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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  That's the way I felt about “honey” and “sweetie”. I grew up not too far from Chicago, maybe it was just a different era. We also dressed up to shop! I have called people Ma’am before and meant no disrespect for it, for example, I saw someone drop something in a store, and I said, “Excuse me Ma’am” to get her attention, and then told her she dropped something. She was probably younger than me, but still old enough that “miss” sounded dumb. Would "sweetie" have worked? |
LOL, I would take ma'am over sweetie. Usually people would say, "Excuse me....EXCUSE me!" or "hey you!."
