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Originally Posted by Michael G.
I was told by a millennial at Walmart one day after seeing her name tag, I politely call
her a "Kathy".
She went on to tell me : People now days don't like to be called by their first names
especially when you don't know me and it's insulting to us workers."
"We only wear these name tags because it's a policy of Walmart."
How's that for me acting politely in my senior years
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Sometimes acting politely can turn around and bite you.
Some years back, I was holding a door open for a woman at some store. She rather frostily told me "I can open my own doors--thank you". So I closed it, which judging by the look on her face got her even more irritated.