As a child, I had a very high voice. On the way to my fiftieth birthday, as a man with a full beard, I still sometimes have this high voice. I feel like a trill

As a child, I had a very high voice. On the way to my fiftieth birthday, as a man with a full beard, I still sometimes have this high voice. I feel like a trillion times people have called me "Miss" on the phone. I usually wait a few seconds and politely correct them. In most cases, people have apologized directly and the conversation moved on. In very few cases they moved on without apologizing. In virtually no cases did they ignore my hint. Yes, there are rude and ignorant people out there. And they will always be. From my experience, it is manners that lead to better interaction, not syntactical changes in language. Because you can't create empathy with neologisms. And the best way to deal with rude people - stay away from them ;-)