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Bad manners to use first name

adharc · 2008-01-17 05:42:07

I hate people I don't know calling me by my first name. This is prevalent by businesses and firms on the telephone. It is just bad manners. In France and germany you must know the person well before you can use tu or du. Calling a person one doesn't know by their first name is quite an invasion of their personal space.

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#92 18-01-2008 02:15PM

gerTheGreat

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Back when I was a salesman, I would address all customers/ potential customers as sir or madam, until I was told not too (edit: ) by them. A lot of people get weirded out by that. That said, I always introduced myself by my first name.

Now I use both names introducing myself and let them pick. I'll answer to either, although, I prefere to be addressed by my first name.

Friends use an abriviation of my first name when talking to me.

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