@Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 3 months agowhat advice was great when you first heard it, but has aged like milk since then?message-square291fedilinkarrow-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 • 3 months agomessage-square291fedilink
minus-squarethermal_shocklinkfedilinkEnglish7•3 months 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-square@MonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilink1•edit-23 months agoIf you’ll be my bodyguard, I can be your long lost pal!
minus-square@explodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months 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 …"
Maybe?
Al?
If you’ll be my bodyguard, I can be your long lost pal!
That’s how I see it too. It’s like a whimsical anachronism referencing a more formal era.