The sales people that work here are really high maintenance. They constantly need me to do things for them such as transfer a call, schedule a conference room, or impart some trivial piece of knowledge about the company which they should know better than the girl who has only been here six months, but don't, like, "what is our 800 number?" Then whenever I help them they say "thank you ma'am" in this syrupy, cheerful, and somewhat patronizing way that makes me wonder if they coordinated it on purpose during a meeting once or if one of them started saying it and it just caught on. I know it's a well intentioned comment, but there's something about being called "ma'am" that just throws me every time.   ¶ 3:04 PM