customers and their questions

[TonyF]

Oh yes, I get asked and commented about my name, Tony, which is funny because I have one of the most common names out there.


Variants that I've been called:
"T-Bone"
"Tony Baloney"
"Tone Tone"
"T"
"T-Dawg"
"Tony the Tiger" (I like this one a lot!)

I've even had people misread it:
"Troy"
"Toy" (What!?)

I was also asked if I was in the mob. I took it as a compliment.

[Cazzi]

My name is a very common biblical name that is traditionally shortened - it's not David, but assume it is. I don't like - to the point of "refuse to answer to" - Dave

My son had problems the other way, his name is the shortened version of another fairly biblical name but he was forever getting it lengthened by teachers & other grown ups, as in David instead of Dave. (again, not his name.)
Was very funny on the way in to primary school when one of his little friends behind us called out "Hi Dave" and was immediately told off by his mother for contracting peoples names. She was a little embarrassed when I mentioned she was telling her son off for nothing

Another primary school name story happened as we're also cursed with one of those awkward last names, sort of along the lines of Dork (it isn't).
Little friend yelled "Hi Dave Dork" & was immediately dragged off by his mother telling him off for being rude & how he should be ashamed of himself. I think I managed to keep a straight face long enough to comment that unfortunately some people were stuck with unfortunate last names

Somehow I get the feeling he's changing that last name as soon as he hits 18

[mharbourgirl]

I'm glad I'm not alone in this.

Ok, look. My first name is Teresa. Note the spelling. My great-grandmother was Russian, I'm named after her. There is no French/Norman in my ancestry and my name is NOT spelled 'Theresa/Therese'. Nor is it spelled Tresa, Tracy, Tessa, Treese, or any other bizarre combination you can mangle it into.

You have no idea how surprised I am when someone spells it right. Half my co-workers blindly add an 'H' in there even when they're replying to an email and my name is spelled out in my work sig. It's right THERE in front of you and you can't even spell it right? And YOU have a Ph.D?

[Chromatix]

On the subject of misheard names, my surname occasionally gets mistyped. When one particular letter gets dropped, it turns into an insult... and usually it's unintentional.

It also gets misspelled by adding a letter, but that's just a regional variant that sounds the same.

[wraiths_crono]

Heh, for me its quite fun, at the work forum I use my online tag (which is the end of my name here and always seems to be a point of entertainment , at work and in reality I use my middle name, always have, its just when someone sees my real first name that they start asking questions, questions questions, like I am hiding from the police or something using my middle name.

[Imogene]

I intentionally shorten my first name because growing up with THAT as your first name WILL scar you for life... and, when I tell people that the name I go by is a nickname, everyone adds letters to the end, instead of the beginning... my legal name is so uncommon no one ever guesses it.
However, my last name tends to get "Row, row, row your boat" sung at me from people who think they're hilarious.
Soon as I move out, I AM getting my name changed legally, from start to end...

[JustaCashier]

My legal first name is Mike, not Michael.

My older (by three years) Brother's name is Patrick, and Mom wanted "Pat and Mike", I guess in honor of her Irish heritage.

For whatever reason, Dad apparently didn't like the name Michael, so he told as long as it was simply left as Mike, that would be okay.

It hasn't really been a problem, except for the occasional questioning of it when legal name is an important issue.

So, I just explain the story above, and they're like "Okay, no problem!"

Mike

[Daemonmonkey]

My name is a very common biblical name that is traditionally shortened - it's not David, but assume it is. I don't like...

So, your name is Jesus, and people tend to call you Jeez...? <bfeg>


I have a rather long name, two first names and two last names (a b c d)
I've made a search for two of my names, the ones I'm known usually (a c) on the Internet, and AFAIK I'm the only one named that way...

My first name is a rather unusual russian name, and the second a rather common spanish one. I've lost count of all the times I've received letters spelled wrong, in spite of me spelling it out. And the variations! Imagination is the limit...

I've been spelling out my name, 15 letters, the military way (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie) so often, that now I can spit it out, at the amazing speed of 15 letter in under 4 seconds...

[sarasquirrel]

my name is Sara...pretty simple

though, i hate it when the "h" gets added. no h!!!

customers dont know our last names, except the store manager and the rx manager. if they did see my last name, no one would pronounce it right lol, plus they would spell that one wrong too. its not common at all. haha

[AyreBiskits]

I never found a pencil, coffee mug, plastic vanity plate, keychain or anything else with my own name on it, this has scarred me for life. I still can't find anything with my own name on it. I might still be bitter about that...

oh i know how that is my mom added another letter to my name so my grandma would be able to pronounce it. so i've never had the personalized anything. just one damn letter!!! and OMG the ways people have tried to spell it is insane.

[EricKei]

My brother was named after a Scottish boat captain that my parents were friends with. His middle name, however (Parke), we have no idea where that came from >_<

My name is Eric, and I got that because...well...It's an awesome name ^_^ Who wouldn't want it?

Our last name gets mangled fairly often, tho. It starts with K, and using that as a spoken abbreviation is what lead to my using the handle that I have been using for over fifteen years now. Far be it from me to pass up the opportunity to immortalize a bad pun It's still reasonably unique, as the internet goes ~ I found out years later that a Chinese soccer player has that as his actual name (or, at least, as a "stage name"). Unfortunately, I'm no athlete x.x