My Motorist Exchange...

[TxDoc]

Thank you Mr.Silver for the biggest laugh of the morning!

[Crankin]

Congratulations for saying what most of us want to say. I've done it once or twice and was sworn at and ignored.
And please, don't ever call me M'am.... I know it's a southern thing, but it conjures up images of a little white haired old lady. Even when I am a little white haired old lady, I am pretty sure I don't want to be called M'am.

[Norse]

Good for you! Gosh Mr. Silver, you're so obnoxious for pointing out to madam that she was breaking the law and driving recklessly!

[MomOnBike]

Than you, Mr Silver, for at least trying to educate the car-bound.

And the reason most of us don't like to be called Ma'am is that we are sure we are still Gidget. I know I'm not old enough to be Ma'am-ed. Really. (Ignore that calendar over there.)

[Tuckervill]

Ma'am is a Southern gentility that will never go out of style. It's a whole heckuva lot more respectful than some of the OTHER words I hear women called. I'll take it.

Karen

[SouthernBelle]

Ma'am is a Southern gentility that will never go out of style. It's a whole heckuva lot more respectful than some of the OTHER words I hear women called. I'll take it.

Karen

Agreed. I fully expect to be ma'amed

[Eden]

Agreed. I fully expect to be ma'amed

It's a definitely a southern/northern difference. I grew up in the north east (Pittsburgh specifically) and I still do cringe at being ma'amed.... only *old* ladies are ma'am....

When I was in college during the summer we had a bunch of military guys in for special photography classes. I worked in facilities checking out equipment and darkrooms. It was too weird having all these guys who were likely at least my age and probably a few years older ma'aming me all of the time. I never tried to stop them - I knew it was what was expected of them - technically I was the authority there, but it was still weird and made me feel like an old lady at the age of 19....