I disagree.. being politely addressed at any age and i am well over 70 so appreciate it greatly.. and well over the hill and thankfully so,, the view is like nothing you can imagine, wide and fair and wonderful and no more need to struggle and toil up that dratted mountain! They pay me for being old and folk defer to me more and more..Young men open doors! Shop assistants are so helpful..

My surname is Luscombe. Cold callers etc often ask is that Mrs LuscomBEE. To which I reply no, sorry, and put the phone down

Funny lady!

I get annoyed when people spell my name Alison with two L's or with a Y.

Sometimes name pronouciations changes over time . My grans name was helena and was pronounced hell leena but now adays its mostly pronounced helen a .
Sometimes names are pronounced differently in different countries. my sisters name is Evelyn and its pronounced Eeve Lin but in the States they usually say Ever lin.

The majority of our store customers are working guys. What's sweet is when some of them get flirty. After a rough morning hearing "Thank you Beautiful!" can make me smile for the afternoon.

That would be taking great liberties and they would not get away with it! Yes ma'am it is !

My dear old Dad makes me laugh. Must be an age thing. My previous dog was called Nico (knee-co), he always called her Nick-O. My son's girlfriend is Josie and he says it like Jo-say.

Then of course the names get muddled up completely, Daniel my son sometimes get called Andrew (brother)!

Before I got married, I had an Irish surname, begining with O'

It was amazing how many people just called me by the first Irish-sounding surname that popped into their heads - usualy O'Hara (no, sadly, I look nothing like Vivien Leigh and never did!)