To be narked that at a mandatory training session today the male delegates were addressed as "sir" and the female delegates addressed as "young lady"?

[SoftlyCatchyMonkey1]

We were a large group of professionals undergoing statutory and mandatory training and the trainer kept doing this. Got my hackles right up.

What would I like to be called? Happy with my first name or 'guys' when spoken too collectively in a moderately informal group situation. If more formal, I suppose 'Miss/Ms surname', or collectively 'Ladies'.

What is wrong with saying people or even peeps when addressing a group and the person in xxxx to talk to an individual.As for the airline all they have to do is drop the sir.That way they would be treating everyone the same

Yes, it’s either use Ma’am or drop Sir.

I think I would prefer Ma’am but I will accept I might be able be minority

l.As for the airline all they have to do is drop the sir.That way they would be treating everyone the same
So how do we get that one out there ...
they guys will feel ever so insecure tee hee
but its right
how do we make it the accepted form ?

Someone did this to my mum once at a team building meeting.

She loudly exclaimed that anyone who called her young lady would have all their teeth pulled out.

Nobody messes with mum really.

@laudanum
I wish I had the gumption to be like your mum lol

Hahaha. She is LOVELY, but you definitely don't wanna piss her off. She taught me how to be exactly the same. We both have this glare that makes people shrink into tiny balls and shiver.

If I've a small group in training, I draw a seating plan and write their name. Delegates seem to appreciate the efforts.

Also been known to use "folks or everyone"

Depends on training context and familiarity I suppose. Would never use sir or madam. (Seems too deferential yet patronising to me. I am quite possibly over thInking this!!

I'd recommend speaking to the trainer/facilitator at the first opportunity. Better that then to leave the training day without a reasonable learning gain..

Men are sir
Who are we ?

Madam. As I wrote before.

read the post at 12.48 today ....
I have read it. I was giving my opinion which, unsurprisingly, is different from another poster's.

Obviously you could only use name and title if they knew it. (I have only been in 1st class once and they called me Miss as it was on my boarding pass like that, despite being married).

Why not just say hello everyone. And use names when addrrssing individuals?

It's about equivalence I think.

Sir pairs with Ma'am.

Mr should pair with Ms but annoyingly doesn't