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My Name is Jordan. / 07.10.08, 09:42 AM
So a terribly common theme this year is people forgetting my name. It certainly doesn’t help that one of my teammates looks remotely like me and has a name that sounds remotely like mine. When trying to get my attention, people almost more often than not say “Hey Joe!”
I understand all that when people are from different cultures it’s easier to mix up names, but it’s getting to be a bit much. At first it was funny. Then it was really annoying. Then I got over it. Now I’m really tired of it. I’ve been her almost a year. My name is not Joe. We don’t even look that much alike. And even if we did, I was born first, so Joe looks like me. I don’t look like him (no offense Joe).
Yesterday one guy even went as far as to call me “Joey.” I was thinking “you gotta be kiddin’ me.” No one calls Joe “Joey.” And I’m not Joe.
Jordan. Like Michael. I’m in Chicago. It shouldn’t be that hard to remember, right?
My name is Jordan.
Peace.
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Alternatively, I have the problem where people pronounce my name about 6 different ways (that have been identified to this point – there may be more possibilities I have not yet heard). I know you want examples now, but I’ll leave that to your imagination. Though I might blog about it sometime soon too. Granted, I would admit that this is less serious than being accused of being Joe. Seriously though, you should start identifying yourself as Jordan – like Michael. Just as you said. Though then you’ll probably just be called Michael instead.
By Andrea in NL / Jul 10, 01:17 PM / #
Gloria calls me Joe. Ridiculous. I also get called Rusty and Paul relatively often. Not comparing, because it’s way worse for you, just contributing :)
By N-Dub / Jul 10, 06:18 PM / #