Yes sir, yes ma'am.....do kids/young adults still do it?

[terry78]

Watching the San Fran game and Willis was being interviewed by one of the chick reporters, and his response to everything she said was yes or no ma'am, and the commentators afterwards were like, "you notice he says that to everyone, he's a real humble guy, you don't get that anymore." I know that my parents notice when we go somewhere in the south for family reunions a lot of the kids or even the 20 somethings in the fam still use the "sir" or "ma'am" when speaking to older people. Now up here in the north(though in southern Indiana it may as well be Alabama) or either of the coasts, you only get that if the person is your boss or something, and even then it's rare. Is is something you did as a kid or young adult, or still do? Or is it just a foreign concept?

 

[Majic Walrus]

I say Sir and Ma'am. It's polite.

 

[bullets]

I see it done in the South alot more than the North but it seems to be fading away.

 

[Carcharodon]

I do that a lot when interacting with the public. I live on the U.S. west coast.

 

[Carcharodon]

I say Sir and Ma'am. It's polite.

Do you remember that movie Lake Placid, when that dumb ***** got upset with Bill Pullman for calling her Ma'am?

He should have slapped her. Hard.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Do you remember that movie Lake Placid, when that dumb ***** got upset with Bill Pullman for calling her Ma'am?

He should have slapped her. Hard.

Haha... Yeah. People do that to me sometimes too. I really dislike it when people don't appreciate what is common courtesy.

 

[TinkTonks]

As someone who works in retail, you have to sometimes be careful with the whole "ma'am/sir" think. Or else you'll end up ma'am-ing a sir and vise versa! I don't particularly say it, but I always try to be polite and civil. And I'll get a ma'am at least 3 times a week from younger kids or middle aged people. But as long as I was respectful to others, it really wasn't a big thing in our household when I was growing up.

 

[Carcharodon]

Haha... Yeah. People do that to me sometimes too. I really dislike it when people don't appreciate what is common courtesy.

It's like when people get upset that somebody says, "Bless you," when they sneeze. Apparently the pseudo-religious connotation is something to be insulted by.

 

[Bruce Banner]

I still say it but only to people who at first glance I feel deserve it if that makes sense.

 

[TinkTonks]

Haha... Yeah. People do that to me sometimes too. I really dislike it when people don't appreciate what is common courtesy.

Oh yes....I forgot about this too. Sometimes people have a tendency to take umbrage of the ma'am-ing. "Do I look that old?!?! " I feel like asking if they reeeeally want me to answer that question. Or they seem to feel that if you say ma'am to them, you are somehow talking down to them. Somehow sir-ing someone doesn't have the same effect...

 

[katie_girl09]

No one has ever gotten angry at me for calling them "ma'am" or the like. But that's probably because I wouldn't care to notice even if they did.

It's like when people get upset that somebody says, "Bless you," when they sneeze. Apparently the pseudo-religious connotation is something to be insulted by.

I know, right? Like when people get insulted by "Happy/Merry (insert holiday here)". But that's a whole different thread, I think...

 

[Majic Walrus]

It's like when people get upset that somebody says, "Bless you," when they sneeze. Apparently the pseudo-religious connotation is something to be insulted by.

Yeah. I hate that too. People really don't have a good reason to get offended so they make one up.

 

[ComicChick]

Watching the San Fran game and Willis was being interviewed by one of the chick reporters, and his response to everything she said was yes or no ma'am, and the commentators afterwards were like, "you notice he says that to everyone, he's a real humble guy, you don't get that anymore." I know that my parents notice when we go somewhere in the south for family reunions a lot of the kids or even the 20 somethings in the fam still use the "sir" or "ma'am" when speaking to older people. Now up here in the north(though in southern Indiana it may as well be Alabama) or either of the coasts, you only get that if the person is your boss or something, and even then it's rare. Is is something you did as a kid or young adult, or still do? Or is it just a foreign concept?

i was watching the same thing and noticed it as well.

i almost always say sir or ma'am. and its Miss/Mrs or Mr to the older adults and coworkers. I'm all about manners. please and thank you

 

[Go Web Go!]

I'll drop a sir or ma'am from time to time, but I'm real old fashioned. I rarely ever come across anyone that still addresses someone using those terms, so much so that I was shocked when an extended family member (12 year old) came into town over the summer and called everyone sir or ma'am. You just don't see it nowaday, at least I don't, personally.

 

[Jolly Rolly]

People nowadays just go "yeah" "uh huh" "a'ight" or if you live in east Los
Angeles you'll hear "orale buey" which means "ok dude".

 

[Manic]

I say "sir" and "miss." Learn to show some respect, cretins.

 

[Wolfwood]

I tend to do that at work, but not so much in my regular social life.

One of my friend's tends to use the word "Boss" when talking to other men.

 

[Anubis]

I call people bozo and Suga pants.

 

[The Guard]

I hear it when there's respect involved. People don't say it much in public anymore.

Funny true story:

Working as a bagboy, years ago, one of my friends is playing the role of BAGBOY a lane over.

SOMETHING approaches...we don't know whether SOMETHING is a male or female, as it has...both distinctions. Facial hair, breasts, etc. Basically, Pat.

BAGBOY
Paper or plastic, Ma'am.

SOMETHING glares at BAGBOY.

SOMETHING
(Deep voice)
Paper.

BAGBOY
Oh, I'm sorry...I thought you were a woman.

SOMETHING
(Deep voice)
I am.

 

[Manic]

I hear it when there's respect involved. People don't say it much in public anymore.

Funny true story:

Working as a bagboy, years ago, one of my friends is playing the role of BAGBOY a lane over.

SOMETHING approaches...we don't know whether SOMETHING is a male or female, as it has...both distinctions. Facial hair, breasts, etc. Basically, Pat.

BAGBOY
Paper or plastic, Ma'am.

SOMETHING glares at BAGBOY.

SOMETHING
(Deep voice)
Paper.

BAGBOY
Oh, I'm sorry...I thought you were a woman.

SOMETHING
(Deep voice)
I am.

 

[terry78]

Then what was the initial glare for?

 

[SuperFerret]

I don't. The less I say to people, the less crap I have to deal with.

 

[E-Man]

I still say it out of habit from time to time, but I really don't get caught up in it anymore since my viewpoint on respect has drastically changed since I've become an adult.

 

[CelticPredator]

I call everyone sir. But in a mocking way.

Cant do it in a serious way....I just cannot.

 

[Anubis]