Shop staff who call me "mate"
Its "sir" you fuckwit...
( zulu eh?, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 22:11, 6 replies)

Here is your change
"sir" you fuckwit.

you want that?
(waxdart hello., Thu 31 Mar 2011, 23:50, closed)

Both of these made me chuckle

( Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 1 Apr 2011, 0:01, closed)

ha ha!

( @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 23:56, closed)

I don't know
I find the perpetual use of "Sir" or "Mr ShinyShiny" annoying as well, especially if it's from a business that I have a long-standing relationship with e.g. my bank.

Can't they just stick a field in their call-centre GUI called "preferred form of address" and then stick to it?

That way the ones who like "mate", "sir", "Mr So-and-So", "Madam" "Miss" "Ms" or just their name will be happy. So will the people who want their bank to call them "O Glorious One", "Great and Bountiful Source of our Profit" or "Fucknuts".
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 13:50, closed)

I used to deal with a proper, old school re-insurance broker who signed letters off thusly:
'Sir, your ever faithful servant.'
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Fri 1 Apr 2011, 16:29, closed)

I usually tell people who call me "Sir"
that I haven't (yet) been knighted nor am I their high-school teacher (I did go to a private school, yes).
Mostly they're young'uns & they just look at me confuzzledly & then say "That'll be $x you fat,bald,old cunt"
+100 points to whomever sees the Severed Heads ref.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 3 Apr 2011, 7:16, closed)