Why oh why

[CreamyGoodness]

These are the things that make me look like a grumpy jerk. All these little miniscule things all together driving me slowly insane.

My name is James. I just met you. Why are you calling me Jim? Worse, why are you calling me Jimmy. Jimmy is something you do to a lock when you dont have the key. Jim is some other guy. We havent built a working relationship based on mutual respect, so why are you calling me by a nickname?!

Perfectly reasonable, lovely people do this. WHY!?

Arg.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Sorry Jimbo, won't happen again.

 

[shecky]

You need something of substance to care about.

 

[Revvy]

I get the same thing. I'm Michael, not Mike. Yet some people can't seem to stop calling me that.

 

[Revvy]

So I guess on here, we can't call you Cream Good either?

 

[Zuljin]

Lets call him Fred. Lets call everybody Fred.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I get the same thing. I'm Michael, not Mike. Yet some people can't seem to stop calling me that.

I'll make sure to post a memo about that one , Mikey.

 

[dbrewski]

You think that's bad. James is my first name, but I was brought up with everyone calling me by my middle name. Every time I go the LHBS they yell out "Hey James!". It's on my credit card that way. So if they get to Jim with me, I'm so far gone it doesn't matter. Jim, Jimmy, Jimbo, Jimster - my name is Doug.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Revvy, you and I have built up something of a rapport. Therein the difference lies.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

You need something of substance to care about.

I have more than my fair share of those, actually, but its the little stuff that eats away.

 

[JordanThomas]

My name is Jordan Thomas.

I use e-mail daily. I get responses starting with the following:

Thomas,
Tom,
Tomas,

Etc.

I typically reply with, "Just so there is no confusion, my first name is actually Jordan."

Never works.

 

[porcupine73]

Sometimes I've caught myself doing that completely by accident. I try to pay attention to how a person uses his/her name and call them by that but sometimes it's easy to slip up.

 

[jerrodm]

I'm with you on that one, people inevitably call me "Jerry" instead of "Jerrod". I even thought about just caving and adopting it as a nickname, but my wife thinks "Jerry" is creepy for some reason.

 

[JordanThomas]

I'm with you on that one, people inevitably call me "Jerry" instead of "Jerrod". I even thought about just caving and adopting it as a nickname, but my wife thinks "Jerry" is creepy for some reason.

Jerry is creepy. Because of that Sandusky creeper.

 

[baulz]

I get the same thing. I'm Michael, not Mike. Yet some people can't seem to stop calling me that.

If I hear Michael that means I'm in trouble for something, or my Grandmother is talking to me.

 

[kaconga]

The opposite is also an issue. My name is Jeffrey (not Jeffery) and I prefer Jeff. People will typically be formal first and I politely ask them to just call me Jeff. Usually around here people will call you what you want if they know.

 

[Subsailor]

My name is Bryson. I have been called Bry, Brise, Bryce, Bryan. I'm actually OK with Hey You! I agree, upon meeting Creamy, I wouldn't instantly start calling him Jimster or Jimmy. I work with 3 Roberts and 2 of them prefer their name in a different format. One likes to be called Robert, another Bob and the 3rd doesn't really seem to care, but do not accidentally call Robert - Bob or call Bob - Robert.

 

[olefattguy]

Slightly OT but still:

It is confusing to a non-English (as a mother tongue) speaker how you tend to shorten your names anyway:

James - Jim (why the vowel change? I should really be Jam you know?)

There are fare worse examples:
Robert – Bob (What? Rob would be logical, but Bob?)
Henry - Hank
I'm sure there are more and even more confusing examples. Just saying.

EDIT:
Quote from Internet:
"... Elizabeth became Betty, Margaret is Peggy, William is Bill or Billy, Dorothy is Dotty or Dot, Charles is Chuck, Katherine is Kitty, Virginia is Jenny, Eleanor and Elmira are Elly, Theresa is Terri, Anthony is Tony, Antoinette is Toni, Victoria used to be Vicki but now she's often called Tori, Barbara is Babs, Lawrence is Larry, Francis is called Frank, Eugene is Gene, Robert is Bob ..."

Richard - Dick (!?!?)
John - Jack (Very very strange, as it isn't even shortened?)

 

[E-Mursed]

My first name is James....that's what I answer to.
Nothing else.
If you call me Jim, you are not going to get a reply.
Nobody calls me Jimmy or Jimbo except my parents...they earned the privileged.


But seriously....this is just another in a long string of first world problems.

 

[kh54s10]

You could legally change your name to something that is difficult to shorten or lengthen like RALPH!

 

[dbrewski]

Ralphy.

 

[jerrodm]

Jerry is creepy. Because of that Sandusky creeper.

Ouch. But seriously, this predates the whole Penn State thing. It's been a topic of conversation in our house since the relatively non-creepy Jerry Seinfeld was the most newsworthy Jerry in America.

 

[jerrodm]

Ralphy.

You'll shoot your eye out!

 

[t_met]

My name is Todd.... For some reason it's common for someone to call me Scott. I do not have Scott in my name, a Scott in my family or know many Scotts. But if someone is going to call be by the wrong name, they'll use Scott. This includes coworkers and other acquaintance. I asked another Todd & it happened to him too. Must be something with the similar "o" and double consonants.

 

[Tex]

My name is Chris but half the time I introduce myself my introduction is met with, "nice to meet you Curtis." I think it may be my accent..

 

[bwirthlin]

My name is Braxton and nobody can seem to remember. I've been called Baxter, Brandon, Branson, and Brettson on multiple occasions. Even like 30 seconds after I've introduced myself. I never correct anyone I just go along with it until someone else corrects the person and makes them feel stupid.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

These are the things that make me look like a grumpy jerk. All these little miniscule things all together driving me slowly insane.

My name is James. I just met you. Why are you calling me Jim? Worse, why are you calling me Jimmy. Jimmy is something you do to a lock when you dont have the key. Jim is some other guy. We havent built a working relationship based on mutual respect, so why are you calling me by a nickname?!

Perfectly reasonable, lovely people do this. WHY!?

Arg.

Kruger: "Hey, look at James. He's givin' it to T-bone. He's jumpin' up and down like some kind of monkey. Hey, what was the name of that monkey that could read sign language?"

From now on you'll be known as Koko

 

[NuclearRich]

I have more than my fair share of those, actually, but its the little stuff that eats away.

"its the little things that kill, tearing at my brain again..."

The big things are the ones you shouldnt worry about. The little things are the ones that build up. They suck the most.

You think thats bad? Try being named Richard. Try going to middle school where the children giggle and call you Dick because for some moronic reason elderly men named Richard like to be called dick. Then try high school where the children are a tad more mean and may actually pick fights. Then college where they instead insert actually witty references and then call you cranium.

Me personally, I just dont even listen when people try it. I ignore them completely. If they insist on it, I point out that it is clearly not my name, so they arent referring to me.

It sure is silly, that good old English language.

 

[JoeyChopps]

I feel you creamy my first name is Joseph and no one except police officers call me that. I go by Joey I have since I can remember. People always call me Joe and I don't like being called Joe especially after I introduced myself as Joey ( as others have said) but even worst I have had many people tell me " Joey is a little kids name I'll call you Joe. " I just walk away and never talk to them again. Anyone that has met me agrees that Joey fits my personality.

 

[Homercidal]

I'm a James. I don't mind being called Jim. Jimmy? No. Only my best friends family gets to call me that because they fed me many meals growing up, and his older sister was very well built, so...

Anyway, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, Jimmy. And Grandma. Grandma gets to call me Jimmy.

I don't mind Jimbo, though I think the only person who regularly called me that was the cute girl I used to work with about 15 years ago.

Then my dad started calling me JD for some unknown reason. Yeah, my middle name starts with a D, but what in the world would cause someone to just up and start calling you a different name than THE ONE THEY FRIGGIN GAVE YOU WHEN YOU WERE BORN??

I might have been so upset by it, except I used to call this other JD in school as "Juvenile Deliquent". (he was...)

I guess this late in life that stuff doesn't bother me so much. You can call me Ray. You can call me Jay, You can call me anything but late for dinner.