12/03/2015

Here's an email exchange I had with a stranger today:

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Hello Mr. Cole,

I received a request last week for a copy of an invoice and signed delivery 
ticket.  See the attached and let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Make today great,

Tonya

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Thank you!

also, who is MR. COLE?????

I'm Steve

thanks again.

:)

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Sweet,

I never used the term sir nor ma’am until I came here and was forced. I’m 
from the Midwest myself and we definitely do not use those terms (Mr./Mrs.) 
up North unless we are addressing teachers/professors.

Thank you,

Tonya

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Tonya,

That's funny you say that.  Over the weekend I was watching an old movie,
"No Country for Old Men" and these two guys were talking

First guy is commenting on the alarming direction of our culture, he's 
actually talking about drugs ruining the world:

You know, if you'd have told me 20 years ago I'd see children walking the
streets of our Texas towns with green hair, bones in their noses... I just
flat-out wouldn't have believed you.

Second guy responds:

But I think once you quit hearing "sir" and "ma'am," the rest is soon to foller.

And I had to admit, it's the truth.  I have no problem with what hair color
or jewelry someone chooses, but I believe that once the common courtesy
of respect for strangers is lost, our society has lost something they'll never
get back.

Steve

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