As Vanshi put it, do tell them the way you like to be addressed. I also had the same experience in my office. My colligues used to call me "madam". I openly told them not to call me like that and I wanted to be treated as one among them . They not only stopped calling me "madam", but actually we discussed everything as the friends usually do. (All of them were men.)
Renuka. On 3/5/12, Umesha Economics <umesha....@gmail.com> wrote: > may I know how do you address them? I think is a mutual thing and if you > start address them as "thu", they will also follow the same. > > Umesha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mohit Shah Shah" <mohit.shah...@gmail.com> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Monday, 05 March, 2012 9:30 PM > Subject: [AI] Being addressed as 'aap' > > >> Hello folks, >> >> As usual, I have a really weird and unique question. >> I have often observed that all my classmates, and even some of my >> friends, address me as 'aap' instead of 'tu', which is how they >> address each other. >> I somehow feel that this has something to do with my visual impairment. >> Perhaps, my classmates find it hard to be as open with me as they are >> with others, so they try to talk to me in a respectful manner in order >> to ensure that I don't get offended in any way. >> And I've observed that this is more applicable in the case of my >> female classmates. >> So, what can I do to make them feel at ease and treat me in a normal >> manner? >> >> Best, >> Mohit >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
