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Does It Annoy You Some, When Someone Disregards What You've Just Told Them Your Name Is?

Let's say you've just met someone, either on the phone or in person. You tell them your name is William, or Debbie. They then shorten it or add onto it, and call you Billy or Deb.
Wol62 · 51-55, M
Yeah, totally hate that, they should ask you first.
Piper · 61-69, F
@Wol62 It is especially annoying when the person seems bothered, if you simply repeat the name you answer to.
wuiop2 · 41-45
Unless it's an Elder, I would consider mangling their name as well.
Elisbch · M
I don't like it. It's rude when someone take liberties like that after a first meeting. Sometimes, it can effect the rest of the relationship (no matter how short) or communications from then on.
Piper · 61-69, F
@Elisbch I think it often is too, when it's clearly done purposely. I have no doubt that someone doing that, has formed an immediate negative feeling about them sometimes.
Elisbch · M
I totally agree! @Piper
SW-User
Yes that has happened to me and the time I remember most it seemed condescending. But mostly just thought it odd
Piper · 61-69, F
@SW-User Yeah, it can definitely seem and [b]be[/b] condescending, sometimes.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
I am constantly apologizing to people for forgetting their name, I am terrible that way.
Piper · 61-69, F
@samueltyler2 I always feel bad too, when I forget someone's name, or get it wrong.
I am the worst offender so no
DoubleRings · 51-55, F
My hubby does this all the time like he’s suddenly BFFs with someone. If someone introduces themselves as David, it’s David not Dave. when he met my cousin stephen he immediately called him steve. He’s never ever been a “steve” So embarassing.
DoubleRings · 51-55, F
@Piper Yeah also about name tags - my hubby argues with me when i tell him it’s weird af - “well why do they wear name tags then? if they didn’t like it why don’t they tell me?” i gave up. he just does what he wants anyway.
Piper · 61-69, F
@DoubleRings When someone is wearing a name tag, I've been guilty of using that name to address them as that name also. I do usually ask first though, if they mind...and if that is actually their name.
acpguy · C
@DoubleRings I have the opposite problem, I have a name that is not common and prefer to go by the shortened version and that is what I tell people when I introduce myself but some people seem to have to use the proper long version which I do not like.
They are trying to imply an intimacy that does not exist and I find it off-putting.
Piper · 61-69, F
@Mamapolo2016 I think it does, also.
Peapod · 61-69, F
I think I had the opposite experience the first time someone shortened my name. I actually liked it and it stuck.

I can see how this would normally be annoying though. My last name is often mispronounced, even after saying it more than once. It's super easy to pronounce too. Go figure.
Piper · 61-69, F
@RogueLoner I do not personally think, that any those "rule" descriptors apply to what name people prefer to be called.
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Piper · 61-69, F
@RogueLoner Great! 😏😏🙄🙄🤔🤔
SW-User
It is annoying . My husbands boss of 16 years still calls me the wrong name
@Piper My mom confused me with my sister, re: the name.

Our names were almost the same and both names were to honor the same dead relative.

Thats parental respect 4 u
SHHHHHEEESH!!!
Piper · 61-69, F
@Elevatorpitches My mom just called my brother and I by our dog's or each other's name sometimes, when she was distracted or upset about something. I am also guilty of that, at times...as in using a 'wrong' name.
@Piper yeah I regularly call other people my dog's name!!🤣

Maybe why I'm looking for friends.
BlueVeins · 22-25
Oh God, I remember this one day back in my freshman year of college. I had this really bad strain of animal strep throat and my brain was tooooootally fried. I was eating with my friends (for some reason), and they brought another one of their friends, Rebecca, who I'd never met before. She introduced herself and I called her Rachel. And she corrected me like a minute later, but I kept on saying Rachel and thinking she said Rebecca until eventually I just gave up. Jesus that hurts to think about.
Piper · 61-69, F
@BlueVeins Well, I [i]suppose[/i] you can be excused, having been so sick and all. 🙃
I've gotten someone's name totally wrong, also, and vice versa. When it's not even CLOSE to their or my actual name, it has most always resulted in hilarity. At least you got the "R" right, with Rebecca!
Lochlee · 51-55, F
Yes, it assumes a certain familiarity. Most mean no harm by it, I don't like it personally though.
Peaches · F
Sometimes...my name is Pamela, but most always say Pam. Seems most people always want the shorter version of a name? 🤷
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@Peapod Maybe so. I can't think of any other context where Peaches and Peas would go together!
Piper · 61-69, F
@Peaches "Sometimes" is a key word, I think, concerning this general question. My given name is Patricia, and people often shorten it to Pat. I've never been a "Pat". If someone yelled PAT in a public place, I doubt I'd even turn my head. Still, it's no big deal [i]unless[/i] I've just said to someone.... "you can call me Patti".
Peaches · F
@Piper Okay, 😊thanks for saying. My youngest sister's name is Patricia, we call her "Tisha."
FloorGenAdm · 51-55, M
That sounds like an insurance salesman move.
Piper · 61-69, F
@FloorGenAdm It sort of does, yeah.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
This is one of my pet peeves as well. Not so much with my own name, but the general trend amazes me.

I imagine that Queen Lizzy is not amused.

And congratulations on posting question number five! 😁
Piper · 61-69, F
@DrWatson Because you're having an urge to be annoying? 🤨

Fact is, there are several derivations of both my actual given name and my internet username...that don't annoy me at ALL. I'm thinking "Pipey" isn't one of those, right off!
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@Piper I didn't expect that it would be! I'll....uh....try to suppress the urge to be annoying!
Piper · 61-69, F
@DrWatson 🙂
Well, which IS it, Piper? Are you William or Debbie? Sheesh... 😉😆

Yes. Newly-met persons should not presume to give you some alternate/pet name.
Piper · 61-69, F
@SomeMichGuy Neither. My own given first name though, does have many options for variations.

Seems we agree, that persons ought not disregard what an individual clearly states as their name.
@Piper Of course. In fact, getting a name RIGHT is very important, socially. I often make sure that I get both the pronunciation and spelling correct...π-per
Piper · 61-69, F
@SomeMichGuy I think it's pretty important to many people...yes. I too, give attention to both the spelling and pronunciation of a person's name.
akindheart · 61-69, F
ia m lucky if they get it right at all. my name is not normal. it is very short but they still screw it up.
Piper · 61-69, F
@akindheart I doubt if that would me annoy me much, as long they're [i]trying[/i] to get it right. I'm pretty sure it would though, if it was someone I was around a lot.
Wait, what? Could you write that down again?
Piper · 61-69, F
@Piper Sorry. I am a jerk
StarLily · 51-55, F
Yes!... but I'm so used to it that I often just let it go. Unless it's someone that I know I'll talk with often then I'll correct them until they get it right.🤭

My [i][b]real[b][/b][/b][/i] name is a common nickname as well... so people often call me by that other name despite never being introduced to them as such.
Piper · 61-69, F
@StarLily I am used to it also, and usually just let it go except for the times when someone seems annoyed that I dare to "correct" them about what I've just told them is my name.

It is just a minor annoyance to me, but it wouldn't be as minor if someone I knew kept on doing it.
StarLily · 51-55, F
@Piper I've had people seem annoyed when I correct them too. I find it kind of unthoughtful when they do so.
Piper · 61-69, F
@StarLily I agree, that unthoughtful often applies concerning this subject. 🙂
I’ve been called worse!
Piper · 61-69, F
@BiasForAction OH, so have I! 😃
Adaydreambeliever · 56-60, F
No it doesn't annoy me.. I get annoyed about *some* specific things as we know but things like that, really aren't on my radar.. I would assume they aren't good with names.. so I wouldn't hold it against them
A little yes. All my closest friends know not to call me "Dave" I like my more formal "David"
@Piper My dad called me "Davey" as a kid if it was being used as a term of endearment I wouldn't mind.
Piper · 61-69, F
@Grateful4you But that's way different, I think, from someone you've just met calling you Davey.
@Piper Yes, that would probably make me feel a bit uneasy for sure.
acpguy · C
In a way yes, but I am forgiving as I think I have some kind of mental problem since I was a kid. I have a hard time remembering names for some reason, I can multiply two three digit numbers in my head and do all kinds of math problems without pen and paper, remember names of songs and bands, and great at history but names have always posed a problem. I have tried the trick of repeating names three times out loud and other things but I have some kind of mental block.
Piper · 61-69, F
@acpguy I think all of us forget people's names, sometimes.
SW-User
My name is easy to pronounce but they always misspell it.
Piper · 61-69, F
@SW-User Yeah, I think a lot of us have experienced that with our names. My last name is not at all uncommon, but it has often been misspelled.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Or they think it's some other name altogether!

If you have a surname that can also be a first name, you tend often to be addressed mistakenly by that, sometimes even by people who have known you for some time.

I don't let it worry me if people have my name wrong - I am one of those slow to remember names and faces so I can't complain.
Piper · 61-69, F
@ArishMell I don't let it worry me either, but I do think it's mildly annoying when you've [i]just[/i] told someone your name...as in "and you can call me____", and right after that they shorten it.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Piper Oh, yes, I can see that, and it would annoy me.
SweetMae · 70-79, F
Yes, that seems to incidate a familiarty that doesn't exist yet.
Piper · 61-69, F
That's what I've always thought, too. Thank you, @SweetMae.
elafina · 36-40, F
as if it's not enough we don't get to chose our name to begin with..
Eddiesolds · 61-69, M
I dont mind. Its ok
Piper · 61-69, F
@Eddiesolds Okay, Ed.
Eddiesolds · 61-69, M
@Piper lol
SW-User
I don't really care. Better for me.
Peppa · 31-35, F
Yes it's a tactic to piss you off don't let them wind you up.
I dealt with that at the care home my dad was at. They didn't like how interested I was for some reason. Used it as a weapon to undermine and deter me.
Piper · 61-69, F
@Peppa I've no doubt, that it is sometimes used as a tactic to show disregard for someone.
antonioio · 70-79, M
not really
But it helps me form an opinion about them, letting me see that they have no respect for me 🙂
antonioio · 70-79, M
@Piper Well you would not form an option on one instance 🤤
Piper · 61-69, F
@antonioio I wouldn't. 🙂
antonioio · 70-79, M
@Piper actually my name is William but my mother made sure that I was called by second name because of that 🤤
Carazaa · F
Nope they just forgot!
Piper · 61-69, F
@Carazaa Don't be, because I don't have particularly good name recall. I've often had to apologetically tell someone, that I've forgotten their name. I think that is quite different, though, than [i]disregarding[/i] what someone tells you their name is.
Carazaa · F
@Piper maybe, maybe not! How to know the difference? Some might have ADHD or auditory processing problems right?
Piper · 61-69, F
Yeah @Carazaa, [i]some[/i] might have those problems.
Peaches · F
Sometimes. 😏I prefer Pamela, but many call me Pam.
Peaches · F
@DrWatson Haha! 😉 Hey YOU!
Peaches · F
@Piper Well I see I've already answered this question?!👀😯🙃
Piper · 61-69, F
That's fine, @Peaches. :)
Fernie · F
No, I'm not that delicate
Fernie · F
@Piper Yes, I really do. I have the kind of name that people play with, shorten, mispronounce...why on earth should that bother me? What harm?
Piper · 61-69, F
All right, @Fernie. I can't think of anyone who doesn't have that kind of name, really. No kind of "harm" is implied here, by this thing some find to be a minor annoyance.
Fernie · F
@Piper yes, I know that some find it annoying...I do not...it's extremely common ...people forgetting a name 2 seconds after they hear it...and I come from a family that played with names, gave nicknames to,shortened names...it was a level of intimacy...no one was annoyed.
Thatsright · 61-69, M
Piper seems to have a good chance to stay on script.
Piper · 61-69, F
@Thatsright Well, there [i]is[/i] Pip, Pipes and Pipey. Rarely at ALL annoying, except those times it's clearly intended to be. 🙂
SW-User
Little crap don't bother me much these days
Piper · 61-69, F
@SW-User Yes. In the scheme of things, it is surely a very minor annoyance.
Nope..that's one of the hazards of being my friend....I suck at names! 😖
JoePourMan · 61-69, M
I correct them immediately
Piper · 61-69, F
@JoePourMan I often do, as well. It sort of just pops out. :)
My actual first name defies nicknames, so occasionally people call me a different name altogether. 😅
Lochlee · 51-55, F
@bijouxbroussard I think I am in a similar boat. My name is unusual to pronounce. My whole life I have been called variations of my name (in fact my entire school career, and even my work career, I was/am known by an incorrect name) - only people who know me well know my name. Strangely enough, it doesn't bother me.
@Lochlee It bothered me more when I was younger. Now I just say, “close enough !” 😏
GoodManHere · 46-50, M
please respond to my message
Azlotto · M
It does not. You can call me Az if you want to. 😉
Piper · 61-69, F
@Azlotto Now that you've just [i]told[/i] me I can, I'll be sure and remember that! 🐸
Azlotto · M
@Piper Lol... Hi, Piper, nice to see you.
Zonuss · 41-45, M
I don't mind. 🙂
MethDozer · M
I get monumentally more annoyed when people use my name when I never gave it to them. Like when they over heard someone else saying it or read it off a name tag. It's rude AF.
MethDozer · M
@DoubleRings The people who.do it always get pissy over being looked at like " who the Fuck are you" too. I've gotten written up before for saying " excuse you but I have no idea who you are so how do you know me?"
DoubleRings · 51-55, F
@MethDozer i agrée that it seems wrong to make people wear one. idk how to make my hubby ignore them i’ve told him it’s weird - Like an invasion of privacy. I used to wear one at a former workplace. I felt uncomfortable with people using my first name. Sometimes we would put bogus names in our tags just to be funny. We picked a name we either always wanted or seemed highly unlikely. Like giving an irish looking person a very italian sounding name lol.
Piper · 61-69, F
@MethDozer I've found that equally annoying, at times.
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Piper · 61-69, F
@RogueLoner Ah...okay. This question is about telling someone your name, and then them shortening or adding to it right after you tell them.

We do agree about it being a very minor annoyance, Roguey.
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Piper · 61-69, F
@RogueLoner Yeah. That definitely sounds like a whole different thing than this question, and the recent happening that spurred it.

What made it notable enough to even give further thought to, is that the individual I was speaking to seemed to be annoyed that I repeated the name I'd just recently said was mine, when that individual called me a shortened version of it twice.

 
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