Do you get insulted when someone calls you "kid"?

I have this dweeb (in his 4o's perhaps) that works in my office. Every morning he comes in & says "good morning kid". I cant even tell you how much this irks me to no end. I cringe when he says it. Its even gotten to a point where I dont even answer him back.

Should I answer him "Good morning old man?" I'm not one to kindly ask him to stop. I would just rather bash him over his head with my stapler.

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if he's in his 40s I would be a little creeped out... Not sure, depends on his (or her) personality and my relationship with them

but i see it as a term of endearment. I work with a few seniors and i think it's cute when they call me kid.

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OMG, I call everyone kid! And today I called one of my colleagues (who is 38) kiddiwinkles!!! I love it when people use those kinds of terms of endearment with me. It makes me laugh when its people that I don't like...makes me cringe, but laugh!!!

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I just turned 40 and if someone called me kid a would be flattered!!!

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I have a coworker that calls me Kid sometimes and he is only in his thirties.

I doesn't bother me that much - but he only says it once in a while.

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I get called a kid all the time, apparently I resemble a teenager. I always say thank you!!

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I always say have a good day kids, when leaving my office, even though some of them are older than me. I don't mean it that way.

Though I hate being called "young lady" when I go to Starbucks or to order lunch.

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In a professional setting, it would bother me having someone call me ANY pet name every day. I think it's entirely inappropriate and unprofessional. More importantly, though, it obviously bothers YOU.

I'd not hesitate to say something to him -- however you feel is appropriate. I'd say something like "If you don't stop calling me kid, I'll have to start calling you 'old man'" or "Please call me by my first name. I save the pet names for my husband."

If that doesn't stop him, then approach him more seriously about it.

Maybe I'm touchy on this b/c I've been treated differently at work because I look young - NOTE not b/c I'm inexperienced (I'm not). My brother has a baby face, and while it's flattering to look young, it's frustrating when people don't take you seriously b/c you look young or are young. I'm sure he means no harm, but it's not how I want to be treated in my work environment.

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I hate it

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Posted by 4ForMe

I just turned 40 and if someone called me kid a would be flattered!!!

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Is he saying it in a condesending way? If not, maybe it's just his way. (Dumb way ... but his way.) Personally, I'd probably just blow it off.

(I had a boss years ago that used to call me anything but my name ... Honey, Sweetheart, Darling, Babe, Doll ... Etc ... And the List Goes On. My point is that some people think they are being "cute". I just used to blow it off and go on with the day.)

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Posted by racheeeee

OMG, I call everyone kid! And today I called one of my colleagues (who is 38) kiddiwinkles!!! I love it when people use those kinds of terms of endearment with me. It makes me laugh when its people that I don't like...makes me cringe, but laugh!!!

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Posted by Blu-ize

Posted by 4ForMe

I just turned 40 and if someone called me kid a would be flattered!!!

seriously. I get way more offended when someone calls me ma'am.

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It would offend me, but that's because I get a lot of crap for being so young. In one of my old companies, I worked with them since I was 18 so they had a tremendous level fo respect for me because of what I accomplished for them. One year for my birthday, the CEO refused to believe how old I was. Now, I'm at a new company. They seem to have a lot of respect for what I have accomplished and what I'm capable of. But I hear at least once a day a comment about how young I am. Usually it's just a joke because they'll be referring to an old show I won't know or I'll say somethign about babies and they tell em to wait because I'm still a baby. So sick of it. I may be 24 but I have accomplished more than some twice my age and I am capable of more. If I can provide for and love a baby, what does it matter how old I am?

Sorry, that was a little rant.

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Though I do think it's obnoxious, I would take kid any day over "mam."

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I absolutely hate it!! (That and "kiddo").

I'll be 40 in a month - I AM NOT A KID!!!

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It depends on my relationship with the person that says it.

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When I walk into my offce in the morning, I address everyone with "Good Morning Kids". Mind ypu everyone of them is older than me (and I'm 38).

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it drives me nuts when my mil calls me and dh "the kids." i am not her child and dh is 28, far from kids.

but i don't think she is trying to insult us, she just doesn't know what else to call us.

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We have one person on our team that is about 15 years older than the rest of the team. He started addressing all of us by saying "Good morning Children". Last week, I responded "Good morning, Grandpa Mike".

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