I know this realy isnt health but i wanted women to answer.
I work with the general public and on serving them i have to take there name down, but find it very difficult to cover the question Miss, Mrs or Ms without insulting the lady customer.
Please help.........
2006-06-27 10:06:21 · 13 answers · asked by spud 3 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Ha ha ha ha. I also work with the public and have the same problem! What I do usually is I ask their surname and then I say 'Is that Miss or Mrs Smith?' but I find they tend to be kind of defensive (either way) and raise their eyebrows at me when answering! Ha ha ha... yeah... so I'm not sure how to deal with the situation to be honest. But nice to know I'm not the only one!
2006-06-27 10:14:39 · answer #1 · answered by Mountaineer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I usually just use Ms because it covers everything but you could just ask is it Mrs. or Miss? Ms is pronounced with a z not an s like miss.
2006-06-27 10:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by azulj 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ms suits me.
Might sound like a defective bumble B, but seems 2 B what most women prefer.
I don't like Mrs, 2 many duff english jokes.
2006-06-27 10:18:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ms. is what you use if you don't know. Or you can just say, "do you prefer Miss, Ms, Mrs. or Ma'am. I'm just asking because my mother taught me to always be curteous to ladies." that way they think, aww...what a gentleman.
2006-06-27 10:26:17 · answer #4 · answered by rebecca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ms. is actually pronounced "Mizz" and it covers all women regardless of marital status. I learned this working as a receptionist and administrative assistant at a company were most of our clients (I'd say 95%) are female.
2006-06-27 10:15:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ms covers all bases.
I hate being called Miss as I am married, but Ms is OK.
2006-06-27 10:11:08 · answer #6 · answered by MISS B.ITCH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stick with Ms. It's neutral, and offends the fewest people. I'm divorced, and get called "Mrs." and it bugs the living heck out of me.
2006-06-27 10:18:14 · answer #7 · answered by locolady98 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ms (pronounced Miss) is always good. It makes older women feel younger, and younger women feel older.
2006-06-27 10:13:15 · answer #8 · answered by Victoria 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont like being called Ms.!!!!! Ask what their title is....they might be...Lady of something else.
2006-06-27 10:23:07 · answer #9 · answered by beyond paradise 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May I ask the title you prefer me to use on this form?
2006-06-27 10:21:16 · answer #10 · answered by greenfrogs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋