Aging (not so) Gracefully
Barista: “Hello, ma’am, welcome to Starbucks. What would you like today, ma’am?”
Me (thinking): “I’d like for you to stop calling me ma’am in Starbucks, you punk! You’re making me look old!”
Barista: “Hello, ma’am, welcome to Starbucks. What would you like today, ma’am?”
Me (thinking): “I’d like for you to stop calling me ma’am in Starbucks, you punk! You’re making me look old!”
June 25, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Same for me when people call me Mrs. Thomas. That’s my mother-in-law, and she’s dead.