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Professional like button down shirts or professional like trades?
Buddy works great in my profession but i have been told it can be perceived as male coded
Professional in the sense it's a way to refer to a person who's name you don't know. In my job I have to interact with a lot of people where I don't know there name and "sir" or "ma'am" is kind of useful as a way to reference them, but I'm not aware of an NB equivalent.
you don't have to say sir or ma'am at all. i never use sir or ma'am, please and thank you are good enough.