Excuse me Sir is certainly POLITICALLY correct as well

The tukang complain is back. I just wonder what most people think about titles. Is it SUCH a big deal when you have a TITLE pre-fixing your name? Coz seriously, the last time I checked, your title doesn't become your name.

I am highly annoyed by the many UNKNOWN Datuks, YBs and Datins around who ASS-ume that everyone should be aware that they hold a title. You see, I rant because I do encounter these people much more often than I wish I needed to. When I address them as Sir, they give me notions that "duh you ought to know who I am and don't bother me with preliminary questions." So GERAM!

Dah la, during our school days, 90% of ALL school events attended by one of these people would start EXTREMELY late and they come and give the most lame speeches! I also hate to hear them empathize that we need to be caught up in traffic jams, when all they actually do many a time is CAUSE it thanks to the silly policeman escorting them. Seriously, with a title comes RESPONSIBILITY and respect earned.

A friend of mine asked me, don't you think that they deserve such privileges and acknowledgements? They are busy people it seems. Looking back, I now MANY people common people who attend meetings and what not multiple times a day. I think ah, they use this thing called TIME MANAGEMENT. They respect peoples time and they make it work communiting through traffic or via public transport.

Having a title shouldn't mean that you forget your initial status. Once upon a time, they were also probably kids who played the gasing or got punishment from Cikgu for not doing homework. Some of them probably even lived in humble houses in a kampung area.

They must have accidentally dropped their humility somewhere la.

Maybe I am just being overly-sensitive, who knows.