Beyond the fact that the use of “babe, hun, sweetie” is annoying and impersonal, is the logistical reason these terms (or similar ones) should never be used by an SP: if I get a text from anyone with “hi babe” as the first two words and someone sees it that shouldn’t, I’m in hot water. Not everyone has a burner phone and all SPs should be aware of this - it should be part of SP training in the Discretion Module. I mention this fact politely to every SP who uses “babe/hun” and almost always they understand and stop using the terms.