Anyone else’s supervisor calls them a “very good boy/girl”?
Context: I’m a late 20s M and I’ve been working in my current company for a few months. As I am still relatively new, I’m always tagged to a more senior supervisor when we meet clients. My role during these meetings is to:
Observe and learn from my supervisor so that I can progressively become more independent
Assist my supervisor by bringing up graphs/charts, taking notes, making quick references to details of products being discussed whenever required
I do a decent job assisting my supervisors which is what is expected for me so most of my supervisors don’t really comment on my work and would only comment if I made some mistakes. Lately, I’ve been assigned more frequently to this new supervisor who’s from abroad. He’s quite young compared to the other supervisors (maybe early to mid-30s), hustles hard, and is fundamentally a nice guy.
Last Monday I was assigned to him again and it was a packed schedule where we had many back-to-back client meetings. The incident first happened when we were seeing our second last client. As I am now quite familiar with the products and discussions, I anticipated what he needed during the discussion and helped to facilitate a smooth and speedy discussion. Usually he would say “thanks” or “thank you v much” whenever I provided timely assist, but after that client he said “yes, very good boy, thanks”. I was slightly surprised but just shrugged it off since it was the first time.
However, last Thursday I was assigned to him again and same thing I assisted promptly. I was thanked with “yeah, good boy”, “yes thank you very good boy” and similar sorts a few times. I guess I am thankful that my work is being appreciated but I’m also amused at how after not being called a good boy for at least 15 years, I’m being called a good boy by someone who’s prob a few years older than me. I’m sure he means no malice but ya just quite amused by this.
Anyone else has experienced this? What would you do if you were/had been in my situation?
Tl;dr: Nice non-Singaporean supervisor at work who is prob just a few years older than me commended my efficient work by calling me a “very good boy”, which I find quite amusing but probably wont be taking any action.