'Sir' is rude???

[ElWhompo]

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

THIS!!!!!!!!!!

"Yessir" "No Sir/Ma'am" was how I was brought up. Still do it. When folks question it, I tell em "That's Mom & Dad's raisin." Most don't get it, but accept it.

[41Chevy]

Nco?

Non Commisioned Officer.
Us enlisted pukes

[AtTheWall]

[Rakkasan2187]

Funny how all you Texans talk about manners when there a bunch of #%^*+} talk.

[llbts1]

I am 56 yrs old. I say it all the time. I don't care if you are 18 or 90, you are gonna get the benefit of the doubt that you deserve my respect......until you blow it.

[sharkhunter]

They can't help it. The cold keeps most of the blod from teaching the brain.

[backwoods]

I'm a seventh generation Texan and use sir's and mam's daily. I married a girl from MN and I spend a lot of time in rural MN. I've found MN to be the friendliest state I've ever been to.

[Uncle Saggy]

I don't use it in business. I was raised saying it to everyone, but I was also a kid at the time. Makes sense.

Sometimes you talk to a person and you hear "Yes, sir" like 20 times in a conversation and it gets old.

Yes it gets really old

[nursejenn]

This^^^^. If that's being rude, I'm the rudest SOB around. Yankees calling us rude is the definition of ironic. In my experience, the ones I have dealt with are probably the rudest I've seen . I said in my experience, so that I don't get the pic of the "broad brush".

Sir, maybe you've dealt with some Yankees you didn't know were Yankees that may fall into the non-rude category?

[Graysonhogs]

Maybe you've dealt with some Yankees you didn't know were Yankees that may fall into the non-rude category?

True. True. I stand corrected.

[Abcdj]

Nco?

NCO - Non Commissioned Officer

[Dale Moser]

Tell him it's either "sir", or "**** for brains"......his call!

[SwampRabbit]

Sir, maybe you've dealt with some Yankees you didn't know were Yankees that may fall into the non-rude category?

Okay, you gotta stop calling yourself one if you don't want to be considered one.

[nursejenn]

Okay, you gotta stop calling yourself one if you don't want to be considered one.

I didn't call myself one here... but according to everyone else I'll always be one so I might as well OWN it!

Heck maybe I should start acting like one!

[SwampRabbit]

I didn't call myself one here... but according to everyone else I'll always be one so I might as well OWN it!

If you OWN it, then you are still one. You gotta disown that stuff and talk about it like it was a bad dream or something . You can't help where you parents keep you until you become an adult.

Heck maybe I should start acting like one!

Don't do it!!!!