TOPIC: Ma'am?!?

Druegar wrote:

Fiddy wrote: Could they have simply called you "man" but had a bit of an accent?

Great question, but in this case, no. She had an American accent (you know, she talked the goodest English) and later on apologized for calling me ma'am. (No, I didn't correct her, but I did pause a second to process what I had heard.)

Davoruk wrote: But the ornery side of me still suddenly wants to address Druegar as Ma'am if we ever meet.

I think that would be hilarious. Just don't be surprised if I play along.

Bob Chasan wrote: And nobody's ever said Gurrrllll to you?

Many times! And I've said it to my peeps many times.

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I really want to emphasize, I was not offended in the slightest. I just found it hilarious.

I suppose part of why it's so funny to me is that I get confused with cow-orkers (no, I didn't mean to write co-workers) all the time. Specifically, there are two guys I work with who are from Belize. Both of them have thick Belizean accents (to most Americans, it sounds like Jamacian) and people think I'm one of them ALL. THE. TIME! Like, daily. I'm not kidding. So when someone mistook me for a "ma'am", it was the icing on the misidentification cake.