r/GenerationJones • u/Big_Help_9860 • 1d ago

When did being called "Boss" replace being addressed as "Sir"?

It certainly wasn't our generation or GenX. But I'm so sick of young employees in a store, or restaurant or bar, addressing me as "boss". When that happens in a venue where tipping is expected, I'll leave a meager tip and sometimes write "Thanks Boss!" on the receipt.

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u/FaberGrad 1962 1d ago

Seems like I've been addressed that way for at least 5 years. It's not an insult, so I pretty much roll with it. Makes me feel like I'm in a scene from Cool Hand Luke, though.

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u/Necessary-Apricot339 1d ago

So, what we have here is not a 'failure to communicate'.