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I recently went to a popular video game store in order to purchase a game for my nine year old son. The young lady who was working the counter did not appear to be over the age of twenty. Within the span of our six to eight minute transaction, she called me "hon" and "honey" and "sweetie" at least eight times. I am forty years old. I would like to think that I appear young for my age. I do not appear less than twenty years old.
I do not live in the south where this might be customary. As a matter of fact, calling one another "hon" isn't normal practice here in California. Maaaayyyybbbeee my grandma would have done it. I call my husband "honey." Well, until we got a dog named "Honey" and everything in the house got confused, but that's a whole different story.
So here's my point. It REALLY rubs me the wrong way when young girls call me "hon" or "sweetie." I feel that it shows a complete lack of respect for elders. I don't quite think of myself as an elder, but I think that you call someone younger than yourself "hon." Am I off base? Should I adjust my attitude?
The real rub is knowing that this young woman was most likely trying to be nice by calling me "hon." She just didn't know that she was being offensive and rude. Or, like I said, the problem is actually MY attitude.
I do not live in the south where this might be customary. As a matter of fact, calling one another "hon" isn't normal practice here in California. Maaaayyyybbbeee my grandma would have done it. I call my husband "honey." Well, until we got a dog named "Honey" and everything in the house got confused, but that's a whole different story.
So here's my point. It REALLY rubs me the wrong way when young girls call me "hon" or "sweetie." I feel that it shows a complete lack of respect for elders. I don't quite think of myself as an elder, but I think that you call someone younger than yourself "hon." Am I off base? Should I adjust my attitude?
The real rub is knowing that this young woman was most likely trying to be nice by calling me "hon." She just didn't know that she was being offensive and rude. Or, like I said, the problem is actually MY attitude.