Hold It Down, Buddy

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It’s patronizing when you say, “Hey, buddy, hold it down. You’re in charge.”
We’re, like, the same age you know. Ten to one, my life’s been harder than yours. And now I gotta hear you call me “buddy”. Do I look like a kid? I got more greys than you, man.
Just ‘cuz your tag says Manager, and I don’t have a tag, doesn’t mean you can hey buddy me. Go hey buddy yourself. Go hey buddy your child at home. Hey buddy the high school kid who relieves me from my…