'Sir' is rude???

[WCB]

Never heard such a stupid thing Sir.

[TxBobcat]

Well... they're not from Texas so... yeah. They're kinda like aliens

Bingo

[sethcros]

Never heard such a stupid thing Sir.

She was an odd one.

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[xman59]

"sir" was ,is, and will be the polite way to talk to people, just like "mam" is.....

but just like so many other words, it is possible to be rude and condescending when saying them ,,,, it is all in voice control,,,,

personally i would go to the point of telling them i probably would not stop saying it because it is polite and proper, but in their case i would make at least a feeble attempt to by pass my proper upbringing ,,

[wisco-hunter]

Northerners! I had a friend who went to A&M with me she was from Illinois she had the most weirdest name for things. She ordered "Pop" at restaurants instead of coke or sprite or Pepsi. We were drinking beer and all had koozies, she said he can I get a "huggie" for my beer too? It became a joke with out group to see the weird stuff she would say and at times it was pretty interesting.

I can't vouch for the "huggie", that's weird, we always called them koozies. Another good one is in the north they call throwing something "chucking it", in the south they call it "chunking it".

[12 point]

When I lived in NY I was asked multiple times not to call them sir/ma'am they said it made them feel old. I told them where I was raised everyone was a sir/ma'am; younger or older everyone got it. I had a hard time not continuing to say it to them. And if you really want to get some looks say it to a stranger up north, then they really know you aren't from there

I knew a beautiful nurse from NY who would come to TX. She found it offensive if I referred to her as a lady. She told me that made her feel as though I was calling her an old woman. ???
Of course she made fun of most everything about Texans.

[catslayer]

I've called women ma'am from ages 8-88. Always makes Yankee girls giggle at the bar and is a good start to the conversation. U differentiate yourself... I also say sir is typically more out of respect. Mr.(last ne) Is my catch all if I don't know them

[sethcros]

I've called women ma'am from ages 8-88. Always makes Yankee girls giggle at the bar and is a good start to the conversation. U differentiate yourself... I also say sir is typically more out of respect. Mr.(last ne) Is my catch all if I don't know them

Oh yeah. You can play it up in the bars and the chicks eat it up in other places. German chicks were fascinated with it when I lived in Germany.

[Codie]

I have been asked my entire life if I was from a Military family because of it. I did not understand how uncommon it is for people to use the words sir and mam to the outside world. It was all I grew up with so I know no difference. Even if they ask me to stop calling them sir or mam I can't do it because it is habit now and I have been doing it my whole life

[Bluesman]

In 1969 I got a job that lasted 26 years, when I asked the employer why I was selected over 2 others?
I called him "Sir."

[spotsanddots]

Im with the majority here. I was raised to say yes sir and yes maam. Im 50 and my dad is 80. Still say yes sir. Hell, I never said a curse word in front of my mom. But on another note, I teach in a high school in south texas. Ive never heard so many yes sirs and no sirs and thank yous at any other school ive worked at. Almost all the kids here will respond in that manner. The regular students and athletes alike.

[Limbwalker]

I encountered this all the time when I lived in Illinois. I was always explaining to folks (esp. the women) that Sir and Ma'am were signs of respect where I was raised. Usually when I explained that, they appreciated it.

But I'm not going to get on my high horse about it. Even though they didn't often say sir or ma'am, the kids in Illinois were much, much more well behaved than the kids here in Texas. I wish that wasn't true, but it's a fact.

There's a lot more to being respectful than just saying nice words.

[Shane]

I knew a beautiful nurse from NY who would come to TX. She found it offensive if I referred to her as a lady. She told me that made her feel as though I was calling her an old woman. ???
Of course she made fun of most everything about Texans.

I had a similar experience with somebody from Missouri one time. She thought that women would be offended if I called them "ladies" rather than women. I told her that in Texas women ARE ladies, and they would be offended if they were called anything else.

[Skinny]

I think Yankees are just always looking for something to **** them off.

[sethcros]

I think Yankees are just always looking for something to **** them off.

Half the threads on the green screen are about someone being ****** off about something! lol

Edit: I don't have stats to back that up