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To be pissed at my name being laughed at constantly

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NotAmazonAlexa · 27/03/2024 19:43

So I'll let you guess my name.....

Today I had a hospital procedure and every member of staff laughed at my name. I was asked if it really was my name and what the weather forecast is for tomorrow.

On the form I had to fill out first it asked what you would like to be called so I put my nickname to hopefully avoid this but that didn't work. I didn't say anything as I didn't want to make it awkward and wanted the procedure over with as soon as possible.

Not the first time this has happened, at a different hospital last month one nurse couldn't stop laughing and asking me questions..

I'm in my late 40's, used to love my name but it's becoming a nightmare.

Fuck you Amazon

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wonderingwhatlifemeans · 30/03/2024 19:57

I recently taught an Alexa. Lovely girl lovely name.

Whereareallthemillionaires · 30/03/2024 19:54

Obviously given your first post it has to be something to do with the weather
because the doctors asked you what the weathers like today
so
weather
forecast
storm (y)
sun (ny)
shower(s)
drizzle
snow (ey)
Rain, rainy or ( ing)
overcast
thunder
lightning ( very very frightening, Galileo…sorry you need to be a bit old for that joke )
hurricane
windy
cloud (y) or ( s)
gale
tornado
hail
fog
humidity
precipitation
temperature
freezing
boiling
sweltering
frost
icey
gail
monsoon

i can’t think of any more.
was even a bit near @NotAmazonAlexa

IamMoodyBlue · 30/03/2024 19:50

It's ill mannered, childish and utterly unprofessional.
You''re not alone in having your name hijacked. Think of everyone called Chris & the programme Everybody Hates Chris.
Or anyone with the surname Simpson!

CestLaVie123 · 30/03/2024 19:49

A poor boy at my daughter's school is named Anal

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NotAmazonAlexa · 30/03/2024 19:49

Conkersinautumn · 30/03/2024 19:41

You've got to practice the hard stare and slow single.eyebrow raise. Totally ridiculous of them.

Will be giving this a go

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MaybeDonkey · 30/03/2024 19:49

I'd swap you for mine in a heartbeat - Karen. Alexa is a lovely name.

ChiefWrangler · 30/03/2024 19:46

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exerciseshmexercise · 30/03/2024 19:43

I would actually report them for that.

Conkersinautumn · 30/03/2024 19:41

You've got to practice the hard stare and slow single.eyebrow raise. Totally ridiculous of them.

ManchesterLu · 30/03/2024 19:41

The problem is, people will think they're the first person to ever have made a joke.

I had a woman on my team called Alexa in my previous job, and every fucking time we had a team meeting it kicked my Alexa off - I always forgot to turn it off until it happened the first time.. and when the woman was first addressed, everyone's would go off haha.

Pookerrod · 30/03/2024 19:35

MerryChristmasToYou · 27/03/2024 19:53

I know an Alexa. It's never crossed my mind to joke or comment on her name.

This.

If anything her name makes me think of the Mulberry Alexa handbag, therefore Alexa Chung, so chic, classic and stylish.

OnlineDream · 30/03/2024 19:33

I would probably launch a complaint against the staff. Really unprofessional and rude of them.

Retiredfromearlyyears · 30/03/2024 19:30

Could've been Siri! 😆 🤣

pigsDOfly · 30/03/2024 19:28

What the hell is the matter with people, do they think they're still 5 years old and in the playground?

Very unprofessional behaviour from the hospital staff. As pp said, a hard stare is all you need as a response to such stupidity.

Alexia is such a lovely name. Don't let them make you feel you have to change it, or, as pp suggested, call yourself something like Alex.

LastSeenInSanFransisco · 30/03/2024 19:25

letitlego · 27/03/2024 19:49

It's rude and inappropriate to mock a patient's name

Ahhh lighten up.

Mirabai · 30/03/2024 19:21

Be Alex, sorted.

RosesAndHellebores · 30/03/2024 19:19

I have a very unusual first name and my maiden name was forrin. It was always nurses who commented with a smirk.

In my 20s, at a renowned private hospital in London, a nurse once went, "was Haa, that's a funny name, where did you get that from?". When I gave her a hard Paddington stare and simply said "my father, like most other people" she got very arsey and flounce out.

The problem is these sorts of people forget patients are humans and deserve to be afforded basic courtesy.

Complain @NotAmazonAlexa it was rude, bullying and very unprofessional. 35 years on things should have changed.

SoupDragon · 30/03/2024 18:59

Ilovecleaning · 30/03/2024 18:44

Nope. 😊 I CBA to read the whole thread. But a couple of sarcastic posters have ‘explained’ 😂

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I mean, you only had to read the first post 🤦🏻‍♀️

pinkstripeycat · 30/03/2024 18:59

It’s a beautiful name and it wouldn’t occur to me to think of an Amazon Alexa machine thing. Probably because I haven’t got one. Also I know someone called Alexia

axolotlfloof · 30/03/2024 18:50

Menomeno · 27/03/2024 19:50

Could be worse. I’ve a friend with an 18 year old called Isis.

We had a cat called Isis in in the early 2000s. 😳

Ilovecleaning · 30/03/2024 18:45

Mayana1 · 30/03/2024 18:09

Funny - we have people in this thread... and then we have people like you :-) and then we wonder where this world is going???

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So where is it going?

Ilovecleaning · 30/03/2024 18:44

SoupDragon · 30/03/2024 17:49

Can you really not work it out?

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Nope. 😊 I CBA to read the whole thread. But a couple of sarcastic posters have ‘explained’ 😂

OldPerson · 30/03/2024 18:43

Amazon spends $20 billion a year on marketing and advertising its name globally. Pretty sure you're fu*ked in terms of trying to claim it as your name, without people immediately thinking of global retailer first and last and anytime your name is said aloud.
It depends what you want - but however rude - you can't control other people.
I'm sure anyone named Adidas, Nike or Alexa isn't enjoying their name either.
But you either spend a lifetime of resentment, or you just ignore people, or you change your name.
Alternatively, you could contact Amazon marketing and see if they're willing to pay you everytime you promote their company; or whether they want to pay you to help create a "What's in a name" Youtube video built on filmed interactions between you and people's reactions to your name, intended to go online viral.
Just a write a humourous intellgent letter of the interactions/responses you have had.
With a 20 BILLION annual marketing budget, they have the resources to invest in online videos, which might make you feel better and validated.
But ultimately for a peaceful, non-confrontational life, you should probably change your name, eventually.