Reply To: Calling co-workers by first name

Oh for the pleasant niceties of Hutz Laaretz. In the current EY climate, first names are the norm in most places, surname only can be a putdown, and adoni and geveret have a sort of artificial ring to them. As a 16 year old MO, I worked in a Hasidic grocery. To the boss, I was “Yankel”. His 15yo daughter worked the register in the afternoons ,and she was drop-dead pretty. She addressed me as “Hey you” and I addressed her as “Uh um”. It worked out pretty well.