why does everybody call everybody "ate & kuya"?

[uls]

try calling everyone dude

pati girls

kakatawa reaction

[foresterx]

i use boss/sir and miss, sounds more professional than using ate or kuya.

[ghosthunter]

try calling everyone dude

pati girls

kakatawa reaction

girls = dudette

[Reepicheep]

Buti nga kuya/ate. Someone gay employee here in BDO called me totoy. I was in full corporate attire.

[JJGF]

ok na din ako sa "kuya,bossing" nakasanayan ko na yan ang tawag sa aking ng mga tao ko hehe

dati may matanda na tumawag sa akin na manong

[Ry_Tower]

pang-family or relatives lang dapat ang tawagang ito. sir, maam at miss lang gamit ko kapag hindi kakilala. Kapag chicks, "Ga"!

[boybi]

kung sign ng respect bakit pati nga mga bata yun ang tawag nila?

err, they also respect the kids? because those kids are gonna give them sales. :bwahaha:

[renzo_d10]

Girl -> Gay - Sister
Girl -> Girl - Sis
Gay -> Gay - Bakla !

Sa lalaki, pwedeng dude, bro blahblah. hahahaha.

Panget naman kung na-love at first sight ka ta's nakilala mo siya at tinawag mong ATE ! Hahahahha

[succubus]

Pag medyo low class yung kausap ko ate o kuya pag high end sir or ma'am especially clients.

I agree. Ate and kuya are mostly used by those belonging to the lower socio economic bracket. So those from higher brackets use the ate and kuya term na rin to establish some sort of connection. But I never got used to that because in school it has been our practice to call the guards and janitors manong and manang. I stopped doing this when I reached my mid 20s because the people I am addressing manong and manang might be younger than I am and find it offensive.

Now I use boss and miss. Yung driver I now call Mang something. Dati Manong.

[Mguy]

Everybody? I don't.