Reply To: Calling co-workers by first name

The issue isn’t really a question of modesty. It’s more of an issue of “??? ???????? ??????” There should be a barrier that discourages co workers of the opposite sex from being to comfortable with each other. Not calling members of the opposite gender by their first name MIGHT help in this matter. The real “solution” is for the females (to whom this is important to) to realize that men who are spending much more quality time with them than with their spouses are careful in how they interact with their male counterparts. It could be very professional with first names being used (as some people pointed out it might be weird in some environments to not use the first name) On the other side of the coin it could be too comfortable even not using first names if office conversation and interaction leaves the realm of professional and polite communication… So in conclusion this like all things in life needs a certain amount of common sense as opposed to hard and fast “rules”