Originally Posted by
idle bystander
Boss?
If youy believe numerous police dramas, they've been doing this for years.
Interesting even if tangential.
Trigger warning: Civilian not Military.
I can recall the day in the late 1970s when the light bulb moment happened to me. My line manager at JHQ Rheindahlen [we were all civvy Met.] had the very most junior staff calling him by his Christian name, to the extent that I thought was plain wrong. I asked him privately over a single malt if this was a good idea. I was firmly told that it was indeed a good idea and I had better fall in line. Thus rebuked, my fall-back defence line was to insist on "David" rather than "Dave".
Strangely enough, the world continue to rotate, and the job continued to be done.