Originally Posted by
Asturias56
I think it started as a way to remember who you were talking to - keep using it long enough and you remember it - but it gets out of control..............................
No one's name is Sir or Ma'am.
While we're at it, let's bin saluting outside of the Square. Senior officers are put off going outside the safety of their offices to meet the troops because their hands are glued to their foreheads every time they go to the shop to grab lunch