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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

OP posts:
frantique · 30/03/2024 18:43

Ha! He tells everyone that …

Namechange5436 · 30/03/2024 18:42

I totally get a little of how you feel.
My name was Karen, but I changed it a couple of years ago. I’d just gotten so fed up of comments, jokes, assumptions, and sometimes downright nastiness. I also had issues with it from nurses at a hospital; that was actually the last straw for me and what made me finally commit to changing it. I guess there’s just arseholes everywhere.

Bugbabe1970 · 30/03/2024 18:40

Fuck them!
don’t change your name and call them out on that bullshit!
my daughters name is related to a not very nice song and I always call it out when people mock it because it’s a beautiful name!

Helen1625 · 30/03/2024 18:39

saraclara · 30/03/2024 18:35

I'm afraid that in your position I'd just give them a hard stare and say "have you any idea how annoying it is to have to hear that 'joke' multiple times a day?"

Or just the hard stare should do it.

👆 this

saraclara · 30/03/2024 18:35

I'm afraid that in your position I'd just give them a hard stare and say "have you any idea how annoying it is to have to hear that 'joke' multiple times a day?"

Or just the hard stare should do it.

godmum56 · 30/03/2024 18:32

incredibly rude, I'd be making a complaint to the hospital

Fashionablyolder · 30/03/2024 18:31

Well you could be an Emma, and listen to all the idiots ask “can I lie on you”!

Densol · 30/03/2024 18:26

My name is Denise and 46 years later ( yes 46 ) people still sing Blondie's Denis Denis to me as though its the first time Ive heard it !
I feel your pain

ITryHarder · 30/03/2024 18:25

Professional just applies to the career someone may be in. That career doesn't prevent them from being stupid, insensitive or thoughtless. That said - if I met you today, it would never enter my mind to associate you with THAT Alexa. Afterall, when I personally know 2 people named Susan, I don't think of the one when I'm speaking to the other, but... I suspect they're just trying to make light banter, not realizing how often you might hear it. Just smile and don't respond. Anyway, it's a great name I wouldn't want to give up.

JDEE72 · 30/03/2024 18:22

Alexa is lovely. Try being called Joy 😒

hendoop · 30/03/2024 18:20

So my real name means blow job or vagina in lots of countries, I do like it though

Mayana1 · 30/03/2024 18:20

redalex261 · 27/03/2024 20:09

That’s nothing. I have seen some stunningly bad forenames on paperwork. For example:

Yaris.(FGS, just go with Paris)
Sierra Cosworth (1st & middle name, clearly in honour of that eighties iconic vehicle)
Ocean (just why? especially partnered with a surname something like McClunkybum….)
Kennethina (the very worst of the ones where the parents wanted a boy)
Chardonnay (I am not kidding, blame Footballer’s Wives)
Armani & Jazz (siblings)
Khalessi (Game of Thrones anyone?)

So count yourself lucky, Alexa is a lovely name. No need for fiddling round with deed poll changes!

Why Paris??? It is a Toyota :-) (Yaris :-) ) why not to be named by a car :-)

DreamerIzzy · 30/03/2024 18:20

redalex261 · 27/03/2024 20:09

That’s nothing. I have seen some stunningly bad forenames on paperwork. For example:

Yaris.(FGS, just go with Paris)
Sierra Cosworth (1st & middle name, clearly in honour of that eighties iconic vehicle)
Ocean (just why? especially partnered with a surname something like McClunkybum….)
Kennethina (the very worst of the ones where the parents wanted a boy)
Chardonnay (I am not kidding, blame Footballer’s Wives)
Armani & Jazz (siblings)
Khalessi (Game of Thrones anyone?)

So count yourself lucky, Alexa is a lovely name. No need for fiddling round with deed poll changes!

Ocean is a beautiful name

111Sailaway · 30/03/2024 18:16

I would complain, it's unprofessional and nasty. I have a name which often brings a smirk, and there are times when it's not appropriate - a hospital ward definitely one of them.

savethatkitty · 30/03/2024 18:14

Sunny Breeze

Mylifesadrama · 30/03/2024 18:13

Why don’t you just change your name by deed poll. It’s around £20 ish online. I did it myself to change my surname. I’ve spent 50+ years of people questioning the spelling of my name, drives me mad, but it was my late dad’s mistake when registering my birth, and I’ve grown to like it.

Mayana1 · 30/03/2024 18:09

Ilovecleaning · 30/03/2024 17:48

Are you actually going to tell us what your name is? Otherwise this thread is going to be so annoying. As annoying as the stick you get for your name.

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

Mumsynet · 30/03/2024 18:06

Mumsynet · 30/03/2024 18:05

So your name is Prime?

Lol sorry I wrote that before I saw the thread

Mumsynet · 30/03/2024 18:05

So your name is Prime?

crumblepuppy · 30/03/2024 18:04

toomanyy · 27/03/2024 19:47

was asked if it really was my name and what the weather forecast is for tomorrow.

Michael Fish?

This was my first thought until the Amazon comment!

Mayana1 · 30/03/2024 18:04

Menomeno · 27/03/2024 19:50

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

Oh my, not sure whether to laugh or to cry. That is why they say the wrong name can actually ruin your life. I surely hope I chose the right one for my boy.

Ilovecleaning · 30/03/2024 18:04

CatComments · 30/03/2024 17:55

She has given her name. It's in her username. And if you can't work it out from that there are further clues in her post. And if you STILL can't work it out it's been said about 100 times throughout the comments.

And if you still can't work it out - it's Alexa. (Assuming you've read this far).

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Nope I hadn’t read the whole thread. Yes I read this far because I was quoted. ‘Still can’t work it out’ repeated is a bit insulting - like I’m mega stupid when actually CBA to read whole threads. Finally, why does it bother you so much? You could have just said ‘she’s called Alexa’ in which case I probably would have replied ‘ ok , silly me, I should put my brain in gear before posting’. 🙄

Helen1625 · 30/03/2024 18:03

NotAmazonAlexa · 27/03/2024 20:07

I'm not changing my name, I'm too old for that crap.

It just gets irritating when you hear the same "jokes" daily.

Just needed a moan that's all....

I can well imagine it would get tiresome hearing it all the time. It is a lovely name, when I began reading your post I was trying to guess what it could possibly be, I didn't immediately jump to Alexa.

I agree with another poster who said that maybe they're not laughing AT your name, more like laughing along the lines of 'I bet that makes life interesting.' Unfortunately people wouldn't perhaps consider that you've heard it all before and as such it might become annoying.

Primmyhill · 30/03/2024 18:01

I honestly don’t think being called Alexa is remotely funny and it wouldn’t even cross my mind to ridicule someone. It’s a lovely name. Just shows the mentality of some people. I’m very tall and used to get strangers commenting on my height, had it at job interviews, meetings etc and it used to annoy me. It’s not as bad now as I think people are a bit more PC but I still get the odd comment (usually from very small men!).

Moll2020 · 30/03/2024 17:58

I fuc*ing hate that some idiotic American has tried to ruin my name by likening it to all middle aged, fat, racist white women. I went through a stage of being embarrassed about my name but not now, I stand up for my name, I’m not what the idiot Americans think. Be proud of your name, don’t let the ignorant bastards grind you down.

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