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I just gave the amazon delivery man a little lecture on the meaning of 'Ms'

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StealingSleep · 14/12/2015 13:24

I don't usually care too much if people assign me the wrong title, but he specifically asked, then put miss instead of ms on his gadget, so I corrected him. He seemed confused and asked why not Miss? So I explained that generally people took Miss to mean unmarried, Mrs to mean married, and that Ms means it's none of your business, just like Mr doesn't announce a man's marital status. He still seemed confused and seemed to think that Miss and Ms were interchangeable. But by that point he'd finished tapping on his gadget and I was getting cold so I left it. I hope something sticks though!

To be clear, he seemed genuinely interested to get it right, I don't normally give lectures on my doorstep :)

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MyLifeisaboxofwormgears · 14/12/2015 13:34

And the default for any form is ALWAYS Mr.

That really annoys me

5madthings · 14/12/2015 13:32

Oh I get this as well. Dh and I got married this year, after 17 yrs and 5 kids... I haven't changed my name and go by Ms my name.

The amount of questions and confusion and some peoole think it must be illegal tgst I haven't changed my name, don't use Mrs... Fgs.

Nothighgaphere · 14/12/2015 13:29

I had this with the tesco delivery man. He said the lads were talking about it at the shop and he said to them that he would ask me about it when he delivered to me. I explained to him it was about sexual equality, and I could see that he got the concept but had never ever thought about it before!

HermioneWeasley · 14/12/2015 13:26

Well done! Grin

ImperialBlether · 14/12/2015 13:26

Whenever I say "Ms", people say "Oh, you're divorced."

It makes me mad when you fill in an online form and there are three options for women and one for a man. It's 2015 ffs!