Sunday, May 04, 2008

Ma'am/Sir

Did it ever happen to you?
You walk inside a restaurant/shop/store alone and the greeting person greets you enthusiastically with:

Good morning Ma'am/Sir!

Hey,pal... are you confused? Can't you see? I'm a girl. And it also happens even if you are with a bunch of friends and you are all girls. The "Sir" is still there in the greeting. I can understand being greeted "Good morning" in the afternoon. How come they dont say "Good morning/afternoon ma'am/sir".

No. I'm not angry. I'm just... amused. ^___^

2 comments:

Sarah said...

Haha! I know exactly what you mean. Natatawa na lang ako pag nangyayari yun. Minsan sinasabihan ko siya na "mag-isa lang naman ako, a." Hehe.

Anonymous said...

eh kasi naman hindi taos sa puso ang pagbati nila. required sila na batiin ang lahat ng customer. so over time nakasanayan na nilang bumati pag may papasok sa pinto. pag may dumaan, automatic na ang pagbati. yun nga lang dahil automatic na, hindi na nila tinitingnan kung sir, ma'aam o sir-ma'am ang dumadaan. mas madali para sa kanila ang magsabi na lang ng sir/ma'am.