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    To end the condescension, Poitier says: “Call me MISTER Tibbs!”

    I can relate, as a customer, when I’m speaking to a CSR who has taken the liberty of using my first name, without permission.

    I don’t know where or when the change happened in our society, “empowering” CSR’s, and others we meet in business, to be so familiar, so soon. In fact, when I grew up, I was taught to use a formal title when:

    (1) Dealing with adults, and peop

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    To end the condescension, Poitier says: “Call me MISTER Tibbs!”

    I can relate, as a customer, when I’m speaking to a CSR who has taken the liberty of using my first name, without permission.

    I don’t know where or when the change happened in our society, “empowering” CSR’s, and others we meet in business, to be so familiar, so soon. In fact, when I grew up, I was taught to use a formal title when:

    (1) Dealing with adults, and peo

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    I can relate, as a customer, when I’m speaking to a CSR who has taken the liberty of using my first name, without permission.

    I don’t know where or when the change happened in our society, “empowering” CSR’s, and others we meet in business, to be so familiar, so soon. In fact, when I grew up, I was taught to use a formal title when:

    (1) Dealing with adults, and peo

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    I don’t know where or when the change happened in our society, “empowering” CSR’s, and others we meet in business, to be so familiar, so soon. In fact, when I grew up, I was taught to use a formal title when:

    (1) Dealing with adults, and peo

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    be so familiar, so soon. In fact, when I grew up, I was taught to use a formal title when:

    (1) Dealing with adults, and people of a more mature age;

    (2) Dealing with people who have formal titles, or who are acting in a formal capacity; such as doctors, coaches, teachers, and the like;

    (3) With customers; and

    (4) With strangers of all kinds, upon first meeting them.

    Of course, the exception is when we’ve been invited explicitly to use someone’s first name, or when he or she introduces herself with a first name, only.

    Here’s the scene with which I have difficulty:

    I call about my charge card, go throu

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