And lo on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:17:12 -0000, Nicolas Alvarez  
<nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> did spake, saying:


>> Actually, where it bugs me is in customer service. You never use  
>> he/she, but you use sir, mam, miss, mrs, etc., and its too damn easy  
>> when tired and/or distracted to mess that up. Something like "ker"  
>> which was used in C.J. Cherryh's Chanur series as a kind of general  
>> honorific would be a whole hell of a lot less a) embarassing, b)  
>> insulting to people that are offended easy, and c) likely to be  
>> misused. So, yeah, I would vote for some set of gender neutral words  
>> too.

I saw an elderly gentleman try to catch the attention of a store clerk  
with "Young lady" before *he* turned around to face him. Didn't quite get  
it admittedly the guy had a long pony-tail (ditto), but he was moving  
about putting things on shelves which the elderly gent could see? Meh.

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