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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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Justkeeepswimming · 28/03/2024 09:00

I don’t find it funny because a close childhood friend was called Alexa and I associate it with her.

I do think about her frequently now - obviously - and have often thought it must be difficult.

Sorry this has happened, people will just try to make conversation - badly. Agree it’s very unprofessional.

Rainyspringflowers · 28/03/2024 08:49

LiterallyOnFire · 28/03/2024 08:48

OP's user name is NotAmazonAlexa and the last paragraph of her OP is "Fuck you Amazon".

Has everyone's reading comprehension dissolved in a puddle of school holiday stress, or are you all just really bad at puzzles? ConfusedGrin

It really is a very tedious thread. Not the ops fault of course!

LiterallyOnFire · 28/03/2024 08:48

OP's user name is NotAmazonAlexa and the last paragraph of her OP is "Fuck you Amazon".

Has everyone's reading comprehension dissolved in a puddle of school holiday stress, or are you all just really bad at puzzles? ConfusedGrin

ThereIsIron · 28/03/2024 08:43

John Kettley?

MorrisZapp · 28/03/2024 08:38

My name is Karen and apart from a few cheeky quips from my teenage son, nobody has ever commented on it. I don't think it's as pervasive in the real world as some seem to think. I had to explain it to my two best friends, one of whom is also called Karen.

Watchthedoormat · 28/03/2024 08:34

Michael 🐠

SoupDragon · 28/03/2024 08:32

vanillawaffle · 28/03/2024 05:31

on a thread where someone has said they are upset being mocked for their name there's loads of people mocking various names.

Classy

Meanwhile, over in the Baby Names topic, people are reassuring assorted OPs that their child will never be mocked for their name and that it never happens.

MaybeRevisitYourWipingT3chnique · 28/03/2024 07:43

DysmalRadius · 28/03/2024 00:10

I know a Paul McCartney who is about the same age as THE Paul McCartney so he lived a perfectly normal life for about 20 years and then every time he met a new person he'd get:

Say hi to John/George/Ringo for me

Can't believe you've given up music to be a teacher

Are you named after him (despite that clearly being impossible).

He's always said that the worst thing was just how unoriginal all the jokes and comments are and each person thinks that they will be the only one to say it so it's a bit unreasonable to get arsey about it, but it's actually horrible meeting new people and knowing that you're going to have to get over their reaction to your name and not be snarky about yet another round of jokes and comments (he is a far nicer person than me!!).

Ooh, that must be so very tedious indeed - especially as the former Beatle's real first name is actually James; Paul is only his middle name.

I always used to feel so terribly for people on Family Fortunes, during the Les Dennis era, where they clearly had to put up with Les 'hilariously' pointing out something that 'nobody' had ever noticed before.

People who had names like 'William Little' or similar - being forced to pretend to find it side-splitting and soooo original when it was mentioned that they were actually 'little dick' and you could just tell that they wished they could mercilessly whack Les with a nine iron!

Forhecksake · 28/03/2024 07:34

That's just bizarre. Alexa was a female name long before the Amazon product existed, so I don't understand why they think it's funny.

SignoraVolpe · 28/03/2024 07:01

I had to treat a man named Adrian Mole, his dob indicated that he would have been a teenager when the book first came out.
I felt so sorry for him and said absolutely nothing about his name.

A stupid colleague at another appointment brought up his name and commented jokingly on it and the book. He rightly imo gave her a telling off.
She absolutely deserved it.

Downbythebayy · 28/03/2024 06:51

dontbelievewhatyousee · 27/03/2024 20:44

Better than if you were called Siri, or Isis.

I knew a child called Isis years ago now, they changed her name to Iris

SprinkleOfSunak · 28/03/2024 05:57

I’m shocked at the immaturity of adults sometimes.

TammyJones · 28/03/2024 05:49

ToxicChristmas · 27/03/2024 20:09

I honestly think Alexa is a lovely name. Such a weird thing to find funny.

Yep
Agree
And I have an 'Alexa'

vanillawaffle · 28/03/2024 05:31

on a thread where someone has said they are upset being mocked for their name there's loads of people mocking various names.

Classy

LiterallyOnFire · 28/03/2024 05:30

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....

Does heavy sarcasm help? A La "Wow. How original. I've never heard that one before."

Mummyoflittledragon · 28/03/2024 01:07

It’s a really beautiful name op. I’m sorry some people are very childish. The Micky taking was really unprofessional. My 15 yo dd is so upset by what some of the nurses said to her at a recent trip to A&E. This was about her medical condition and clumsy speaking. People really don’t realise the impact of their words.

@Zapss There are people alive today with the surname Hitler. It was his surname. Some spell it Hittler.

OooScotland · 28/03/2024 01:05

I think of Alexa Chung when I hear the name Alexa, even though I have one of the infernal devices.

Its a beautiful name and it was very weird and unprofessional behaviour of the hospital staff to laugh. It isn’t strange or funny at all.

OooScotland · 28/03/2024 01:01

toomanyy · 27/03/2024 19:47

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

Michael Fish?

I thought Fish. Showing my age, obviously!

Onceuponatimeiwasaho · 28/03/2024 00:56

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PaperwhiteTheGhost · 28/03/2024 00:47

choixduroi · 27/03/2024 20:41

I do feel called upon to mention the amazing Jewish pianist Myra Hess (yes, very unfortunate name combo), who played concerts during the Blitz. She was a great musician and by all accounts person. So at least your auntie can take comfort from a good Myra!!

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Oh I've not heard of her!!
Unfortunate name indeed. I'll ask auntie M if she's heard of her. She sounds awesome!

Fwiw, I think Mara is a beautiful name.

DysmalRadius · 28/03/2024 00:10

I know a Paul McCartney who is about the same age as THE Paul McCartney so he lived a perfectly normal life for about 20 years and then every time he met a new person he'd get:

Say hi to John/George/Ringo for me

Can't believe you've given up music to be a teacher

Are you named after him (despite that clearly being impossible).

He's always said that the worst thing was just how unoriginal all the jokes and comments are and each person thinks that they will be the only one to say it so it's a bit unreasonable to get arsey about it, but it's actually horrible meeting new people and knowing that you're going to have to get over their reaction to your name and not be snarky about yet another round of jokes and comments (he is a far nicer person than me!!).

TonyHallintheTardis · 27/03/2024 23:59

SirQuintusAurelius · 27/03/2024 23:53

If it makes you feel any better, there are plenty of men called Harry Potter from barristers to engineers who lived an uneventful life until the end of the 1990s. It's a feature of life that the future is uncertain as is the associations with any given name as Karen, Tracey, Sharon and Kevin will tell you.

https://www.25bedfordrow.com/site/people/profile/harry.potter

https://in.linkedin.com/in/harry-potter-243b081b8

Two options for you - accept it or change your name. That's all there is here unfortunately.

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Wouldn't you be tempted to put just a shadow of a lightning scar on your forehead?

mrlistersgelfbride · 27/03/2024 23:54

It's a gorgeous name, and was around long before that Amazon shite.
The hospital staff were very unprofessional.

SirQuintusAurelius · 27/03/2024 23:53

If it makes you feel any better, there are plenty of men called Harry Potter from barristers to engineers who lived an uneventful life until the end of the 1990s. It's a feature of life that the future is uncertain as is the associations with any given name as Karen, Tracey, Sharon and Kevin will tell you.

https://www.25bedfordrow.com/site/people/profile/harry.potter

https://in.linkedin.com/in/harry-potter-243b081b8

Two options for you - accept it or change your name. That's all there is here unfortunately.

Harry Potter 

https://www.25bedfordrow.com/site/people/profile/harry.potter

Flickersy · 27/03/2024 23:49

Could be worse. You could be called Isis.