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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a military/law enforcement way - very hard to stop something so engrained. [/quote]

And yet .... in some circumstances, we need to learn a new way to be respectful.

Back in the day, people tried to defend employers who called their secretaries "Honey" in much the same way. He doesn't mean anything by it, he's southern, it's ingrained in the way he talks, he truly, truly did not mean any disrespect, it is just a really hard habit to break. Sincerely. It can also be an expensive habit to break. If you can't stop saying Ma'am, don't stop saying Sir either.  You just can't be selective about it based on gender.[/quote]

Sir/Ma'am is a way to be respectful.  It is very different from calling someone Honey.  He doesn't need to change.  The organization understood his background when they hired him.  If they were not comfortable with the culture he came from, they should not have hired him.[/quote]

Bullshit.  It is his job to adapt to the culture.  If the org had not hired him out of fear he would not adapt, that would be discrimination.  And again--MOST vets figure this stuff out.  They are absolutely capable of adapting.  It is demeaning to suggest otherwise.[/quote]

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