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Originally Posted by livi

I (most Swedes) would probably come off very rude in USA. We donīt have the tradition of using words like Sir or Ma'am. It is a pretty useful phrase however when trying to get the attention of someone unknown. We had the same words in Sweden but they were more or less lost in practice decades ago.

So how do you get the attention of someone whose name you do not know?