I’m a 22-year-old woman and I did some on-site freelance design work for a 70-something man.

Client: (at my office door) What’s the little girl working on?

Me: I’m not a little girl.

Client: You’re not?

Me: No.

He didn’t seem to take that first no seriously though because he called me a little girl again the next day.

Me: I’m still not a little girl.

Client: You’re not?

Me: No.

Client: Is that an offensive thing to be called?

Me: Yes, I’m a college educated professional.

Client: Well, what can I call you? 

Me: My name. Miss. Basically anything other than “little girl.”

Client: That’s cute.