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Originally Posted by AAFO_WSagar
I call a lot of people sir, to me, it's an "old school" sort of respect thing. Gotta remember Randy, I was born in 1951, back then, it was probably a lot like the military, just going to grade school!  You did NOT disrespect the teacher, or the storekeeper, or the mailman, or the milkman or ANYBODY |
Yes, I run into that a lot, especially living in the deep South (a real cultural change from a 20-year Pacific Northwest native!). I certainly don't mind it, and I realize that for a lot of people calling gentlemen "sir" is absolutely a form of respect. It doesn't seem as prevalent as it was when you were growing up, but there's certainly a lot of parents attempting to raise their kids that way down here.
Interestingly, though, I find a lot of people who are not in the military feeling like they have to act/talk as though they are...like a military officer is going to be offended if they aren't afforded the same customs and courtesies by a civilian that they are enlisted airmen, NCOs, or junior officers. Then again, there *are* the occasional officers on power trips, heh heh. I personally don't feel it's necessary, nor do I feel slighted if a civilian walks up to me while I'm in uniform at an airshow or something and calls me by my first name, or "dude" or whatever. Only if they start calling me "baby killer" do I start to twitch and freak out.
