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NPC
04/25/2024
01:17 AM
#1
I have a couple of coworkers who dont use my preferred name when speaking to me or about me with other coworkers. Ive reminded them each at least 7-8 times that Id prefer they use my lifelong nickname and not my legal name. One will usually use my preferred name for a couple of days after being reminded but then always goes right back to the one I dont like.

Its not a major difference in names either. Think Joseph asking to be called Joe or Richard asking to be called Rick. Pretty easy to remember. When youve asked them multiple times to call you Joe and they continue calling you Joseph, its just disrespectful.

How should I address this so they will start remembering? Though at this point it seems less like a memory issue and more of an Im doing this because I know it annoys you issue.
Glob
04/25/2024
01:19 AM
#2
My boss always uses my full first name despite the fact that nobody else does. I dont really mind, but I also dont get it.
BDSMKane
04/25/2024
01:27 AM
#3
Is thisis this bait?
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GrandConjuraton
04/25/2024
01:27 AM
#4
BDSMKane posted...
Is thisis this bait?
Probably.
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04/25/2024
01:28 AM
#5
I didnt know we had teens on CE in 2024.
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Sufferedphoenix
04/25/2024
01:29 AM
#6
BDSMKane posted...
Is thisis this bait?
No it is annoying. I've had the opposite problem though. I prefer my legal name but I've had people insist on calling me by the short version.
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FolkenRawr
04/25/2024
01:30 AM
#7
BDSMKane posted...
Is thisis this bait?

Yes.
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Sputnik1337
04/25/2024
01:31 AM
#8
Find a new job.
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Yazarogi
04/25/2024
01:35 AM
#9
That sucks
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Axiom
04/25/2024
01:39 AM
#10
Lol
pjnelson
04/25/2024
01:57 AM
#11
I've had two different people named Michael Hunt at my work place, and both of them are adamant about being called Michael and not Mike. They don't appreciate people paging for them by the shortened version. I thought it was odd that we had not one but two by this exact name but later I was told one was the other's father. If he hated his name so much, why burden his son with it?

I'm not making this up as a lame joke.
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Arcanine2009
04/25/2024
02:00 AM
#12
Change your legal name to your nickname

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noisetank
04/25/2024
02:00 AM
#13
where'd you find this copypasta
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Sufferedphoenix
04/25/2024
02:10 AM
#14
pjnelson posted...
I've had two different people named Michael Hunt at my work place, and both of them are adamant about being called Michael and not Mike. They don't appreciate people paging for them by the shortened version. I thought it was odd that we had not one but two by this exact name but later I was told one was the other's father. If he hated his name so much, why burden his son with it?

I'm not making this up as a lame joke.
Was he a Jr or did he have a different middle name. Cause that's the solution Michale Jr or Michale and first initial of his middle name.

I used to piss my grandad off if I called him Jr. He'd start griping and say I'm not a Jr my dad is dead and I'd ask him what his birth certificate says on it.
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loafy013
04/25/2024
05:01 AM
#15
Are you the newest employee? If they already had a Joe then you'll get to be Joseph by default unless you tell them to use Joey.
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_Valigarmanda_
04/25/2024
05:09 AM
#16
Hey T-Bone!
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thisworld
04/25/2024
05:24 AM
#17
Weird gimmick

https://reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1cbed7c/coworkers_refuse_to_use_my_preferred_name/

BDSMKane posted...
Is thisis this bait?
Dunno, seems tc just copy pasted this one from reddit.
PurpleOutsider
04/25/2024
05:31 AM
#18
Arcanine2009 posted...
Change your legal name to your nickname
Actress Ginnifer Goodwin did something like that. Her name was Jennifer, but her family always pronounced it Ginnifer. Then a college professor refused to pronounce it like that. So she legally changed the spelling.
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Bass
04/25/2024
05:34 AM
#19
I have a coworker that uses my full name instead of my nickname that I prefer. I really don't get it either. I mean I even call him by his nickname, so I don't know why he doesn't extend that courtesy to me. I've never said anything, though, since it's not that big of a deal, but it's weird.
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Karovorak
04/25/2024
05:42 AM
#20
At my place this could be an actual real and relevant problem.

Mostly because of some problematic first name.
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rexcrk
04/25/2024
05:45 AM
#21
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blistr
04/25/2024
05:56 AM
#22
I realise this is a copypasta but for the longest time I hated being referred to by the long version of my name. Now I sign off emails and texts using it, and introduce myself with it too.
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Lukey_Bug
04/25/2024
06:32 AM
#23
I honestly dont give a shit what version of my name anyone uses. My names Sam. Im not particularly fond of Sammy but there's been a few people who can call me that that I don't mind.

Also a job I used to work at this girl would accentuate my name to Sam-you-el when we would tease each other. I fuckin loved that lol

I don't want this man's life, I want his sandwiches.
Evening_Dragon
04/25/2024
06:35 AM
#24
I couldn't conceive of picking what version of my name people use. So many permutations and nicknames. Only my parents use my full name.
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El_Marsh
04/25/2024
07:04 AM
#25
I mean, if your nickname is "Ass Lord ," then I probably wouldn't use it either. I probably wouldn't communicate with you at all, as a matter of fact.
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NPC
04/25/2024
09:55 AM
#26
thisworld posted...
Weird gimmick
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Murphiroth
04/25/2024
09:57 AM
#27
thisworld posted...
Weird gimmick

https://reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1cbed7c/coworkers_refuse_to_use_my_preferred_name/

Dunno, seems tc just copy pasted this one from reddit.

Yeah it's not the first time he's done that, there's no original thoughts rattling around up there.

shyguybry
04/25/2024
10:00 AM
#28
Deadnaming is wrong.
Heineken14
04/25/2024
10:02 AM
#29
thisworld posted...
Weird gimmick

https://reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1cbed7c/coworkers_refuse_to_use_my_preferred_name/

Dunno, seems tc just copy pasted this one from reddit.

He did that in another topic as well. Seems to be part of his gimmick.
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bigblu89
04/25/2024
10:02 AM
#30
BDSMKane posted...
Is thisis this bait?

Yes. It is.

I have this person tagged as a righty troll, so there's zero chance they are posting this in good faith.
It takes zero effort to be a good person.
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