Topic: What really, really grinds my gears: People I don't know using my first name

Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago #22,261

You know what pisses me off more than anything? When someone I have never met addresses me by first name. Receptionists, doctors, salesmen, customer support, all of these people who I have never met before think it's appropriate to use my first name. It fucking isn't. If I was 50, or 60 it would be different, they might show an iota of respect, because I'm 20 they think it's OK. It sounds very, very patronizing and condescending to me, I correct them every single time. "Sorry, do I know you?" "No" "So I'm not your friend?" "Well..." "THEN WHY ARE YOU USING MY FUCKING CHRISTIAN NAME CUNT?!"

Stop it.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #350,437

Maybe you have a disturbingly long last name, like ChrzwyszczrzwykchrzwyÅ¼szczykiewicz or Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 11 minutes later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #350,438

@previous (B)
No. It is a very common surname and easily pronounced.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #350,448

@previous (A)
califragilisticexpialidocious?

rainbow !dashjGLG/c joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 3 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #350,464

sup to4str

Meowth joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 20 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #350,683

Pretty sure it's normal and you are an overreacting paranoid parrot.

Minichan