1st name basis at work

MsTinkerbelly · 08-22-2012, 10:10 AM

I call everyone by their first names except for the owner of our company and our customers. Our customers usually ask me to use their first name after the initial meeting, but due to the manners my Mom (right or wrong) drilled into me, I call the owner "Sir" or Mr. so and so.

I have tried to call him by his first name (everyone else does) but it feels wrong. Besides, he gets a kick out of it when his associates come in and I call him Sir. I always introduce people formally as well...but that's for another thread.

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08-22-2012, 10:10 AM	#16
MsTinkerbelly Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: ... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 6,573 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,737 Thanked 22,909 Times in 5,019 Posts Rep Power: 0	I call everyone by their first names except for the owner of our company and our customers. Our customers usually ask me to use their first name after the initial meeting, but due to the manners my Mom (right or wrong) drilled into me, I call the owner "Sir" or Mr. so and so. I have tried to call him by his first name (everyone else does) but it feels wrong. Besides, he gets a kick out of it when his associates come in and I call him Sir. I always introduce people formally as well...but that's for another thread.