Quote Originally Posted by smokey the elder View Post
I heard a quote last night from Bill Ritter. It went something like this: he was doing a sound check for President Clinton's first inauguration in 1993. He said something like, "Maya, are you ready this early in the morning?" Without missing a beat, she said, "I'm an elderly Black woman from the South. The proper form of address is 'Miz Angelou'."
Someone didn't have their caffeine that morning?

I 'worked' with a woman who was introduced to me as Ms. XXXXX. - I use sir or ma'am when I worked so I made the 'mistake' of answering her with a 'Yes, ma'am'.

You would have thought that I had called her a biatch.

She corrected me in front of a bunch of people and needless to say I never called her Mz.