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It occurs to me that, if you're "Mama," that makes them all a pack of babies. Treat and address them accordingly.
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At work the kids call me "Miss FirstName". I always have a few that do the "Hey!" then curl their finger at me. They learn quick.
I think every class so far since school started has had a talk about being nice to the lunch ladies. My new co-worker almost quit 2 weeks into the school year because the kids were rude and demanding, and the lady who serves the food says this is her last year working here because the kids are rude and everyone is micromanaging her job.Comment
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That's got to suck. Spoiled brats with snotty noses calling you names and treating you like you're less than human, every single day. And that's just the managers...!Quoth Kanalah View PostI don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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I've done that before, but it tends to be men with high-pitched voices over the phone, and I always feel like an ass once I'm corrected.Quoth Dreamstalker View PostSome SCs will get my gender wrong about 1/3 of the time
...while it never really bothered me anyway that's a completely valid excuse for ignoring them.
(In 7th and 8th grades, I sounded exactly like my mother over the phone. I have never been so grateful for people getting my gender wrong: "Hi, this is Mrs. Deserted's-mother, he won't be coming to class today."
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