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Thread: The concierge at my new office insists on calling me 'sir'

  1. #1

    The concierge at my new office insists on calling me 'sir'

    I've asked him to not call me sir four times now yet it's still "Hello Sir"

    He sounds like C f**king 3PO

  2. #2

    The chap knows his place and is comfortable with it, j.

    Asking him not to call you 'sir' just makes him think you're a tit.

  3. #3

    There are only so many ways you can ask nicely

    He's my equal, there's no need to show me any deference.

  4. #4

    of course hes not equal hes f**king opening doors the dumb cnut

    shouldnt even be allowed a vote..make him call you boss imo

  5. #5

    hehe Your arrogance in assuming you have to insist he's your equal shows that you believe no such

    thing, j. If you actually believed he was your equal, it wouldn't matter a damn to you what he called you. Your very insistence on not being called sir is, in fact, a monstrous act of condescension.

    He calls you sir not because he thinks you're better than him (indeed, I'm fairly certain he thinks you're a prick), but because that's the form, it's how he's trained and because it maintains a polite and professional distance between you with which he's comfortable.

    All the rest of it's going on in your head, not his.

  6. #6

    Well said.


  7. #7

    No, it's that I find deference icky and weird. It grates on me every time he calls me it

    I don't want to be called sir, I'm not comfortable with it. Of course, I've not told him not to call me it, I've asked him in a few indirect, polite and humorous ways.

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  9. #9

    As you say, it'll be his training. He's almost certainly told to do it


  10. #10

    I like boss, it's cheery, but it has to be said whilst someone is offering you "shillysows"

    on your kebab

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