General Chat

oh dee lol,

not funny for you,

andie

You must respect to earn respect and that starts from birth. A child who is polite and says his thank you's as a sign of respect must be rewarded with a reply ie you are welcome
Janet

I work at the local hospital,part of our training,is 'First impressions Count'. In it we are told to greet people with either Sir, Madam,Dr.When working on any of the receptions, mind you with some of the people that arrive it's done through gritted teeth! Respect should be a two way thing,if we are trying to help them then they should give us the respect of at least listening to what we are saying.
Moan over :)
Sue

First thing I was taught in management was that you can demand compliant behaviour but you have to earn respect of those who report to you

Andie,
Being British, a name like Hughes is very common, I have be called quite a few choice things because foriegn people don't know how to pronounce it. I'm a size 18 and I get miffed being called Huge!
I suppose we all have problems one way or another lol

Dee x

I earned respect when I came out with more swear words than the local sh*tes!!
They'd never heard of 'Balderdash' and 'Nincompoop'! (amongst others) lol!!!.

i totally agree with ann too.

i have the same problem dee only they cant say my surname and end up shouting my first name, i used to jump up when they tried to call me, but now i sit and watch them struggle, when you go and say your here at the hospital and you give your name they should take note on how to say it.

maybe it petty of me, but when you attend regular you would think they would grasp it.

my dad always says you earn respect and give respect accordingly.

andie

I totally agree with Ann.

Hear, hear

Dee x

Thats so right Ann, i always say respect goes both ways young to old old to young if us oldies dont set a example how will they learn.

Joan G

I think we should respect people of all ages unless they show they are not worthy of it - age doesn't come into respect

I get that or wrong title-Ms annoys me most.

At 54 it's clear that I'm not old enough yet or is it because I'm a woman?

I had an eye appointment at the local Hospital, each person was called for as Mr or Mrs Whoever, When it came to my turn it was Davina Hughes and this was how I was addressed by two different people, I was extremely angry, I detest my first name and don't use it. I asked the second one why I was discriminated, she assured me it was because the other people were older than me. Funny then that the very next person called was younger than me and male and was called Mr Whoever.

Dee x

Thats awful-but women are always right!
I go with 'do as you would be done by' & I can 'tut' with the best of them.lol

Hi Mac you spring chicken

72.5 isn't old!Thats why :).What would you say is 'old'?
Do you get respect?

Yea-sign language is a very useful thing!lol

In Cyprus, women of a certain age become 'yia yia'---granny--not only to immediate relatives,but to the whole community.
Yeah I'm a granny,but the little s****here still get the finger from me when deserved!

Well I'll still keep up the door holding & seat giving for now-but one day I want the T-Shirt!

Carla my joints tell me lol