maleficent

It honestly depends... and the context of it... I'm not picky about it too much, but it kinda gets a little irritating if I am in a store, or checking into a hotel (And I RARELY see this in hotels) or somewhere, where I will hand over my credit card, and I will be called by my first name by the 15 year old behind the counter -- ir the 19 year old.. .I'm old enough to be your mother - -I"m also the customer - a little respect please.

I dont look like I am 15 - I am quite clearly an adult... Being called by my first name by someone unless invited to do so just bothers me (and I know that is how I was brought up)

There are people I've known my entire life, friends of my parents, that I absolutely cannot call by their first names, even though I have been invited to do so. My deceased best frieds father, I see occassionally, I cannot call him by his first name - he will always be Mr C to me... even at age 40 - -I'm still a kid to him and kids treat adults wiht respect.

Hotels I'm so used to being addressed professionally, that it raises an eyebrow if I am called by my first name, and it seems out of place.

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