Honey???Dear????

sydsgma1 · ‎03-09-2010

Is any one else offended by being called honey or dear by sales people, check out clerks, members of the medical profession etc. I may have silver hair, but I am highly educated and perfectly competent. Arghhhhh!!!!

Still Raining · ‎03-30-2014

Nope, I am fine with it coming from either sex. Just a polite familiarity.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

@sydsgma1 -

I take it you're not from the south?

Also do people in the midwest say honey and dear a lot?

I always think of it as a "term of endearment"

and like it. I don't think any harm or disrespect is meant, nor even just said to elderly.

All ages are good!

edited to ad-

Wait! Oh dear, I forgot to say -

Well, honey, bless your heart:-

All in good fun

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Krimpette · ‎03-09-2010

As long as they are pleasant to me and offer genuine smiles, it doesn't bother me at all.

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

No..My sister does this ,all the time, to people. I have tried to explain to her ,some people don't like this, but it falls on deaf ears

I don't sweat the small stuff, life is too short

Glitter51 · ‎08-23-2010

It doesn’t bother me in the least.

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

Mostly I'm just happy to be acknowledged in a pleasant tone.

geezerette · ‎03-16-2010

When I was young, it used to bother me when waitresses would call me “Hon”. I let that go long ago. These days I’ll take any term of endearment I can get. ☺️

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

I'd be white, too, if it weren't for good dye, and educated and still walking and talking - but I'm not offended unless the sales clerk should know my name because I deal with him/her regularly.

I do not like to be treated as if i don't exist, so I'll take the generic address over nothing any day.

Related experience - I just came from a local nail shop. I've been there before fairly often in the past, but this was the first time I made an actual appointment. I was greeted by name when I arrived and thanked by name when I paid. Smart receptionist!

Trinity11 · ‎11-16-2014

@sydsgma1 wrote:
Is any one else offended by being called honey or dear by sales people, check out clerks, members of the medical profession etc. I may have silver hair, but I am highly educated and perfectly competent. Arghhhhh!!!!

A young doctor kept calling me "hon" a few years ago and I politely told him "I am not your hon."

Salespeople who call me dear or honey, get the proverbial "eye roll."