Call Them What Makes You Happy
I call everybody—limo drivers, salesgirls, maitre d’s, cleaning women, doormen—sweetie, honey, pussycat, without a twinge of contrition. Should you be so personal with non-beloveds? Well, it isn’t lost on me that endearing terms so casually bestowed cannot have much meaning for the bestowed upon but I do it for me.
I really do like our doorman, [...]