Larry Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Hmm, good points,but I start from the assumption Senators are arrogant asses I think it's a job requirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 No big deal. I had instructors at the military academy request that we address them as Doctor...and MD's that requested that we call them Doctor instead of Sir. It is actually pretty disrespectful to call someone by a title that they do not prefer. No big deal in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I'd said thank you Senator, since your war protest days I didn't think you rated the honor of being addressed as Ma'am and its unfortunate you are in my chain of command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Well it was kind of a silly thing to care about but she wasn't exactly yelling at him or picking a fight. I dunno. Dumb thing to care about. Dumb thing to get mad about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 We could ban him on that one for a "troll" if ya want :laugh: Ha, well I just hate such gross misconceptions...us women don't need to PMS as our excuses to be crazy yetoches! :laugh: It's not a big deal (the topic). In many business and government circles, it is common in a formal setting to make sure you use titles (at least the first few times in a conversation) if someone has one, and not simply use "sir' or "ma'am" as an honorific. It's a still-existing and common faux paus for old farts to get caught calling males by the one manner (title) and females by the other (ma'am)--which ain't part of the story here, but maybe it happens a lot on the Hill, I dunno. Agree that this wasn't really a big deal at all. And if I were him I'd have handled it the same way and moved on like he did. But there's just something about title corrections and that air of superiority that is displayed in corrections that just irks me. Unless it's some little punk intentionally being disrespectful, it's not worth it to be pompous like that...IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I'd said thank you Senator, since your war protest days I didn't think you rated the honor of being addressed as Ma'am and its unfortunate you are in my chain of command. Senators fall nowhere in the chain of command. No more than any other citizen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Who's mad? The military knows the peoples republic of Northern Cal reps doesn't show them any love and the libs there prefer supporting openly gay boyscout masters than Military Recruiters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Who's mad? The military knows the peoples republic of Northern Cal reps doesn't show them any love and the libs there prefer supporting openly gay boyscout masters than Military Recruiters. :laugh: Dude, WTF are you talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 :laugh: Dude, WTF are you talking about? My normal rule is "Don't Ask, and hope he Doesn't Tell". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 :laugh: Dude, WTF are you talking about? What you missed all of the anti military and boyscout protests in California over the years?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 ...us women don't need to PMS as our excuses to be crazy yetoches! :laugh: Truer words were never spoken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailGreen28 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 The General showed himself to be a better person in that clip. Getting into a pissing match, with an arrogant Senator, does neither him, the Army, or the Country any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan133 Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 The General showed himself to be a better person in that clip.Getting into a pissing match, with an arrogant Senator, does neither him, the Army, or the Country any good. very true, even when being insulted (note his facial expression when he is interrupted, he was able to keep his military bearing. professional in all ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 My normal rule is "Don't Ask, and hope he Doesn't Tell". :hysterical: I find it works. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan133 Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 I just stumbled on this again; I forgot to post this when it came out, absolutely hilarious! It's from the guys who did "Airplane!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIHBHYp5Woo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubbs Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Wow, there's a blast from the past. Still one of the most pretentious things I've ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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