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I like it. It's manners, and manners show respect. It's jarring when it first happens to you (getting called ma'am or sir) but hey, the age thing is all relative. I'll be called sir for the next 40 years -- I should learn to like it!
I teach my kids to do the same, but it isn't reinforced anywhere. Those kind of manners are disappearing.
I don't like kids treating adults casually without permission, and I tell children to at least call me Mr. _____ instead of my first name. God knows that respect is a dying entity.
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