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Is there a professional address for non-binary people? (hexbear.net)
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My job has made me so used to calling people "sir" or "ma'am", but wtf to I say to an NB?

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[โ€“] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.