I was in a meeting last week with a couple of clientco septic co-workers and clientco's customer (i.e. just not a clientco internal meeting, but an important customer-facing job).
One of the septics has the (IMO) very rude habit of referring to people in the third person, when that person is sat right next to them.
e.g. "Well didn't he say that the project had to be completed by August?"
instead of "Well didn't John say ...."
As a child, if ever referring to a female in this way, would prompt another adult to retort and correct with "Who's she the Cat's Mother?" and like all well brought up kids I quickly learned that calling some "she" when they're right there is rude.
Question: is there a male equivalent of "Who's She? The cat's mother?" when referring to a male in the third person?
I'd like to send this Yank a linky to a page which explains why he's such a rude and socially inept douchebag, but try as I might, Google doesn't reveal an etiquette page which explains this.
So I may have to resort to simple explanation and mild abuse. Any suggestions?
One of the septics has the (IMO) very rude habit of referring to people in the third person, when that person is sat right next to them.
e.g. "Well didn't he say that the project had to be completed by August?"
instead of "Well didn't John say ...."
As a child, if ever referring to a female in this way, would prompt another adult to retort and correct with "Who's she the Cat's Mother?" and like all well brought up kids I quickly learned that calling some "she" when they're right there is rude.
Question: is there a male equivalent of "Who's She? The cat's mother?" when referring to a male in the third person?
I'd like to send this Yank a linky to a page which explains why he's such a rude and socially inept douchebag, but try as I might, Google doesn't reveal an etiquette page which explains this.
So I may have to resort to simple explanation and mild abuse. Any suggestions?
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