Today, a new coworker asked me how to pronounce my name and made a dismissive remark that, "all Asian names are so hard to pronounce and they all sound the same." My name is Christopher. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, a customer at work pronounced the word "Asian" as "Ah-See-Awn" when ordering a salad. I wasn't allowed to say anything. FML
Today, my first day at the job, I went up to my coworker and began to ask her name. She cut me off and snapped, “I have a name.” FML
Today, I started a new job. The supervisor handed me a badge with the name 'Rachel' on it, which is not my name. When I told her this, she responded with, "I know, but it will be easier for the customers to pronounce than your actual name." FML
Today, I went on a lunch date with a guy I used to work with. When the conversation got dry, I asked him if he went by “Chris” or “Christopher” these days. His name is Daniel. My brain knew my mistake as I said it. Just when I thought the silence couldn’t get more awkward. FML
Today, I went to the bathroom after a terrible job interview. My interviewer walked in with another guy, talking about my interview, saying he was obviously going to hire the other guy because my odd-sounding name was too hard to pronounce, yet alone spell in multiple emails. FML
Today, my coworker screamed at me for once again calling her by a different coworker's name. They have the same hair, skin color, and body type, so I honestly don’t know how I’m supposed to tell them apart. FML
Today, I learned how my coworkers differentiate between my coworker and me as we have the same name, when I overheard one of them ask the other, "Which one, ugly Leslie or hot Leslie?" When the answer was "ugly Leslie," he walked straight to me. FML
Today, after 26 years of confusion with my parents pronouncing it different ways, and in my mom's case, multiple ways, having to clear up how it's spelled every time I meet someone, I asked my mom how to pronounce my name. She got mad and then pronounced it three different ways while explaining. FML
Today, a customer called me "chink eyes", "dog eater", "bloody Chinese communist" and "ching chong." I'm black. FML
Today, I had my first interview. Everything was going well until I made him repeat his name numerous times, as I couldn't understand what he was saying due to his thick accent. FML
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Top comments
bangtan_ 15
The amount of racist people, damn..?
egnur_mas 19
Chri, stop her!
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Comments (17)
Todd Ervin 5
blues. It all around me
bangtan_ 15
The amount of racist people, damn..?
chimchimslackofjams 1
ikr
davecross 11
I would have thrown that right back at him ________ names are extremely silly and hard to pronounce
egnur_mas 19
Chri, stop her!
RichardPencil 32
Is it CLISS-to-Full?
Ashly Tiavonté 4
your co-worker is a dick
sumocj 14
Last name wang? I totally get how hard that would be to understand
Lobby_Bee 18
You misspelled Crystal Fur.
aboelmagd 18
kree stu far
band_geek 18
After 15 or so years of my teachers (including professors) mispronouncing my name ever since I immigrated, but what about "Christopher" is so hard to pronounce? Like WTF?
band_geek 18
BTW, it's a Korean name that my teachers had pronouncing, too, so I get why them saying Asian names are hard to pronounce. But still...... Like WTF?