Recently, an Uber driver’s hilarious notice on the car seat went viral over social media. A Twitter user named Sohini M posted a picture of the back of a seat that had a notice: “Don’t call me bhaya & uncle.”
🤣 🤣 🤣 @Uber_India pic.twitter.com/S8Ianubs4A
— Sohini M. (@Mittermaniac) September 27, 2022
This hilarious post initiated an interesting debate online on how people should address those whom they don’t know.
From calling them Sir or Sir to calling them by name, netizens had interesting suggestions. Here are what people said:
1. Calling them Boss
I have always stuck to calling people Boss!
— Shubham (@thatsharmaboy) September 27, 2022
2. Calling them Sir/Ma’am
Let’s normalize calling everyone Sir/ma’am.
— Radhikasen (@Radhikasenoffi1) September 28, 2022
I address them as Sir or Mam. This sounds respectful and professional. Also, very safe to use because uncle aunty bhaiyya go wrong at times.
— Anuschkaa P (@AnuschkaaPreeti) September 29, 2022
“Sir” is the right Word For Call Him.
— Vishal Singh Rathore (@billionaire_vsr) September 30, 2022
They also need respect.
Mostly Taxi Driver Drive Everyday average 300km in the city area and it’s not a easy task. Many problems faced by Cab Driver’s.
(कुछ इल्लीगल काम की जगह मेहनत करके अपने परिवार का पेट पाल रहा है इज्जत का हकदार तो है।)
✌👍😃
— 🚯White€Trash #save_soil🇮🇳 (@WT_Lucifer) September 30, 2022
Finally sm1 did it.
Profession must be respected as it is.
Well done:
Mr./Mrs/Miss ****👏
4. Calling them by their name
I prefer to call them by their Name + Ji, instead of calling bhaiya, uncle of sir.
For example Dinesh ji or Ramesh Ji— Subhojit Biswas (@Subhojit0989) September 29, 2022
I think that’s fair.we should call them by their name ,putting g.
— yamini sehgal (@yaminisehgal) September 30, 2022
5. Calling then Driver Sahab or Bhai Sahab! Interesting
I just call every driver “driver sahab” because i did it once and the cabby was overwhelmed because no one had ever called him Sahab in the 20 years he had been driving cabs, and he spoke about it to me for a few minutes. I didn’t realise it would be so impactful.
— Aditi – #WhereIsPengShuai (@mateshutup) September 27, 2022
I use Bhaisaahab. More respectful.
— DosaForLife (@DosaDosti) September 28, 2022
6. Calling them Dada or Chief or Bro or Dost
I think we should settle for ” O Dada”
— deepa dey (@ddey67) September 27, 2022
To the driver – “OK Bro”
— Deepti🏏| 🇮🇳 (@deeptiraonayak) September 27, 2022
that is I have terms such as chief, boss, and of course, sir/ma’am
— Tareque Laskar (@tarequelaskar) September 27, 2022
I think that’s fair.we should call them by their name ,putting g.
— yamini sehgal (@yaminisehgal) September 30, 2022
I always call “Dost”.
— Prince Sharma (@princesharmaai) September 28, 2022
7. To add to the conversation, even Uber had a suggestion!
When in doubt, check the name on the app✨
— Uber India (@Uber_India) September 28, 2022
Do let us know what you think. In case you have an interesting suggestion, tell us in the comments below.
