tip of Iceberg

Cheryl

Always being called love, lovely lady, or some such other, in a work setting and on a daily basis. Im not precious about it, but think its wholly unprofessional for anyone (but men mostly do it) to disregard your name or authority / status of position, at work. At worst, it seeks to undermine status and authority with over familiarisation, and at best, is just plain lazy. It makes me feel that they view my hard work is worth less because of the lack of respect shown. I am not your love, or anything other than either your boss, or colleague. Show some respect and learn my name. Leading to: talking over you in meeting, mansplaining, ignoring your requests, repeating your ideas as theirs, and eventually these behaviours manifest as actions.