I am wondering what form of address the the ladies would like if Ma'am, madam etc is not liked ??
Why does a waitress/shop assistant need to address you with any name? I worked in retail for years and never felt the need to address them by any name.
Friends and family can call me anything they like. I've had some funny nicknames over the years and I don't take offence. My ex used to call me Hon...now he calls me 'old chook' and I don't take offence.
Lynnie have you heard from the owner of the Coffee Club yet? Maybe she's got the message some other way going by all the comments on here. Hope your next coffee experience is a good one.
If you happened to be in Qld during beer stike of '77 and drank Southwark, one was more than enough. Almost (I say almost) made one sign the pledge.
Cheers,
Jack
From memory, we had a couple of beer strikes around that era usually not far from Christmas. All they served at the bar at the ipswich RSL (the old one in town) was Carlton Draught longnecks. Which cause a problem when a mate and I went for a counter lunch. The sergeant didn't believe we only had a couple of shouts each...... hic...
Troopy, if you were drinking Carlton draught you obviously hadn't got to the desperation time most of uas had. I can't remember for sure if it was '77 or '78, but it went for months. From memory it was on during the Bne boat show in Sept. and was still going at Xmas. The best I could get was KB from the mess at HMAS Moreton and I think even that dried up. We drank some shockers that's for sure. Had to drink wine at Xmas (oh the shame).
Troopy, if you were drinking Carlton draught you obviously hadn't got to the desperation time most of uas had. I can't remember for sure if it was '77 or '78, but it went for months. From memory it was on during the Bne boat show in Sept. and was still going at Xmas. The best I could get was KB from the mess at HMAS Moreton and I think even that dried up. We drank some shockers that's for sure. Had to drink wine at Xmas (oh the shame).
I don't recall any of this, probably because I'm not a beer drinker, but hubby of the time must have thought his throat was cut!
I have to admit I call most people love or darl and have been in customer service for many years, nobody has ever complained but maybe they were too polite...........I also refer to people as sheilas and blokes and I don't apologise for that it was just the way or time I was raised in, consider myself just a true blue aussie at heart and if I offended anyone then sorry love.
I have no objection to being called Darl, Luv, Mate or any of the other terms where appropriate. I use the terms myself on a daily basis.I do have an objection to teenagers calling "seniors" by these terms. I'm sure none of us were brought up that way. I recently spent time as a volunteer in an aged care facility and wouldn't have dreamt of calling these very senior citizens by those terms as non-disrespectful as they me be. I always addressed them by their title (Mr., Mrs. etc.) unless they requested otherwise, or in some cases only responded to a Christian name.
I am the Fried part of the Fried Rice name-and by what I can see at the moment am probably the oldest in this blog, but when I heard a much younger person say to an older man "and what are WE going to have today" I shuddered; how about madame (pronounced Ma-darm, which I find more respectful).
I certainly don't mind a person of my age calling me some of those names, darl, love etc. But not some young chick just out of school, No way.
The worst cappachino I have ever had would have to be in Elmore, Victoria. Called into this cafe on way home from Geelong one time, quite late but too thirsty to wait till I got home an hour away. The lady said, when I ordered, Hope it will be alright, this is my first ever attempt at making a cappachino. I should have cancelled right there, it was disgusting. Just a water cup of coffee with no froth at all. Just a few months ago I called into Elmore again, only to meet up with my sister who was coming through from Geelong and I was coming in from Greens Lake. Said lets have a coffee before we head off to Echuca. That same cafe was closed, we had to go to the pub for a coffee. I asked why was the cafe next door closed. Oh thats the time they close every day. It was 3 pm. Afternoon tea time.
I certainly don't mind a person of my age calling me some of those names, darl, love etc. But not some young chick just out of school, No way.
The worst cappachino I have ever had would have to be in Elmore, Victoria. Called into this cafe on way home from Geelong one time, quite late but too thirsty to wait till I got home an hour away. The lady said, when I ordered, Hope it will be alright, this is my first ever attempt at making a cappachino. I should have cancelled right there, it was disgusting. Just a water cup of coffee with no froth at all. Just a few months ago I called into Elmore again, only to meet up with my sister who was coming through from Geelong and I was coming in from Greens Lake. Said lets have a coffee before we head off to Echuca. That same cafe was closed, we had to go to the pub for a coffee. I asked why was the cafe next door closed. Oh thats the time they close every day. It was 3 pm. Afternoon tea time.
Well how silly was that! They deserve to go out of business.
"Can I help you?" would be great. NOT "Can I help yoos?" Or worse still, "What do yoos want?" If I knew what the "doll" or "darl" thing actually stood for, like darling or doll, I might accept it. But it's pronounced so badly I can never tell. I'm definitely no snob, but I do expect good manners when being served initially in any business premises. I don't care how old or young the staff is, nothing excuses bad manners.
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I also don't like service people asking 'How are you?' They're not interested in how you are, and they don't listen to the answer anyway so why bother?!
When I worked in retail, the only time I said that was if he/she was a regular customer who I was genuinly interested in how they are.
Generally on the registers, I'd just smile and say Hi, and go on checking their goods through, and finish with the please's and thank you's, and end with a smile and 'have a nice day'. That's the way I was taught 40 odd years ago.