goDel Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 i will cop to calling everyone dude regardless of gender i think that probably makes people think less of me more than it pisses them off tho so stop picking your nose, dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 i will cop to calling everyone dude regardless of gender i think that probably makes people think less of me more than it pisses them off tho so stop picking your nose, dude. dooooood thats gross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rixxx Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I hate when shop assistants call me mate/love/honey/buddy or what ever, as someone who works in a shop I always call customers sir/madam not only is it more professional but its more respectful. Having saying that, sometimes when I call someone sir (usually someone around the 17-25 age mark) they take the piss or react in a sort of almost rude way, I guess they aren't use to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 i dunno. where i'm from it's mainly boy/girl/maid/oldboy/oldgirl. i was calling male customers sir today, i suppose cause it's impersonal/might make lack of friendliness seem like intentional professionalism, they just called me mate. the woman i was working with called everyone bubba, which was cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I hate when shop assistants call me mate/love/honey/buddy or what ever, as someone who works in a shop I always call customers sir/madam not only is it more professional but its more respectful. Having saying that, sometimes when I call someone sir (usually someone around the 17-25 age mark) they take the piss or react in a sort of almost rude way, I guess they aren't use to it. oh right. i'll continue doing that then i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 i will cop to calling everyone dude regardless of gender i think that probably makes people think less of me more than it pisses them off tho so stop picking your nose, dude. no way maaaaaaaaaaaan why you gotta hassle a sista stop being the man maaaaaaan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 i will cop to calling everyone dude regardless of gender i think that probably makes people think less of me more than it pisses them off tho so stop picking your nose, dude. no way maaaaaaaaaaaan that's sooo apocalypse now, maaaaaan why you gotta hassle a sista stop being the man maaaaaaan because you're picking your nose AND there's a kid screaming for help, dude. ima no hassle hassle maaann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stoppit Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I used to work in a shop and sometimes a customer would clock my name-badge and then start using my first name. FUUUUCK OFFFFFF YOU DON'T KNOW ME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 that's sooo apocalypse now, maaaaaan because you're picking your nose AND there's a kid screaming for help, dude. ima no hassle hassle maaann you have no right to judge me, maaaaaaaan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I say "brother" a lot so you guys would probably hate it. I dunno, it's pretty common in my neighborhood. I agree that chief and pal and guy are usually passive aggressive with a stranger. My friend and sir I always use with the deli guys around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fiznuthian Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 people call me a African American and it gets a little annoying :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I'm okay with being called any of these things by strangers, unless there's a hostile/patronizing undertone to it. Otherwise I just take it to mean they're trying to create an amicable atmosphere, which is just fine by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rixxx Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I don't know, I've just worked in retail since I was a kid and my family have always owned businesses, so that's what I was taught. I wouldn't like someone I didn't know calling me 'bubba' I think its patronising.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 people call me a African American and it gets a little annoying :angry: So one told me I racist because I said some guy was black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoess Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 dude Fuck that word. It's worse than all of these words in this thread combined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rumbo Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Boss, Chief, Captain...anything that infers authority, is actually saying the opposite. You are none of these. This is a put down disguised as a booster. Mate is used to address people you don't know. Mate can be used for your closest friend, or your worst enemy. It's all about how you say it and in which context. I heard a washed up old bikey once meet a guy with "Bloke". As in "How are you, bloke?". I thought this sounded stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoess Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Just call people by their names. People you are not necesarally friends with, but you are just familiar with, usually get happy when call them by their names. Like you remembered the persons name, that is a nice gesture. It just feels much more personal than: buddy, pal, mate etc. etc. But like Stoppit mentioned. Don't do it to complete strangers, that's just weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBLA Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 the only one that ever bothered me was a girl in high school who always refered to people as "silly goose"... everything else doesn't bother me in the least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 nothing really sets me off like being condescendingly called something like "sweetie" or "honey." especially if it is preceded or followed by "you should smile more." i will KILL I quite often get the "cheer up/it might never happen" on the phone with people which really fucking gets to me. There's nothing the fuck wrong with me, and if there was you are the last person that could make me feel better. Especially since you've fucked me right off by bringing attention to it. I have got a bit of a depressing phone voice at times butin no way is that coupled with me feelings at that time. Anyhow, I always get called mate, geeze (not quite sure of spelling but you know), bud, buddy, chap ...etc. It doesn't bother me at all with people I'm not friendly with or don't know very well. I think it goes fairly unnoticed in Britain now. Well in these here parts anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AcrossCanyons Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Chief. this is one I generally run with to friends at the moment. i like using generally uncommon words in conversation. i consider myself a bit of a wordsmith. :sup: in terms of things I hate, being called "kid" is always the worst because unless the person being called it is actually a fair bit younger than the speakers it's always used to put speaker "over" the other person. a thing of power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Ever since I moved to Vancouver, people call me "bro". It still throws me off every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Chief. this is one I generally run with to friends at the moment. i like using generally uncommon words in conversation. i consider myself a bit of a wordsmith. :sup: in terms of things I hate, being called "kid" is always the worst because unless the person being called it is actually a fair bit younger than the speakers it's always used to put speaker "over" the other person. a thing of power. Agreeed. I call all kinds of people, all kinds of names. It's the way it's said. At the moment my favorites are Sherrif and Maestro. ''Morning Maestro" has a nice ring to it. Then there is my friend next door who I call Monkey Magic because he's always climbing up walls as he like rock climbing. Then there's my rich mate who I call Lord of the Manor. One of my mate is called Andre and so I call hime Andreas Maxamus, also Matthew who I call Mattaus Maxamus. Chief, Skipper, Good Sir, Unholy Savage With The Strength of 10 Bears!!. At the end of the day if in doubt I love the word Squire (an english gentleman). Ahhh its not what you say its the way you say it. But I don't like the word Boss. I find that a bit iffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXIMUS MISCHIEF Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 girls saying dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest couch Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 nothing really sets me off like being condescendingly called something like "sweetie" or "honey." especially if it is preceded or followed by "you should smile more." i will KILL That shit pisses me off. Why should I look like I'm blissfully happy just to please you, how selfish. Go DIAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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