to hate being called "Love or Dear" by a shop assistant

[SweetnSourNoodles]

Why do people say "love or dear" to you when you are at a till, it gets my back up everytime. Now I say it back to them, no I'm fine love, thankyou dear, that bugs them.AIBU.

A guy coming to fix our digi box kept calling me mate. I was a bit affronted, without knowing quite why.

My ex-boyfriend used to call me mate. And man. Not impressed. :o

Here we have "luv" "me duck" and "bab"
It doesnt bother me at all. Im that used to it it doesnt register IYGWIM.
I remember when my (scottish) boss first started working at our shop a couple of years ago. for a whole morning he kept calling me hen and I was all
In the end he asked if it was ok if he called me hen, so I replied that it was fine as long as I could call him cock.
Didnt realise it was a regional petname!

Brum here too... I really like it when older shop keepers/assistants call me bab