KatyInDE
10-17-2012, 10:40 AM
The force must be strong within me these days. All of a sudden I have been getting a bunch of "Can I help you Ma'am?", "Ma'am what would you like to drink?" and the like.
It really started this Saturday. I dress generally casual fem all the time. I had on burgundy slim jeans, with a nice red moderate scoop neck top, definitely not a guy top, but not huge of cleavage, mostly to show my two neck pendants, sneakers and was wearing my usual jewelry, earrings and a ring. My hair is longish, not quite to my shoulders but cut nicely. No makeup. I was going through the checkout line at Costco, chatting with the cashier, when a young lady came up to the line and started a sales pitch to me: Ma'am have you heard about our Executive card? She wasn't looking directly at me, but fiddling with her pricing gun. After saying that she looked up, she was about 2 feet away, and then blushed and started stammering, Ma'am, I mean sir :) I just shrugged it off, I was ok with it, told her it was no problem, but she kept babbling on about how sorry she was. The cashier, packer and me all told her it was ok, but she was totally flustered.
Next stop was the dollar store and waiting at the cash register I heard "Be right there Ma'am!" and then the cashier walked up and started chatting while ringing me up. Next stop was the drugstore and the guy cashier said "Is this all Ma'am?" and rung me up. All this did was put a bemused smile on my face.
But last night I was waiting for a friend at PF Changs and was seated at the table when the waitress came up and "Ma'am what would you like to drink?" So who knows? I'm not trying to be overtly fem, just be myself but I like it.
It really started this Saturday. I dress generally casual fem all the time. I had on burgundy slim jeans, with a nice red moderate scoop neck top, definitely not a guy top, but not huge of cleavage, mostly to show my two neck pendants, sneakers and was wearing my usual jewelry, earrings and a ring. My hair is longish, not quite to my shoulders but cut nicely. No makeup. I was going through the checkout line at Costco, chatting with the cashier, when a young lady came up to the line and started a sales pitch to me: Ma'am have you heard about our Executive card? She wasn't looking directly at me, but fiddling with her pricing gun. After saying that she looked up, she was about 2 feet away, and then blushed and started stammering, Ma'am, I mean sir :) I just shrugged it off, I was ok with it, told her it was no problem, but she kept babbling on about how sorry she was. The cashier, packer and me all told her it was ok, but she was totally flustered.
Next stop was the dollar store and waiting at the cash register I heard "Be right there Ma'am!" and then the cashier walked up and started chatting while ringing me up. Next stop was the drugstore and the guy cashier said "Is this all Ma'am?" and rung me up. All this did was put a bemused smile on my face.
But last night I was waiting for a friend at PF Changs and was seated at the table when the waitress came up and "Ma'am what would you like to drink?" So who knows? I'm not trying to be overtly fem, just be myself but I like it.