On 2021-02-27 9:41 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>> In a free society, nobody addresses their peers as "Sir".
>
> You're wrong. My husband often says "Thank you, sir" to someone--
> even a sales drone--when he is pleased with them.
>
> It's courtesy, not servility.


As to I. I was usually called sir on the job, often by superiors.