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yesterday i was digging through a rack of khaki pants at banana republic when a salesman came up to me and said "can i help you sir?"
SIR!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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yesterday i was digging through a rack of khaki pants at banana republic when a salesman came up to me and said "can i help you sir?"
SIR!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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No worries, Meisa. I used to get called ma'am all the time when I had long hair.
Posted by: george | May 8, 2005 03:25 PM
it was just a mistake, i'm sure. i do that sort of thing a lot: you know, meaning to say one thing and saying something completely different instead. once i said "yes, ma'am" to a man, who i KNEW was a man, but it just came out of my mouth! i had no control!
Posted by: cynthia | May 9, 2005 07:44 AM
at least maybe you can mistake that for "yes man" cynthia.
i guess i was looking through men's pants, and i had my hair pulled back. but still!
Posted by: meisa | May 9, 2005 08:57 AM
Interesting.... You know, Naysan used to sometimes be called "ma'am" - so bothersome that he considered tatooing a "Y" on his forehead. The similarity between the two of you strikes again.
Posted by: shokufeh | May 9, 2005 02:16 PM