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Parse error: blind to rank in conversations Meaning ignoring class/hierarchy when speaking with others

by grzm 4y ago

pier25 4y ago
LOL thanks for the clarification
accrual 4y ago
I occasionally work with a guy who opens every email with "Hey <person>" regardless of who it is and it always struck me as informal. I wonder if it's a similar rank-blindness in conversations.
- ajkjk 4y ago
  Americans increasingly do that all the time. It's super weird as a (relatively) young American to treat anybody differently from anybody else.
  - ytdytvhxgydvhh 4y ago
    I feel like in the American workplace we’re expected to be casual and friendly with everyone while also being acutely aware of rank. So if your boss sends a silly meme, you might want to reply with another silly meme. But if you go over your boss’s head and send an unsolicited “hey <first name of the boss’s boss>” email, you might still be in for repercussions. Just because everyone is on a first name basis and drinks beer together at happy hour doesn’t mean they’re really on equal footing.
    - octodog 4y ago
      How are you supposed to address your boss's boss?
      - n4bz0r 4y ago
        I suppose the point is that you aren't. You talk to your immediate superior instead. And then your boss does the same if he/she decides there is a talk to talk.
      - jackson1442 4y ago
        I think some places still expect you to use their honorific prefix and address them by their last name. Definitely a dying trend though.
- syradar 4y ago
  Swede here, it’s really prevalent in Sweden to just use first names irrespective of who it is. Your boss, boss’s boss, your doctor, or as the case of an athlete winning an Olympic medal: even the prime minister, even calling her a nickname[1]. I believe it is partly due to a reform back in the days dropping thou and titles[2]. 1. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/Bj4Lkg/os-2022-nils-van-der-poels-roliga-svar-till-statsminister-magdalena-andersson https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/Bj4Lkg/os-2022-nils... (Swedish) 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du-reformen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du-reformen

Parse error: blind to rank in conversations Meaning ignoring class/hierarchy when speaking with others

by grzm 4y ago

Parse error: blind to rank in conversations Meaning ignoring class/hierarchy when speaking with others

pier25 4y ago

LOL thanks for the clarification

accrual 4y ago

I occasionally work with a guy who opens every email with "Hey <person>" regardless of who it is and it always struck me as informal. I wonder if it's a similar rank-blindness in conversations.

ajkjk 4y ago
Americans increasingly do that all the time. It's super weird as a (relatively) young American to treat anybody differently from anybody else.
- ytdytvhxgydvhh 4y ago
  I feel like in the American workplace we’re expected to be casual and friendly with everyone while also being acutely aware of rank. So if your boss sends a silly meme, you might want to reply with another silly meme. But if you go over your boss’s head and send an unsolicited “hey <first name of the boss’s boss>” email, you might still be in for repercussions. Just because everyone is on a first name basis and drinks beer together at happy hour doesn’t mean they’re really on equal footing.
  - octodog 4y ago
    How are you supposed to address your boss's boss?
    - n4bz0r 4y ago
      I suppose the point is that you aren't. You talk to your immediate superior instead. And then your boss does the same if he/she decides there is a talk to talk.
    - jackson1442 4y ago
      I think some places still expect you to use their honorific prefix and address them by their last name. Definitely a dying trend though.
syradar 4y ago
Swede here, it’s really prevalent in Sweden to just use first names irrespective of who it is. Your boss, boss’s boss, your doctor, or as the case of an athlete winning an Olympic medal: even the prime minister, even calling her a nickname[1]. I believe it is partly due to a reform back in the days dropping thou and titles[2]. 1. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/Bj4Lkg/os-2022-nils-van-der-poels-roliga-svar-till-statsminister-magdalena-andersson https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/Bj4Lkg/os-2022-nils... (Swedish) 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du-reformen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du-reformen