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I adress older persons as Ma'am and Sir

My Daddy always trained me to adress older persons respectfully with Sir and Ma'am, and so I do.
Some people say to me that only female fetishists still say Sir but that's just my education!

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Formal terms seem more common in Europe. I think the only time I’m ever called Sir might be at a formal restaurant or hotel - not that I go to either very often now.

These days there is so much informality that everyone assumes they can call me by my first name. I’m not a formal person but in a professional situation I thought it was simply polite to address someone as Mr or Ms to start with.