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Angsty McGothsalot ([info]angstymcgoth) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-06-17 22:38:00
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Don't call me Liz, BITCH.
Possible [info]political_wank? I'm posting it here, since the "politics" are largely incidental. So-and-so asks Jim McDermott's secretary for an audience, and addresses her poorly ('Liz' rather than 'Elizabeth'). HOLY SHIT, you did not just go there!

A few weeks ago, the assistant e-mailed Becton seeking a meeting with McDermott and a client, JPMorgan Chase. Days later, the assistant checked back in and unfortunately began the e-mail with “Hi Liz.”

Becton curtly replied, “Who is Liz?”

When the assistant wrote back with an apology, Becton turned up the heat. “I do not go by Liz. Where did you get your information?” she asked.

The back-and-forth went on for 19 e-mails, with the assistant apologizing six times if she had “offended” Becton, while Becton lectured about name-calling.

Please, please check out the email exchange hosted on Politico.

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[info]platedlizard
2009-06-18 03:39 pm UTC (link)
And now I wish my name had a nickname. The closest I have is a stupid song everyone sings at me.

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[info]lil_miss_stfu
2009-06-18 03:50 pm UTC (link)
Aw, I've got a few. Want one?

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[info]tachikoma01
2009-06-18 04:19 pm UTC (link)
And all I could think of "... So your name is John Jacob Jingelheimer Smith?"

Because, ya know, his name is my name too.

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[info]jaseroque
2009-06-18 05:26 pm UTC (link)
Whenever we go out, the people always shout JOHN JACOB JINGELHEIMER SMITH

... dah dah dah dah dah dah dah

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[info]altoidsaddict
2009-06-18 05:52 pm UTC (link)
My name is Yon Yonson, I come from Wisconsin.

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[info]librarianmouse
2009-06-19 06:28 pm UTC (link)
Hello, my name is Joe and I work in a button factory.

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[info]dragonfangirl
2009-06-21 08:14 am UTC (link)
One day, my boss came up to me and said "Hey, Joe. Are you busy?" I said no.

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[info]vzg
2009-06-26 01:55 am UTC (link)
"...and this is John Jacob Jingelheimer Schmitt."

"Oh! His name is my name, too!"

"Do people always shout? Oh, I hate that."

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[info]aaron_agonistes
2009-06-18 05:31 pm UTC (link)
You too, huh?

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[info]also_not_a_pipe
2009-06-18 06:11 pm UTC (link)
I do too. All I ever got was the owner of the shop next door to the one where I worked in high school, who would not stop calling me Amy no matter how often I told her that I'm Emily.

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[info]lirazel
2009-06-19 03:57 pm UTC (link)
And if your name were actually Amy, she would have called you Ames.

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[info]vzg
2009-06-26 01:57 am UTC (link)
Haha! I had a neighbor call me Dorothy a few times. My name's Kate.

He just mixed me up with someone else, but I thought it was pretty funny anyway.

Although one person who worked with my father once called me Kathleen (when he was reading my name), but he also got my last name wrong, so I guess he just didn't give a shit.

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[info]rikiki
2009-06-18 07:09 pm UTC (link)
What's interesting is that people will make nicknames out of almost anything. Even something as simple as Mary.

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[info]jrs1980
2009-06-18 08:06 pm UTC (link)
Ha, my name is too short to create a nickname out of. All the pet names I have are longer than my actual name.

I don't think I'd use a nickname, though.

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[info]eilisliana
2009-06-19 12:18 am UTC (link)
Then you letter nicknames.

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[info]jrs1980
2009-06-19 12:59 am UTC (link)
*makes a face* Definitely would rather be Joy than Jay.

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pastri_archy
2009-06-18 10:07 pm UTC (link)
I just go by my initials if I can.

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[info]platedlizard
2009-06-19 12:14 am UTC (link)
Unfortunately my initials are the same as a certain very famous large company.

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[info]miss_padfoot
2009-06-19 12:57 pm UTC (link)
Is it Michelle? (That's mine.)

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[info]laurelin_kit
2009-06-21 08:43 am UTC (link)
Ramona?

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[info]ilpalazzo
2009-07-16 04:46 am UTC (link)
Are you a Holly, by any chance?

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