Nicknames at the workplace

[Cyanocobalamin]

One of my coworkers calls himself "Ricey", alluding to his racial background. I just call him my "Little Twin Brother".... being that we were born of different parents exactly one year apart, we have quite a bit in common.

I'm sure my LTB has a secret nickname for me that has something to do with alcohol, dangerous chemicals or nuclear weapons.

He calls our other coworker, our immediate supervisor "Cake Batter".

Note: If either one of you are reading this, feel free to publicly address me as "Keeper of the Special Water."

[Imogene]

Hmmm... let's see... Third Key and I used to use 'code names' when referring to our coworkers and their particular lunacies...

I think the one I called Goth AM here was known as Dumbsh*t between the two of us...
Stoner was a part timer like myself, who got hired about the same time, and was going to school for chiropractors. He would hang out in the store and do absolutely nothing. Oh, wait, no, he'd practice his golf swing, in mime. He talked to me until he asked me if I thought "Kate Hudson was hot?" (referring to our trailer for "How to lose a guy in 10 days") "Uh, no, not really...?" "Well, what about Matthew Macconaughey?" "Never thought about it, but, yeah, he's hot, I suppose." That shut him up but good. He and Third Key had a long falling out after Goth came into the picture as AM, as we're pretty sure Stoner latched on to AM's when they were hired, in hopes of never being forced to do anything he didn't want to. They'd go out to bars after work, and would gang up in trying to get Third Key in trouble. Never worked, luckily.
Okay, the other name we used was Redneck, for Homophobic AM. He was long gone by that time, though, it was just so Stoner wouldn't try to report anything back to Goth. Redneck had a huge problem just before he quit. Care to guess what that was? Oh, that's right, there was going to be an area-wide store meeting the weekend after he left. He was worried that he was supposed to show up for it. Uh, dumbass? You're going to be in Kansas by then, right?

When I worked for Target, we had one coworker whom everyone called Gazelle. No, I don't know the origin behind that name, but she was always very chipper.

At McD's, we had: JB, the Bizzle, and just B. All for the same manager.

The only nickname I've ever had at work was at Chesterfield, where the nice AM and final SM both called me Ms. *last name*

[Jpurple]

We have three women at work who all have the same name. It gets a little confusing for my kids as they have to deal with all three of them, so there's Miss <name>, Ms. <name>-<name>, and 'Fern's mommy'. We also have 3 other women who also share a name (and this is a SMALL school!) They're generally referred to as 'Loud Ms. <name>', 'Grade 2 Ms. <name>', and 'Office Ms. <name>'
It can get very confusing, but everyone knows who you mean when you say 'Loud Ms. <name>'!! Or even 'The loud one'( 'cause you can hear her across the hallway from behind a closed door, even at her regular volume....)

[janitordba]

at one point we had a support manager who we called "big mama" or "tank". this lady was built like a brick shithouse and had a massive mullet. scary lady.

[Becks]

I think I forgot to mention Cashier Anthony and Pink Haired Anthony from the good ol' days of Goodwill.

[SuperDan]

I'm known as Big Daddy or Big D or some variation on that (because of my size). I'm also known as Butterball, because somebody paid me $10 to eat a stick of butter straight. (Easiest $10 I ever made.)

There are a few co-workers whose nicknames are just variations of their actual names (B-Rad, Russ-cat, JonnyB, ScottyB, etc). A former store manager was known (behind his back, not to his face) by his middle name which he hated--Hampton. Then of course our former grocery manager was known as MulletBitch, and I hope that name is self-explanatory.

[Bella_Vixen]

Most (if not all) of these were confirmed upon the people by Becks when we worked at the place our mother works at:

Young Chad and Chad the Elder (obvious reasons)
Young Tim (we also had another Tim but he wasn't worthy of a nickname)
Greggers
probably a few more
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About a year ago, at my store, we hired a girl named Elizabeth. Seeing as how my name is Elizabeth and we both refused to be called Liz, we all came up with Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II (<---I still refer to her as such even though she doesn't work with us anymore. Too bad. She was a great coworker.)

Then there was Tater Tot. One day, she stopped to buy lunch for us on her way to work. She wanted "taters" (french fries), and since they are a weakness of mine, I said OK. Just for fun, she and I started referring to each other as "Tater." My BF demanded to be let in on the game, so he became Big Tater (he's 6'), I became "Little Tater" (I'm 5') and A became Tater Tot (she claimed to be 5'2" but she was only about 4'10). It seemed cute at the time.

At the garden store, we had 2 cashiers named Melissa, so I just started calling one "Chica" and the other was just Melissa. Judith was "Mom" because she remind me of my mom (I still call her so when I see her at the Evil Empire store).

[Becks]

Most (if not all) of these were confirmed upon the people by Becks when we worked at the place our mother works at:

Young Chad and Chad the Elder (obvious reasons)
Young Tim (we also had another Tim but he wasn't worthy of a nickname)
Greggers
probably a few more

Petey Pajamas
Howdy Doody
I KNOW I'm forgetting a few

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I got a new nickname for certain wenches who work in softlines during the day--The Sob Sisters.

I swear they are never happy unless they are gossiping about someone or bitching about something. Today one of them confronted me about something I did a week ago--I moved all the baby booster and car seats and strollers to different shelves so I could organize barstools up there.

She was like "Why did you move all that stuff, where am I supposed to put stuff, I have to bend way over to pick up that stuff, blah blah blah bling bling bling blah!"

I'm thinking "Why the hell are you getting your panties in a twist over having to bend over? That's all I ever do during work!"

Whiny, complainy people suck.

[MadMike]

where am I supposed to put stuff, I have to bend way over

I think she answered her own question.

[Becks]

I'm thinking "Why the hell are you getting your panties in a twist over having to bend over? That's all I ever do during work!"

Oh, so many things I could say but I won't.

[Tufty]

My various nicknames...

Alexandra - People trying to piss me off by calling me the girls version of my actual name
Ryan - After someone repeatedly got my name wrong and called me Ryan all the time.
Teddy - Because at the time i had short, fluffy hair, and hugged people a lot
Bernard - Hard to say why... Guess i just had some odd friends
Tufty (the Squirrel) - My grandmother once said that I looked like Tufty the Squirrel (50's road safety squirrel), and i liked it.
Jesus - On account of the fact that i now look like Jesus, if he were homeless
Vortex - Because I also look like Vortex, the bassist from black metal band Dimmu Borgir, and can do that metal twirly moshing thing with my hair
And...
Jetorx - From my friend, who couldnt decide whether I looked more like Jesus or Vortex.

[Casino Jockey]

we have a dude we call santa. he has red hair so we reakon he has a red sack as well

[jashme]

My boss calls me Mandy(which is very close to my real name) because he says I remind him of Mandy from the cartoon The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. I call him Ass a lot of the times, and yes to his face( we are really laid back). My other boss I call Sweet pea, he called me Ms. Mandy. See there is respect there

[Bella_Vixen]

Becks also named a manager type Snick-Snack. It was pretty funny.