I've never had to say "please don't call me Tommy" to anyone more than once. Maybe they can sense the rage right below the surface.
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Jan 27, 2015 6:27:50 am PST #17196 of 30000
hwæt
Sophia Brooks - Jan 27, 2015 6:29:23 am PST #17197 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
No one really ever calls me anything except Nadine. Except in middle school when people decided my nickname should be Neigh-Moo, which is just odd, and one friend in college who thought I should be Mel.
I do however, get called Nancy, Naomi, Nellie, and Renee a lot.
shrift - Jan 27, 2015 6:33:10 am PST #17198 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oh my god, Becky!
Look at her butt. It is so big.
msbelle - Jan 27, 2015 6:34:55 am PST #17199 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
If he were here, I would correct him. Over email I won't. My email signature is my full name. Take that as a prompt! Perhaps someone on HR should be better at such cues.
msbelle - Jan 27, 2015 6:35:37 am PST #17200 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Shrift, having never met me you have no idea how funny that is.
Anne W. - Jan 27, 2015 6:38:06 am PST #17201 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Plei, I suspect your mom and my stepdad might be related.
-t - Jan 27, 2015 6:45:29 am PST #17202 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Someone in HR should absolutely know better. We are a very first-names-only company (for whatever reason) and all the Jennifers, for example, get nicknames in part so we can easily tell which Jennifer we're talking about, but anyone who goes by a nickname gets to pick that nickname, or at least explicitly approve it.
Oh, mom of Plei.
Jesse - Jan 27, 2015 6:51:25 am PST #17203 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Our finance department now has a Jarid and a Jarod, and the new one had to tell people he didn't like being called J-Rod. But it's so fun!
I have had a call, written a couple of things, have pork braising for later pulling, and this on the stove for lunch. Not bad! Eventually I'll have to go shovel, I guess, but I'm mostly waiting for the neighbor to run the snowblower, since it's so light that should pretty much do it.
P.M. Marc - Jan 27, 2015 6:54:14 am PST #17204 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
She's a lovely person, truly. Just... well. Like that.
brenda m - Jan 27, 2015 7:01:00 am PST #17205 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I have a good friend on FB who is delightful and wickedly funny in RL but on FB it just comes out really snotty. I brace myself when I get a notification that she's commented on something.