tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9973874.post111634758389697695..comments2023-11-05T06:37:37.608-06:00Comments on *: Ma'am's the WordJennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08686972386438680531noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9973874.post-1158802184127201502006-09-20T20:29:00.000-05:002006-09-20T20:29:00.000-05:00My usual and polite first response when someone as...My usual and polite first response when someone asks, "May I help you Ma'am?", is,"YOU CAN START BY NOT CALLING ME MA'AM". It just reminds me of "mammy" an I aint nobody's damn "mammy" so hush yo mouth! Sometimes this approach works but usually it still inevitably ends up that they continue to repatedly, almost provokingly, call me ma'am through the course of the conversation...Occasionally when I'm in a less irritated mood I either just ma'am them back if it's another female, or for the boys, it's a "why thank you sonny", in a shaky little old lady voice. One of these days I'm going to pull out the De Niro impersonation...."You talking to me?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9973874.post-1116459094394674152005-05-18T18:31:00.000-05:002005-05-18T18:31:00.000-05:00Jen: My favorite bank rep:I totally agree, as we h...Jen: My favorite bank rep:<BR/>I totally agree, as we have discussed, this ma'am stuff has got to go! I am only 24 years old, for god's sake, and I am not a ma'am. I would prefer any derogatory term over ma'am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9973874.post-1116382200867448202005-05-17T21:10:00.000-05:002005-05-17T21:10:00.000-05:00Thanks for the sympathy, and for everyones informa...Thanks for the sympathy, and for everyones information I was called "Ma'am" twice today. The first time I let it slide, but the second was not pretty. Let's just say I'm probably not allowed in Dicks Sporting Goods anymore. Oh well...<BR/>Short Shorts and a fanny pack? Sounds a lot like Goldmember...at least that's the picture I'm getting. I like Gooooolllld ;)Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686972386438680531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9973874.post-1116364899070001652005-05-17T16:21:00.000-05:002005-05-17T16:21:00.000-05:00I am with you. "Ma'am" is one of the worst words ...I am with you. "Ma'am" is one of the worst words in the english language, next to "wrinkles" and "incontinence."True Jersey Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15494338963360041438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9973874.post-1116364062566790252005-05-17T16:07:00.000-05:002005-05-17T16:07:00.000-05:00HA!! Rob, you must now resemble Magnum P.I. in you...HA!! Rob, you must now resemble Magnum P.I. in your short shorts!! :)<BR/><BR/>No, Jen - it is NOT okay to call you ma'am. I'm way older than you and it's not okay to call ME ma'am! <BR/><BR/>When a bagboy says that to me, I say, "I'm not your mother, you little punk!" :) Then I pull up my support hose and pay for my Metamucil.Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11848887641193196354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9973874.post-1116360559800731592005-05-17T15:09:00.000-05:002005-05-17T15:09:00.000-05:00I feel your pain. I'm 29, too, and experienced a s...I feel your pain. I'm 29, too, and experienced a similar experience to Charlie's "sir."<BR/><BR/>I decided to take matters into my own hands and started wearing really tight short-shorts and a fannypack. <BR/><BR/>Now, people don't call me "sir" anymore. They call me "Euro-Rob." or "the short-shorts guy." I find either much more palatable than "sir."Rob Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973854177022376143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9973874.post-1116349937339249032005-05-17T12:12:00.000-05:002005-05-17T12:12:00.000-05:00Yeah, at 33, I am in "sir" status...what the F????...Yeah, at 33, I am in "sir" status...what the F????? Pisses me off!!!!Charlie Mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309094583043034950noreply@blogger.com