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> A lot of others use their father's name or the name of their home city, and end up being addressed as "Mr. <City name>" or "Ms. <Father's name>" in communicat
by paulmooreparks 2y ago
> A lot of others use their father's name or the name of their home city, and end up being addressed as "Mr. <City name>" or "Ms. <Father's name>" in communication.
This pisses my Singaporean-Tamil wife off more than anything I've ever seen. Emails beginning "Dear Ms. (or worse, Mrs.) Father's-given-name" have been the end of a few business relationships with service companies.
- pif 2y agoAs a service company in the Western world, does it make financial sense to even start wondering what changes could retain a couple customers more? I suppose it doesn't!
- paulmooreparks 2y agoWhen it's a Western company, she swears a bit and rolls her eyes and moves on. What really pisses her off is when it's a local company that ought to know better.