Sorry Ms!!

[customersruinmylife]

A student from the school was excluded for a week for fighting. The incident caused quite an upset in the school, and there has been a lot of debate about whether this student will be allowed back into the school at all. But that is just the background for this thread.

A letter was sent home to his mother, detailing what happened and why he was not allowed back in school. After receiving the letter, the mother stormed into the school, positively outraged.

Was she outraged about her son's behaviour? No.

Was she outraged that he had been excluded? No.

Was she outraged that he might not be allowed back in school at all? Of course not.

She was outraged because on the letter that was sent home, it was addressed to Mrs.

"I AM NOT MARRIED! YOU WILL ADDRESS ME AS MS!

Yeah, that's all she was concerned about.

[telecom_goddess]

sigh

[NateTheChops]

Wow...that kid really gave up the opportunity to get away from her for at least six hours a day? That was the defining characteristic of school for me. A place to get away from my psychotic parents.

[Sheldonrs]

Well if she focuses on her title instead of the issue, then she doesn't have to do anything.

I had a donor call us up a few years ago to complain because we addressed her letter as "Ms.". She insisted that Ms. indicates she's divorced. I tried to explain that all it means is her marital status is unknown but she kept telling me I was wrong because her sister told her so!

[Jay 2K Winger]

I'd be tempted to carve the letters "MS" followed by a very forceful full stop into her forehead.

But then, that wouldn't be ... eloquent enough.

[Argabarga]

I think I'm starting to see the root of the kids problems... call it a hunch

[BlaqueKatt]

"I AM NOT MARRIED! YOU WILL ADDRESS ME AS MS!

well ma'am with an attitude like that.....(fill in the blank)

[jjc927]

I can see why she's indeed NOT married!

[Rena_Muffin]

Wow. Just...wow. I'd see if there was a way to ensure all mail that came her way was addressed Mrs.

[LillFilly]

Poor apple doesn't have a chance, does he?

[Betweenshades]

"I'll remove that 'R' for you, Ma'am."

People get bent out of shape for the smallest reasons. If she gets this angry over something this small and fixable, I don't want to be in the same timezone when something really bad happens.

BF and I get all KINDS of weird name variants because we don't have the same last name. It's really, really funny!

[MournBlade]

I would have told her point blank to have her husband fill out the appropriate paperwork and we would fix it. Then wait for her head to eplode...

[Tama]

Heck, I'd be happy someone was calling me MRS...

[wolfie]

A student from the school was excluded for a week for fighting. The incident caused quite an upset in the school, and there has been a lot of debate about whether this student will be allowed back into the school at all. But that is just the background for this thread.

A letter was sent home to his mother, detailing what happened and why he was not allowed back in school. After receiving the letter, the mother stormed into the school, positively outraged.

Was she outraged about her son's behaviour? No.

Was she outraged that he had been excluded? No.

Was she outraged that he might not be allowed back in school at all? Of course not.

She was outraged because on the letter that was sent home, it was addressed to Mrs.

"I AM NOT MARRIED! YOU WILL ADDRESS ME AS MS!

Yeah, that's all she was concerned about.

Looks like the mother admitted that the kid is not only a son-of-a-bitch, but also a proper bastard.

[Barracuda]

This is why I have a problem being professional with female customers over the phone. If I call them Miss, I get, "I'm MARRIED, hello!" If I address them as Ma'am, I get, "Do I SOUND old enough to be called Ma'am? Call me Miss!" No matter which form of address I pick, it's wrong. Drives me CRAZY to the point I refuse to play at all-I address them by their first name if I have to address them at all.