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[darchildre]

Dear library patron,

Please do not call me "dear girl". You are not my grandmother - you are, in fact, only 9 years older than me. 9 years. Also, you do not know me and thus have even less license to call me condescending names. I don't care if you think it's cute. It's belittling and overly familiar and is therefore rude. Cut it out.

I am too old for Archie Goodwin to date, ma'am. I am no one's "dear girl".

Comments

[silveradept]

It's interesting how you get the diminutive with your work. I'm pretty sure it's a library constant, and not just from the people that think of themselves as old.