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WIBU to ask my manager not to call me by a nickname she has created?

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buildalegohouse · 02/04/2015 22:00

My line manager has this incredibly faux niceness thing going on and (among other annoying traits) has all these nicknames for different members of staff that she uses. They are all very cutesy and not at all offensive, but it grates on my last nerve every time she does it.
My nickname is an alliterative adjective in front of my name (similar to Adorable Abigail, for example). Obviously this does no harm and doesn't have any real effect on me or my job but I find it so odd. Am I being miserable or would you find this weird too?

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Capricorn76 · 03/04/2015 07:43

I'd find this increasingly annoying and belittling. Tell her to stop and if she doesn't go above her head.

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 03/04/2015 09:19

Just say 'please don't call me 'Adorable' I don't like it / find it unprofessional.'

Moresmores · 03/04/2015 09:23

WTF is a birthday club? Do you have to all buy cakes or something?

Icimoi · 03/04/2015 11:07

Can you find out how other people in the department feel about it? If they, or a reasonable number of them, feel the same perhaps you could get together and ask her to stop, or take it to HR?

MadisonMontgomery · 03/04/2015 12:04

Do we have the same line manager?! Mine does this allllll the time, along with calling me honey bunny, poppet etc etc. Tbh I just go along with it, I do die a bit inside every time she does it in front of another member of staff, but on the plus side it means she likes me more than anyone else (they tell her to fuck off when she does it to them) and it means she always has my back.

buildalegohouse · 03/04/2015 13:24

Other people find it annoying but not so much that they want to say anything.

Madison - yes, poppet, darling, sweetie. Bleugh. As pp have said, it would be found completely inappropriate if she was a man.

Moresmores - birthday club is the very pointless exercise of everybody contributing £10 at the beginning of the year and then on your birthday you get a £10 gift card for a shop I don't even shop at. I cannot see the point of this and therefore opt out. Everyone else thinks that it is sweet and thoughtful and therefore I am a crabby, selfish bitch with no sense of fun or giving Hmm Confused

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QuietChocolateEggHuntingPerson · 03/04/2015 16:04

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rosedavo · 03/04/2015 19:03

Better than my boss who has created the nickname 'child bride' for me (im 5"2 and 24 but look younger) and he insists on calling me it which i find pretty offensive!

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