Oh, You Doesn't HAS to Call Me Dr. Beads...

In a different store, with the same stupid policy of addressing customers as if they were lifelong buddies of the cashier....

The cashier had just finished ringing up my purchases, and another employee had just finished putting them into my cart. The cashier turned to the person who'd been helping him and said, "Thanks, sir," while handing me my receipt.

He became embarrassed and apologized, explaining that he had been speaking to the other employee, and hadn't actually been calling me "sir."

I replied, "It's okay. You can call me 'sir,' or 'Captain,' as long as you don't try calling me by my husband's last name."