> I was raised to always say sir/ma'am I also grew up in Texas and to this day I...

		vel0city 39 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Koreans ask what year you were born > I was raised to always say sir/ma'am I also grew up in Texas and to this day I still tend to use sir/ma'am for most adults I don't know. Every now and then it seems to throw people off. People don't seem to expect to hear "Yes, sir" very often it seems.

I think there's a difference between "excuse me sir, you dropped your wallet" and "yessir".