in a while to keep things interesting, that usually gets a snarky "Petty Officer" or "YN1" in return.
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Yukishiro1 posted:
One of the security guards call me "sir" even though I'm two or three decades younger. It bugs me and I've been right on the edge of telling him not to several times but he does it with everyone and I think it would hurt his feelings if I told him not to so I haven't yet.
Just call him sir back.
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I thought about that but it felt too weird. I have never called anyone "sir" in my life except as a joke and I don't think I could do it with a straight face. I think it would just end up offending him too.
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I Always give a hand shake to all my friends whenever I bump into them. What's weird about that? Most people put out their hands anyways. It's rare I see people I know that I don't give a hand shake or a hug too
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eodoll posted:
Depends..with some i hug when we say hi and goodbye, others a shake, others nothing..
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the_great_intex posted:
I think some people just aren't polite and society has let people get away with it
But yeah, I also get that "old soul" comment about myself a lot too
I too am an Old Soul then. I was raised to say sir and ma'am . Also please and thank you.
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When I hear people using the term sir I think of Eddie Haskell. Basically the entire South is a bit like Eddie Haskell.
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eodoll posted:
Depends..with some i hug when we say hi and goodbye, others a shake, others nothing..
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