On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:25:08 -0400, Nancy Young >
wrote:

>
>It was funny, I was picking up pork chops, a gaggle of boys were
>hogging the whole pork chop space so I hung back. Two carts they
>had. Suddenly the father type said, I told you! stay over there and
>let the lady through!!!

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>nancy (since when am I a lady?)

I remember the shock (at about 18) having a kid call me "ma'am." What
I can't bear today is "what can I do for you, Young Lady?" addressed
to a person of obvious maturity. Doesn't anyone realize this is like,
without acquaintance, calling a bald man Curly or a fat person Slim?