I am not a ma’am

    by bedir07

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    1. The duality of retail. Call a guy sir and he nods approvingly. Call a woman ma’am and she asks for your manager.

    2. MuffinMadness123 on

      Jokes on me at my school you call the teachers miss and sir. So now it’s just my default for randoms I come across in the wild…

      (Albeit I never know my teachers names so maybe that’s a plus)

    3. Sir carries the feeling of respect at being called a gentleman

      Ma’am does not have that fancy respect the way Madam might, but it also sounds like they might be old unlike “Miss”

    4. I feel weird when people call me “boss.” Like, I guess there’s nothing wrong with acknowledging a power dynamic, but I don’t like the idea that I give off an energy that makes people would think that it would stroke my ego to have someone I’m temporarily in a position of power over e.g. a retail worker call me that.

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