"I'm not your buddy friend"

Gala wrote:

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Someone calls me sister, girlfriend, sweetie, girlie, ma'am, I don't get all bent out of shape.

But "Bud" is extra annoying.

I think it's the patronizing tone that's often associated with the word's use that's annoying rather then the word/label itself.

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Well, how about Man or Cuz?

I hear Bubba, too.

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@sullyfish6,

I have yet to be called any of those ... at least to my faulty recollection but I wouldn't mind them if they are spoken in an earnest and friendly tone and message.

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Yeah, "bud" is annoying. It does come across as condecending, especially from younger guys to older men.

I usually respond with something ironic like "champ" or "winner."

"You got it, champ."

"No problem, winner."

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@InfraBlue,

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Yeah, "bud" is annoying. It does come across as condecending, especially from younger guys to older men.

I usually respond with something ironic like "champ" or "winner."

"You got it, champ."

"No problem, winner."

I find "Bud" annoying because whenever I hear it used you can tell the person who's saying it thinks they're really cool.

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Yup, that why I use it. ehhhhh!

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It is just as annoying as the use of "dear," "sweetie," "sweetheart," "sugar," by sales clerks who don't want to bother asking a customer their name and expending the energy to remember it for more than 10 seconds while they speak to them. Instead they use the generic references to give the impression they are being friendly while not overworking their brain.

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Poor, poor, Uncle Bud.

And Grandpa Bud

And cousin Buddy.

Joe(canyouspareadime?)Blow

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@Butrflynet,

Maybe its because I'm easily deluded in that department but I don't mind the over the top cutesy nature of "dear," "sweetie," "sweetheart," and "sugar...."

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@tsarstepan,

You should come to Somerset then. Here the store clerks all say things like, 'Thank you my darlin'...'you alright there my love?' Sometimes they even say, 'You alright then, my lover?' but they pronounce it like this..'luv-errr.'

And that's even women to women - or rather at least older women to other women no matter what their age.

I personally love it. It just adds such an unexpected and wonderful sense of closeness and caring - of course I take it that they mean it and it's genuine- maybe not specifically to me -but in general they like being nice to people.

I had a student named Dashawn and to this day, he's my 'Buddy'- as in friend.
Whenever I call him Dashawn instead of Buddy he asks if I'm mad at him.

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I'm not your 'bud.' You can call me Mr. Fountain.
BY JOHN W. FOUNTAIN
October 31, 2009

About 50 or 60 years ago, I learned not to give orders
that I was not going to enforce.

David

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@Butrflynet,

Butrflynet wrote:

It is just as annoying as the use of "dear," "sweetie," "sweetheart," "sugar," by sales clerks who don't want to bother asking a customer their name and expending the energy to remember it for more than 10 seconds while they speak to them. Instead they use the generic references to give the impression they are being friendly while not overworking their brain.

When I was on-the-job as a trial attorney,
I liked using "sir"; that way I did not have to remember the guy 's name.

"Sir" is good for anyone from a beggar to a king.
When taking testimony, I used it a lot.
That included taking the testimony of kids,
which some folks deemed unusual.

David

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