Anyone here in the habit of calling men boss?

[AKwannabe]

Or know anyone that does?

I need to ask why?
And why the hell am I not called boss?

Sitting at a restaurant bar and the kid behind the bar is calling all the dudes boss.
Didn’t call me boss?? 🤔 Hmmmmm

I am female. Btw

[dchill]

1. I've heard it done ...

... I've never done it. Seems insincerely servile to me.

[Arne]

2. Guys I knew used to call everyone Zeke.

It seems like the same thing. It's meant to sound cool
and mean nothing.

[Beartracks]

3. Years ago, a waiter kept calling me "chief." But then...

... I've also been called "hon" by way more waitresses than I can count.

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[stopdiggin]

4. just another word

No real particular meaning there. But no slight by any measure either.

[Think. Again.]

5. It may be a sign of respect that he refrained from treating you as casually as the men...

...but in the long run, it's really none of your business what anyone thinks about you anyway.

(Please don't take that wrong, what I mean by it is that your worth is not dependent on anyone else's opinion of you, your worth is for you alone to recognize, value, and share.)

[unblock]

6. I get this when I'm the customer, invariably from someone who looks under 25yo

Makes me pretty uncomfortable, really. I don't think of them as subordinates or people who report to me.

I'm male. Haven't noticed if my wife gets called boss. If the call my trans daughter "boss", are they misgendering her? Or would that be a case where two wrongs make a right?

[duncang]

7. I call one guys at the local corner stores boss.

But he is the boss/owner.

I’ve called both grand daughters and grand sons boss when they were young and pushy. You know the here you play with this and I’ll play with this stuff.

[Skittles]

8. that's common for people who were in prison

not sure about kids

[Demobrat]

9. One of the guys at my coffee shop calls his

male customers boss. Not in servile way. In a sounds good because I don’t know your name kind of way.

He is Latino. He used to call his female customers ma’am. I told him to say Seniorita instead. He said his tips went up.

[Tadpole Raisin]

11. lol, ma'am is a very bad word, unless the person is in the military and

then you just have to let it go cuz it’s the training…

[Demobrat]

12. Yes I carefully explained to him that

the first time a woman is ever called ma’am is not one of the best days of her life.

[JoseBalow]

14. You ma'amsplained him?

[Alpeduez21]

10. Thanks for this thought provoking post, Boss

I don’t know anyone who does that. Fake terms of chumminess are a great way to not remember anyone's name

[Figarosmom]

13. Ive never called anybody boss. Nt

[LuckyCharms]

15. Guy at a store I frequent always calls me boss.

Sometimes I get called "chief".

Women I don't know sometimes call me "honey".

It's just one of those things.

[True Dough]

17. And don't forget

I call you Buttercup!

[LuckyCharms]

18. Please continue to fantasize about me.

Because no one else does.

You're my only hope, True Dough.

[True Dough]

20. When we're together, all i'll think about is football!

[WestMichRad]

21. Hey, you two!

Get a room!!

[True Dough]

22. We can make room for a third!

[Paladin]

16. Nope. (nt)

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Guy At The Local Store

But, to be fair, he might call my wife that, too.
He might call all customers that.

[True Dough]

23. There's a DUer who goes by the name of BOSSHOG

I guess it would be fine to call him Boss.

Right BOSSHOG? Are you out there?

[Upthevibe]

24. I've called the bosses I've adored "Boss"....

It's a term of endearment. At least where I am (SoCal-but originally from TX - I don't know if it originated in TX or if I picked it up here in L.A.).

I would NEVER say it to a boss I didn't just love.