MISS KIM,

REMINDS ME OF THE OLD SONG, "LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART, I FORGOT YOUR NAME".

MARTY

Honey,

I'm not from the south - I'm as midwest as you can get - and if they took "honey" out of my vocabulary - what the h*beep* would I call the people I care about? :giggle:

To my Mother - everyone's a "dear" - and my mother in law has the market covered in "sweet child's"

I need my "Honey's"! :hiya:

~V

You can call me anything as long as you bring out my dinner!!!

ps. I was told if your on a airplane and know a friend named "Jack". DON'T say "hi JACK"

:nuhuh:

:roflmao:

kim

all of this talk about being from the South reminds me of a song that they play on my favorite show:

You...say...things...

Aren't going well. You're halfway to hell,

You've lost everything that counts.

Gone is your spouse...and maybe the house...

All you haven't lost are pounds.

The kids are bawling, creditors calling,

When did life become this curse?

The car won't run, your days seem done,

Could things ever get worse?

 

Chorus:

But then there's Oprah, Phil and Sally

and Jerry Springer too

A little dose of a Talk Show Host

You won't seem quite as blue.

'Cause if that's the world, or part of it,

Where Madam's are sometimes Sir's

You'll quit complaining things could be worse

Those calamities could be yours.

I...mean...that...

Stuff on there will raise your hair, you'll do a double take.

Like a pretty John with high heels on

out looking for a date,

Or that big bald headed woman...

With a tattoo on her face,

Who swears she was abducted by a man from outer space

 

Chorus:

But then there's Oprah, Phil and Sally

and Jerry Springer too

A little dose of a Talk Show Host

You won't seem quite as blue.

'Cause if that's the world, or part of it,

Where Madam's are sometimes Sir's

You'll quit complaining things could be worse

 

Now I know your lover left you,

With who you thought was your best friend

And the dog you taught to fetch a ball

Just bit you in your rear end.

But remember that guy on Springer

Who cried and fought and swore

That last week he talked to Elvis at

A Memphis Walmart store.

 

Chorus:

But then there's Oprah, Phil and Sally

and Jerry Springer too

A little dose of a Talk Show Host

You won't seem quite as blue.

'Cause if that's the world, or part of it,

Where Madam's are sometimes Sir's

You'll quit complaining things could be worse

 

Well, the dog bite, it'll heal.

And the hurt'n, it's just a cut.

And the lover who left you

Well, it's best that he did,

He'll probably wind up on his butt.

So give thanks for life

Even when it's not the best,

You see, there's always worse...

You could be a Talk Show Guest!

 

Chorus:

But then there's Oprah, Phil and Sally

and Jerry Springer too

A little dose of a Talk Show Host

You won't seem quite as blue.

'Cause if that's the world, or part of it,

Where Madam's are sometimes Sir's

You'll quit complaining things could be worse

 

from Dr. Talk, by Jerry Springer

music a texas two-step

sandy :big_grin:

I am not from the "south" but sweetie, hun, etc are in my vocabulary...

glad the ther lady took you aside. People want people to be natural and sincere.. Trying to "curb" waht you say would be very "unnatural"

"WHEN IN ROME" you are sooo right, hun

Bonnie

I have a question. Why is it that people complain about the nurses who calls everyone 'honey, dear or sweetie' but no one ever complains about the waitresses that do the same?

Jean

Jean

perhaps it's because nobody expects to see a nurse on Jerry Springer.....

but SERIOUSLY, when a nurse does it it's seen as infantilizing,

when a waitress does it, it's seen as flirtatious.

THUS a woman can only be seen as a sex symbol (flirtatious) or a mother (infantilizing)

or something like that.....

sandy

I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER. I AM NOT SURE THOUGH. I GUESS ***SOME*** PEOPLE COMPLAIN OR THERE WOULDN'T BE THAT STUPID "RULE(S)". THE RESTAURANT I WORK FOR WAS FOUNDED IN 1953 BY A YANK. HOWEVER, THE "OLDTIMER" WHO PULLED ME ASIDE ACTUALLY MET THE OWNER ( THERE ARE 589 LOCATIONS) YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS A TEEN.

SHE SAID HE WAS A FARMER, SWEET, AND SAID "HUN" HIMSELF. SO, I GUESS THIS IS SOME "CORPORATE' DECISION MADE AFTER THE NICE YANK'S DEATH. IN ANY EVENT, IT REMINDS ME OF HOW WALMART CHANGED AFTER SAM DIED.

AS FOR PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT NURSES SAYING HUN AND SUCH, THAT IS PROBABLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ALREADY INFIRM, AND MAY FEEL THEY ARE BEING CONDESCENDING, I DON'T KNOW. I WISH TO THE GOOD LORD THE NURSES WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT NICE TO ME WHEN I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.

MOST OF THEM WERE CRANKY AND RUDE.I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS "SOUTHERN", REALLY. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE AND THEIR ATTITUDES. I THINK( HOPE) I HAVE ENOUGH INSIGHT TO BE ABLE TO TELL WHEN THIS "SLANG", AS IT WERE", WOULD BE OFFENSIVE. I GUESS I'LL FIND OUT REAL SOON.

KIM

I ALREADY FOUND OUT

I WAITED ON A YANK TODAY FROM OHIO, CALLED HIM SWEETIE, AND ******HE LOVED IT********

HE SAID" I LIKE HOW YOU SOUTHERN WOMEN TALK". LOL LOL LOL LOL

HE'S THE ONE WHO WROTE ME A GOOD COMMENT CARD. BTW, I SCREWED UP HIS ORDER. HE GOES" THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A SOUTHWESTERN OMELET".

I SAID" THERE'S A GOOD REASON IT DOES'NT, IT ISN'T. I WROTE THE TICKET WRONG. I'LL GET YOU ONE RIGHT AWAY". HE SAYS, " WHAT IS IT?" I SAID, I HAVE NO IDEA" HE LAUGHED AND SAID, " I NEED TO TRY NEW THINGS, IT'S FINE".

I LOVE YANKS.

KIM