Hello Cindy.

10 Jun 06 10:51, you wrote to me:

 CH>  There's a new peeve going around. There's middle aged (this group is
 CH> being lumped into the next one)- and seniors who are not at all so
 CH> pleased with being addressed by younger people as 'young man ' or
 CH> 'young lady' (at stores by clerks). We all know the young folk only
 CH> mean to be nice. It's a version of that wincesome thread bare worn out
 CH>  'have a nice day'....  But it is rather annoying.

   This is annoying, seen it happen myself when out for dinner with my
grandparents.  He just started calling the waitress "Darling" and
"Sweetie" and "Wee lassie" every chance he could, as
well as flirting with her shamelessly.  /REALLY/ started to bother her.

   Next time at that resturant she didn't talk down to them.  

 CH> Why not just dispense with the  phoney baloney greetings? Thank you
 CH> and your welcome with a SMILE ought to do quite well enough to satisfy
 CH> common courtesy?

   That's more then is expected at this point!

Shawn

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