About word "Mom"

[Seancallan]

Hello.
Could you help me about a word "Mom"?
I watched the American drama and a man said to an waitress "You're fired, Mom.", but she didin't look like his mom. I mean she looked younger a little bit for his mother.
Is it possible that he used the word "Mom" as "Mrs" "Modam" or "an older lady"?
Or it couldn't be anyone but his real mother?

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the board, Seancallan,

You may have misheard the word ma'am, which can sound a lot like mom.

It's the female equivalent of 'sir'.

Rover

[RonBee]

It's possible that the woman was just young looking for her age. The word "ma'am" seems a bit formal to use when telling someone that she has been fired.

[TheParser]

Hello.
Could you help me about a word "Mom"?
I watched the American drama and a man said to an waitress "You're fired, Mom.", but she didin't look like his mom. I mean she looked younger a little bit for his mother.
Is it possible that he used the word "Mom" as "Mrs" "Modam" or "an older lady"?
Or it couldn't be anyone but his real mother?

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

I can tell you that sometimes rude young people use "Pops"

(from "papa") to refer to older men. I am an old man. Occasionally

some young person (usually a male) will say:

Excuse me, Pops. You're in my way.

(Of course, I am not his father. If I were, I would have raised him

to have better manners.)

(2) So I could easily imagine some young man addressing

a woman as "Mom." It is not so polite as "Ma'am," but it is a lot

nicer than: You're fired, old woman.

[Seancallan]

Thank you very much for answering my question.
I will watch the drama again and think about the possibility of "ma'am".

Best regards,

Seancallan