[M.D. Holloway]

Supe - you blew my punchline (sorta). The close is as important as any other aspect of the interview fer sure. I will get into that in a bit.

As afar as calling someone sir or ma'am, I think it is a Southern thing and also a military thing. I spent the past two days in Brooklyn and Queens NY. We called on many construction companies, carting companies, trash haulers and even a few factories. I have a strong northeastern accent that gets even tigher when I am in the NE for more than 20 minutes. These guys all knew I grew up in CT but now live in Texas. They are also as rough a guy as you will meet and give Tony Soprano a run. For real! I refered to each guy I met and worked with as sir. Not once did I get any grief in fact we had a fantastic run - best yet! If you are straight up, don't BS and treat a man(or woman) with respect and dignity and do the same for others under him, they become yours.