14-10-2014, 03:31 PM
I got "mistakenly" called a ma'am today at the post office! I say mistakenly because she called me ma'am and very quickly reversed her greeting and apologized claiming she said it without really looking at me first. ...I'm not so sure, I was next in line for several minutes and there was ample time for her to "notice" the next person she would be serving. Sadly I didn't actually hear her say it, only the apology, so it took me a second to understand what happened. Had I realized it sooner, I probably would have told her I don't mind being called ma'am at all but the moment was gone before I knew what happened. Anyway, I'm THRILLED that, even if subconsciously, something told her I was female.

