Quick Qustion: Why do Indians Call Us Sir

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Ive been scratching my head on this one. Really why? The last person that actually called me sir was a bell hop at the Hyatt and he did it for a tip. Today, even whores dont call us Sir. Why do Indians? Im not too sure if its polite or weird! I get a lot of IMs from service providers off the marketplace that add sir as their prefixes and suffixes. WHY?
 


The same reason they call you by your last name when you are talking to Customer Service., they are trying to be respectful.

Most Indians are spamming your Inbox with outsourcing requests. They blast out the same message to thousands on the mailing list. Without knowing your name, saying, "Sir" for the first meeting is likely to get them a better response.

It does piss me off though to be addressed by my last name without the Mr. infront of it. This leads to some fun Customer Service conversations. It really makes my day when I am at someone else's house and they keep calling me by the person's last name, even after I keep correcting them saying I'm not that person.

In the end, though, it comes down to them following their company's script. Nothing more.
 
Rexibit said:
The same reason they call you by your last name when you are talking to Customer Service., they are trying to be respectful.

Most Indians are spamming your Inbox with outsourcing requests. They blast out the same message to thousands on the mailing list. Without knowing your name, saying, "Sir" for the first meeting is likely to get them a better response.

It does piss me off though to be addressed by my last name without the Mr. infront of it. This leads to some fun Customer Service conversations. It really makes my day when I am at someone else's house and they keep calling me by the person's last name, even after I keep correcting them saying I'm not that person.

In the end, though, it comes down to them following their company's script. Nothing more.
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IMO, these are fucking freelancers. What script? Dont tell me that there's a freelancers for dummies that says this shit too? I hate it as well when they take up my last name. Makes me feel old. Id like them to call me King if they really want to address me with some respect.
 
Rexibit said:
The same reason they call you by your last name when you are talking to Customer Service., they are trying to be respectful.

Most Indians are spamming your Inbox with outsourcing requests. They blast out the same message to thousands on the mailing list. Without knowing your name, saying, "Sir" for the first meeting is likely to get them a better response.

It does piss me off though to be addressed by my last name without the Mr. infront of it. This leads to some fun Customer Service conversations. It really makes my day when I am at someone else's house and they keep calling me by the person's last name, even after I keep correcting them saying I'm not that person.

In the end, though, it comes down to them following their company's script. Nothing more.
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Kinda like walking into a Best Buy now days and if you ever have to talk to a Sales Rep they always try to get you on a first name basis... its like 'are we buddies or something? stop calling me by my first name', they do it of course in hope of securing a sale easier if you're on a "first name basis", which is rather stupid. Far as the Indians go (and probably anyone in the international community learning english as a second language), as mentioned above they do so out or respect and easier to send out mass messages with Sir or Mam (though most of the time they're just gona use Sir).

But I guess after a decade of spammers and scammers being overtly polite some of us just cut to the chase in our customer service inquiries if we're not some big company.
 
I thought all (most?) Americans call each other "Sir". I just thought it was an American "respect" thing.

You Americans love been "respected"....
 
kblessinggr said:
Kinda like walking into a Best Buy now days and if you ever have to talk to a Sales Rep they always try to get you on a first name basis... its like 'are we buddies or something? stop calling me by my first name', they do it of course in hope of securing a sale easier if you're on a "first name basis", which is rather stupid. Far as the Indians go (and probably anyone in the international community learning english as a second language), as mentioned above they do so out or respect and easier to send out mass messages with Sir or Mam (though most of the time they're just gona use Sir).

But I guess after a decade of spammers and scammers being overtly polite some of us just cut to the chase in our customer service inquiries if we're not some big company.
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I think it has something to do with dominance. Ever seen how an Indian gets all jittery when an international customer raises his voice? Its like you can hear them on the phone shitting bricks.
 
DreamMachine said:
I thought all (most?) Americans call each other "Sir". I just thought it was an American "respect" thing.

You Americans love being "respected"....
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Here in the US or least recently, seems you only hear Sir is if you're in Corporate, Customer support, Military or have older relatives (most likely with a military past). Otherwise just bout anything goes including Nigga in some communities :P
 
kblessinggr said:
...Otherwise just bout anything goes including Nigga in some communities :P
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You can even call prospective clients "Fucktards". It wins their hearts really fast and they will sign, right there.

For example, "Hey Fucktard, ready to make a deal?"

It's great for setting a healthy working relationship where they know you are honest.
 
kblessinggr said:
Here in the US or least recently, seems you only hear Sir is if you're in Corporate, Customer support, Military or have older relatives (most likely with a military past). Otherwise just bout anything goes including Nigga in some communities :P
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Well then to us sir's! :drinkup:


Oh yeah. To you Indians that are wondering what to comment on this post, Stop :love-smiley-083: is the best advice I can give you. Talk professionally but dont fucking overdo it.
 
most of the indians (from villages, country) are taught to respect elders, women, strangers and people you don't have a close relation with. in this im and webmaster fields they use sir to get projects or to make good impression. same is the case with bpo and call center stuff. again this depends on the attitude of each individual. some rebel people like me can use sir and asshole at the same time depending on the response from others. but generally americans, british, in the opinion of indian people, are rich folks ... that's why the sir!
 
It might have a little something to do with being a colony of England for so fucking long.
 
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