I'm sorry, where is that one in the Bill of Rights?Originally Posted by Melissa A.
I would really like to know where some of you get off, expecting to be treated with respect everywhere you go, just because you're somehow f***ing special. It's nice when it happens; folks should treat others with respect; and it would certainly make a nicer society. But there's no law.
Maybe some people think us freaks, and wish to indicate so. Do they not have a right to their own opinions? Do they not have the same right to free speech as you? (At least, while it lasts...)
When it comes to retail, of course being rude to customers is stupid. But a proprietor may treat customers however he pleases (with the exceptions as regards the ADA), and it's entirely up to YOU at that point how you'll react to it.
Obvious to you, maybe. Put yourself in someone else's shoes for a change. Hmm... I see a man in a dress. Man is the operative term. A man in a dress is a man, not a woman. Now what do you do? Once you have established that your customer is male, "sir" IS linguistically correct, like it or not. The wise retail minion would use neither if he wasn't sure.
Secondly, we're not all so hung up on pronouns. I don't care what someone calls me. On the same night, I'll get sir, miss, and ma'am. The former appear to have better eyesight, or have consumed less alcohol. How does it affect my life in the slightest? So there wouldn't be a universal proper way to address a CD customer anyway.
So a retail minion directs a snide remark your way. Welcome to Earth. Fat people get it. Teenagers. Goths. Yuppies. Mexicans. You're not special.
And yes, to go about with the expectation that you should be addressed in a certain way, and to expect everyone to know it -- by extension, expecting to NOT be offended -- is arrogant. Haughty. False sense of entitlement. Clear enough?
