You should immediately apologise to me! 🤫
A few days back, I was doing client acquisition. I dialed a number, and client received the call. I began with, “Hello, XYZ!”
He responded casually and the discussion was initiated wherein I was pitching about the details.
Suddenly out of nowhere, he asked me to hold on and interrogatively asked,
“What's your age?”
So I replied, “I'm 24 years old.”
He just burst out on me and went on to yell about, “Is this the manner you address a person who is 60+? You should add ‘Sir’ or add ‘ji’ while interacting with a person who’s senior to you..Don't you know the Indian culture, corporate culture, Blah, blah, blaa, blaaahhh……... !!!”
Maine socha, ajj mera din kharab hai ya inka din kharab tha joh mere upar gussa nikal diya pura!!!
After schooling me on this silly topic for almost 20 minutes, he was like, “YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY APOLOGISE TO ME!”
Fortunately, I managed to escape and assured him that I'll keep this in mind from the next time. Then he finally hung up the phone call, I was relieved!
I still wonder, does adding ‘Sir’ or other salutations add respect to your name or your actions and behavior do the job?