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Topic	10 y/o North Carolina Kid is PUNISHED cause he kept calling his Teacher MA'AM!!!
_AdjI_ 08/25/18 4:50:09 PM #32:	wwinterj25 posted... _AdjI_ posted... Respectful is calling people what they want to be called, not adhering rigidly to a name that the person doesn't want because it's arbitrarily been deemed the most polite. Yeah I mean imagine my outrage when this 80 something year old woman said "thanks love" when I held the door open for her. Such disrespect! If she's somebody you see on a regular basis, and you let her know that you're not a fan of being called "love"? Yes, it is disrespectful for her to disregard your feelings on the matter and keep doing so. Good intentions don't mean a thing if you ignore how your audience feels about what you're doing. SunWuKung420 posted... @adjl calling a woman who is older than you "ma'am" is already a sign of respect. Irrelevant. Cultural norms like that will give you a baseline to work from, but treating people respectfully entails taking their individual preferences into account. <cite>_AdjI_ posted [p:907534783] in 10 y/o Nor... [t:76934171]...</cite> <quote><cite>wwinterj25 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>_AdjI_ posted...</cite> <quote>Respectful is calling people what they want to be called, not adhering rigidly to a name that the person doesn't want because it's arbitrarily been deemed the most polite. </quote> Yeah I mean imagine my outrage when this 80 something year old woman said "thanks love" when I held the door open for her. Such disrespect!</quote> If she's somebody you see on a regular basis, and you let her know that you're not a fan of being called "love"? Yes, it is disrespectful for her to disregard your feelings on the matter and keep doing so. Good intentions don't mean a thing if you ignore how your audience feels about what you're doing. <cite>SunWuKung420 posted...</cite> <quote>@adjl calling a woman who is older than you "ma'am" is already a sign of respect.</quote> Irrelevant. Cultural norms like that will give you a baseline to work from, but treating people respectfully entails taking their individual preferences into account.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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