Undue Familiarity

[CapnAwesome]

But the point - in this instance - was that I told the kid who took my call that I didn't want to be called by my first name.  He continued to do so.  I made it clear that I wasn't happy by asking to speak to his boss.  I told him I didn't want to be called by my first name, and he went right ahead and did so.

You can have people address you however you like, but there are times when it is decidedly unprofessional, and in this case at least, indicated that they didn't care a steaming shit about the customer's wishes.

Boru

The customer's wishes are often stupid. It's not the 1900s. I would never insist on being called Mr. Anything. This is the world we live in. Maybe you can adjust to it, rather than insist everyone adjusts to your outdated preferences. It's totally crazy to make such a big deal about this.

Because you are buying something doesn't make you some sort of temporary slave owner. Can't believe you'd try to get someone punished for not calling you mister. The manager did the right thing by blowing you off.

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Yes. But more because I had told the first person NOT to call me by my first name, and he continued to do so.

Boru

Yeah, but why do you care to start with? You have no right to be called mister just because you are buying something, nor do I understand why you would even want to be. I hate getting called Mr. I'm not that old. The funny thing is that you are like, a liberal politically, but this is behavior I'd expect from like, 95 year old conservative ladies.