We're at the airport so we're getting formally addressed a lot! Bee just scored a "miss", so she's not yet a full time ma'am!
Do you get called ma'am a lot? Or are you still a miss?
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Most people say Miss to me. I look a lot younger than I am.
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I think that a lot of employees are now being told to say miss instead of ma'am because ma'am could be offensive to some people. I don't think I've ever been called ma'am!
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Ma'am.....in the south! I say to people younger then me.
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A young man at work called me ma'am! It was bizarre- but he was just being polite
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I get called both. It really doesnt make a difference to me either way.
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Mostly ma'am, guess I don't look that young anymore
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I'm definitely still a miss but in the South everyone is a ma'am! It's polite to say Yes Ma'am and Yes Sir regardless of age.
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A mix of both!
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50/50, the last time someone called me ma'am at the grocery store I laughed and said "oh come on I'm not that old yet!"
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I'm about 50/50. I honestly think most people just have no idea how old I am.
I went for lunch with a coworker last week and she mentioned that she' turning 30 this year. I got excited and said that I'm also turning 30 this year and she was shocked, she thought I was more like 25. Made my week!
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Ma'am almost exclusively.
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I get "Frau" here.
I would prefer to get Miss since I really dislike the sound of Ma'am.
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I seem to get called "lady" more often.
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I'm pretty much a full time ma'am now
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I mostly get ma'am... but as others have said, this is the South, so it has nothing to do with age. Even when my LO is acting up I tell her "no, ma'am!"
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@MamaMoose: This! I say, ma'am to my 2 year old. We are in the trenches of teaching her ma'am and sir as well. Yes ma'am sounds so much nicer than yah. And I'm not even a born southerner.
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Ma'am. I'm in the South. My students refer to me as ma'am all the time!
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I'm in the South, it's always been ma'am! Even when I was a kid!
@MamaG: @MamaMoose: I no ma'am my kid too!
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I honestly can't remember the last time I was called either! But we live in a very casual area, so that makes sense.
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I get both, but mostly ma'am!
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@MamaMoose: I say No, Ma'am all the time to R.
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I don't get either! They just aren't used around here.
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Another Southern gal here - ma'am all the way. I call everyone ma'am as well.
@MamaMoose: I tell DS no sir all the time! haha
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I get ma'am-ed. Can't actually remember ever being called miss.
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@Alivoo01: @Smurfette: @Bookish: @MamaG: Well according to another thread on here today our kids are doomed because we say "no" to them!
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Both, but ma'am more often. Makes me feel old. I live in the northeast, so I know it is common in the south to say that, but not as much up here, so when somebody calls me that I truly feel old at 36 yrs old.
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@MamaMoose: Doomed with manners at least!
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I get both, but ma'am still always throws me for a second. Especially when it's a store clerk who's late teens or early 20s and I think, wow I'm really not your age any more, am I? I'm 30.
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@Smurfette: *high five* Amen sista!
I would prefer to get Miss since I really dislike the sound of Ma'am.
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