while on the topic of the first name thread...
GreenTeaDisease
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My first name, which I do not care to share right now, is a fairly normal name, however, the spelling is NOT normal, and to make matters worse, if you change one or two letters, you can get 4 other fairly common names. People get it wrong ALL the time. They get it wrong if they've just received an email from me with my name, obviously, spelled correctly. Relatives I've known my whole life get it wrong. And my last name is what you might call "ethnic" but it is not difficult to spell or pronounce at all, yet people get it wrong ALL the time. My friend who has a very complicated, spelling-wise, muslim last name was just complaining about a new butchering someone made of it...and I just don't get it...when I am emailing someone or meeting them for the first time, I make sure I have their name correct. If it is a name that can be spelled different ways, I make sure I have correct. I just feel like it is polite to get someone's name correct! Does anyone agree? I mean I've just stopped responding to people who call me one of the 4 other closely related names to my name.
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Sometimes we call my daughter Smelly Smelly Annabelly.
We figure that we're toughening her up for the playground.
My name is Jenna and people have called me "Jenny" and "Gina" my entire life. I feel your pain.
My name has five letters. It is spelled in the most logical and phonetic way possible. I don't see what makes it so hard.
For this reason, I try very hard to pronounce and spell people's names correctly!
Althought I agree, I am absolutely horrible at names! Not the pronunciation, but rather the remembering. Not an age thing either. Always been that way. Guess it could be laziness.
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
it's not when people *forget* my name that I have a problem with. that is fine. I just think it's rude-and VERY unprofessional-to say, email a colleague and make up whatever name you want for them, when their real name is right there in front of you or easily accessible.
That is terrible. I'm glad I have such a common name sometimes!
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
I have trouble remembering names, too. I hate it. I need to work on that, but I don't know how. Does anyone have any tips?
I know they say word association helps but I'll probably end up calling the person "Bob Banana" instead of just Bob.
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
If I can't remember someone's name, I usually just ask them.
A couple weeks ago I called someone by the completely wrong name. I think their name was Elissa and I called them Julie or something
i'm the same.....a tip i try to do is when someone says their name to you, say it back
"hi. i'm dick hertz."
"please to meet you dick."
In the rare occurence that I meet someone named Dick I always have to be careful to not be too emphatic with it's pronunciation. Problems can and will arise. One of my first jobs in high school had the manager I worked for named Dick. Needless to say there was a lot of "Hey DICK, how are ya" or "Thanks DICK for not giving me the day off". Good times.
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
seriously...your name is richard and you choose to go by dick....c'mon rich, rick anything but dick....:D
Maybe I'll just use that as my excuse, too.
Yeah, I've heard that one before. I need to do that.
Guess that won't go over too well at work?!?
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"