Exactly. Too many Yankees moving down South....But I haven’t me a Southerner who wouldn’t say Yes Ma’am ...No Ma’am. Good Manners survive but fewer people recognize them today. Some women get offended and are caught off guard if you call them Ma’am.... (It’s not your age..it’s just the way I was raised!)
You dont know how many times I have said, “Blame my mother”, after upsetting some lady by calling her “ma’am”.