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Don't Call Me That: The Proper Way To Address A Lady
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11/11/09
11/11/09
Since I identify myself immediately when I answer the hotline at work, I have been known to interrupt the grouchy professors who call me "young lady" with "My name is Suzanne." Making sure the person on the other end of the line knows your name is a customer service thing, but it also serves to ensure that no one gets away with calling me any kind of diminutive and that I am always addressed by my proper name.
The awesome Cape Verdean ladies from the dining hall get away with saying "honey," but that's because they're the awesome Cape Verdean ladies from the dining hall and they're very nice; I call them "sweetie" right back. #younglady
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And I will be teaching my children to do the same. #younglady
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Maybe it's because I'm secretly old-fashioned, but I'm an unmarried woman. "Ma'am" just seems weird to me because of that.
I was so pissed when I signed up for something today and had to choose between "Mrs." and "Ms." It had already been a frustrating (but necessary) registration process.
Worse than "young lady," though, is "little one." I have no idea why one of my supervisors calls me that, but it really bothers me. But since it's always in passing and not in a one-on-one setting, I would feel bad asking her to stop. "Young lady" is infinitely better than that, and really doesn't bother me as long as it's not patronizing ("Now look here, young lady.")
But, again, that may have something to do with me being in my early twenties and unmarried. #younglady
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BTW: I am eighteen years old and have been "ma'amed" for several years now. #younglady
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And Anna, get used to ma'am. I've been called ma'am for twenty years and have never worn a pantsuit. And I still hate it.
AND never live in the south. They'll ma'am you to pieces. #younglady
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My problem is with "sweetheart." I find a bunch of ol' roughnecks and construction boys call me that at work. Ugh.
I *should* feel the same way about being called "love" - but I can't help but secretly like that one. #younglady
11/10/09
Guess who lost a job bid with a single breath? #younglady
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However, dude? Hate it. I'm not a 20 something surfer. #younglady