Today, I realized that I've been using the wrong name for a coworker for the past 6 months. I just found out their real name when I saw their name tag. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that I’ve been greeting a coworker by the wrong name for six weeks. The worst part? They never corrected me because they thought it was funny, especially because it turns out to be their mom's name. FML
Today, I realized that since I was in elementary school, my friends, my workmates, and even my family, all call me accidentally by someone else's name instead of my actual name. I'm 30 years-old. FML
Today, I went to my first day of work in over 2 years. As I approached the boss, he asked me what my name was. Turned out they hired the wrong person. FML
Today, I found out that I've been calling my boyfriend's dad by the wrong name for the past two years. No one had told me sooner because they liked laughing at me for it when I wasn't around. FML
Today, after being with the company for over 3 years, I realised nobody really knows my name. This was after my boss was walking around a new staff member and couldn't introduce me. Neither could my colleague, who's been sitting next to me for the last 6 months. FML
Today, I found out I've been misspelling my middle name for 25 years. FML
Today, I was creeping on an old coworker's Facebook and noticed they'd tagged my face in an old group photo as another girl. According to the comments, the girl they'd tagged me as thought it was her too. I worked there for two years and nobody mentioned the mistake. FML
Today, I noticed that I've been spelling my company's name wrong in my email signature for over a year. FML
Today, I saw a few old co-workers at the bar. They recognized me and started calling me by the nickname they had for me that I was unaware of. It appears I was known as "butch megan" by the entire office for 2 years. FML
Today, I won an award for Employee of the Month. Shocked, I asked my boss if he'd gotten my name mixed up or something. He had. FML
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spinningrecords 14
Now you know. Call him by the right name going forward and it’s all good. If asked about it say that is what you thought his name was but now you know better.
D J's MOM 17
hey, I suck at names too. shame on them and your coworkers for not correcting you sooner.
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D J's MOM 17
hey, I suck at names too. shame on them and your coworkers for not correcting you sooner.
spinningrecords 14
Now you know. Call him by the right name going forward and it’s all good. If asked about it say that is what you thought his name was but now you know better.
RichardPencil 32
Ok, Amomynous, now you know how it feels. Were you close? Were you calling Mandi-with-an -I Mandy-with-a-Y? Or were you calling Eric Madeleine?
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
If they answered to it, carry on using it. It's now a nickname.