just an aside ....

Dear retail assistants,
I am now officially over your terms of endearment that you feel are an essential aspect of providing me with customer service.
In the last month I have been called:

• darls
• darling
• love
• lovie
• sweetie (by a 20 yr old)
• gorgeous (also by 20 yr old) , and
• dear

I'm just waiting for sweetie, cupcake, honeybun, sweetpea, sugar plum, princess, precious or perhaps poppet is awaiting me ?

Male assistants are a little more cautious:

• madam (well it's an option if the consultancy doesn't work out)
• ma'am (am I THAT old?)
• miss (has been a VERY long time)

or best of all...

• mate (by a young Indian guy)

The terms are typically used in conjunction with short queries - "chips or fries love ? (read any of the above options) and replace extended phrases such as "would you like ...." or "hi" .... or "excuse me.."

I just hope I can cope and my hormones don't get the better of me. A  ' grumpy old woman' moment in public won't be pretty.

LOL

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