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While complimentary, it still sounds like there’s a power dynamic inferred by the language.
Again, “we got him in and he did x, y, and z” is preferable IMO. I do operate under a company name, and I would be less annoyed by someone saying “we used XYZ electrical services” compared to “we used Nef”.
I can only speak for myself, but that’s how it comes across when I hear it. I’m not about to tell people how to talk, but it surely doesn’t hurt to consider it.
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Some people will never get it. Heaping OTT praise sounds like you’re impressed that this person is even capable of such a level of work. So fucking disingenuous. When I hear that stuff, honestly, I’m thinking “well who the fuck are you to judge?”. There’s implicit condescension in that passage he wrote snd he’ll never spot it.
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Sure, it's all about the context - point I'm trying to make is that it's commonplace usage and whilst I'm aware of unconscious bias being A Thing, I doubt that the sub-conscious thought process is 'I must exert my ownership of Nef Electronics, but in a way that is deniable".
The theoretical speaker of the passage that I wrote is using "my" to indicate to the person they are speaking with their level of esteem for the person they're talking about.
If they'd used "the" it would change the character of what is being said, and in a negative way - putting the person referred to outside the group as it were.
There are plenty of unconscious things driving use of language in this way, but using 'my' in this way is to include the subject in the speakers group, rather than to assert ownership of them.
Stevethecoffee
Dammit
"My electrician is wonderful - we first used him a couple of years ago and now wouldn't use anyone else, his work is excellent, he's really professional and never leaves the place in a mess (unlike the majority of others we've had in over the years), and more than anything else we trust him and find that communication is spot on. Honestly, as long as he can fit us in we'll never go elsewhere".