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Even my wife occasionally calls me ‘Al’.
The success of my marriage is largely due to me keeping stuff like ‘I hate being called Al’ to myself.
Burying it deep down in the pit of my stomach until it becomes a dense, angry ball of resentment. Eventually it will become so dense, it will form an event horizon which stranded star ships will be discovered near. On one of those ships, my wife (long be-widowed and now an intergalactic explorer) will encounter a monstrous, evil entity.
After it has devoured the rest of her crew, she will finally manage to escape this foul beast to the safety of her own ship. As the airlock shuts, she will hear a blood-curdling cry…. ‘My fucking name is Alex!’.
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You’ve got Paul Simon to blame for that.
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calls me ‘Al’.
One of my old bosses used to do that and more so after I told him I didn't like it.
I solved it with a combination of either:
- just ignoring him when he used the shortened version (which was really annoying for him in the work situation [a commerical kitchen] and things were very time sensitive)
- or calling him 'Jay' which I found out annoyed him (his name was 'Justin') far more than 'Al' annoyed me
I've all but dropped the 'ander' bit from the end of my name, annoyingly Covid has caused a few problems with this as my birth certificate and NHS records are all 'Alexander' but my passport/driving-license/bank/etc is all 'Alex'. Many automated systems just see 'Alexander' not being the same as 'Alex' as they do 'David' not being the same as 'Robert', and if the first names don't match then you have to go through the manual process.
There are a very limited number of people who I tolerate calling me 'Al'.
- just ignoring him when he used the shortened version (which was really annoying for him in the work situation [a commerical kitchen] and things were very time sensitive)
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Greenbank
People, always typically work people, who shorten my name.
That word you are using to get my attention? It’s not my name.
That thing you think you are gaining by saving one syllable? Spoiler alert. It’s not winning me over.
So why don’t you.
Fuck.
Off.