Today's sign that I'm getting old and cranky
Twice in the last two weeks, I've walked into a store and had a clerk (both young guys) shout out, as a greeting, "Hey buddy." Now, I didn't know these clerks nor am I a regular customer there. Instead, it's the new "may I help you". I just ignored their greeting on the grounds that we're not yet buddies. The greeting bothered me a bit, but I was probably more bothered that it bothered me. Getting old...
4 comments:
Brad, it gets worse. Wait till you hear, "Hey, Pops."
Along the same lines, I remember a faculty meeting in which someone addressed a colleague as "dude."
yikes!!
"Dude" during a faculty meeting? Why that's just clever and endearing...
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