Do you have pet names for normal everyday people in your life?
@dragonokiefly (862)
United States
May 19, 2007 9:02am CST
I am not talking about close friends and family, I am talking about strangers or people you see everyday but have no relationship with like cashiers and such.
When I go to the store I hear people all the time calling other hun, honey, sweetie, sugar and such. Not that this is a bad thing, but it just seems strange to call a complete stranger by an endearing term. Better then them calling them but rude names lol.
Do you do this? What endearing names do you use for strangers?
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@4cuteboys (4099)
• United States
19 May 07
LOL no, I just say Ma'am or sir usually. On the flipside there is this really nice lady that works at the burger king here on base, she always calls my hubby sweetie and he likes it, lol and I think she's really nice. I guess some people can get away with it, but others it just seems weird.
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@shinjiao (1457)
• China
19 May 07
Hi,dragonokiefly!!
I have noticed some people call others such as honey,suger or something else.Maybe this situation is really not good enough.
I don't like the shopping assistants call me sweetie,it really makes me feel uncomfortable.I do care the sweetie from their voice.The sweetie makes me think that they just want me to buy something so that they call me SO closely.
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@teison2 (5921)
• Norway
19 May 07
I think pet names like sweetie an hun should be reserved for people you actually know. To me it is not natural to say things like that to strangrs. I do not feel comfortable if people I have never seen before call me things like that either.
@TheManager24 (1302)
• Philippines
31 May 08
i love calling people by their first name... unless they ask me to call them by their nick names or pet names.
@jyoti_medha (567)
• Mauritius
31 May 08
ya it can be said so as i have a pet name, jyoti , and all my relatives, my parents, and some of my parents call me by this name. so it can be said that i have a pet name for normal everyday people in my life.
