To find this quite irritating?

[SashimiStevens]

Guy started at my workplace. Quite full of himself, others have not warmed to him that much.

We all went to a training event for which we were required to wear name badges. Mind very clearly said "Alice". Everyone else was able to call me by this name.

Guy in question decided to rename me, "Georgina". At first I politely corrected him as did other work colleagues. But he just didn't stop! Used my name in most sentences, "So Georgina as I was saying... Georgina I think we should do this"

To me it just screams that he thinks he can walk all over me and that my opinions don't matter!

What should I do? I think it's the height of rudeness to be honest. He's not stupid. Why can't he remember?

This sort of fuckwittage behaviour is just attention seeking, so ignore. It's simply not worth spending your free time thinking about it.

Reassure yourself with the knowledge that, by doing this, he is impressing absolute nobody. In fact, he has outed himself as rather insecure.

Or worse flirting?!

Thanks all.

No, really don't think it's banter or - ew - flirting! He's a bit of an odd one, takes great pride in knowing nothing about contemporary life/culture (despite being in early 20s!) and seems to consider himself hugely learned/gifted.

I genuinely think he seems himself as some big-bollocked wannabe businessman who is able to treat underlings any way he pleases.

Happily I am the same grade as him and on the same grad scheme so really this probably has a lot to with his attitude to women in general rather than just me.

Please try the not responding thing, I think that could work!

Thank you, I definitely will

If he persists, I'll just (politely, with a smile) always say my name after he says anything.

Hopefully he will realise it's not a battle he can win

I say this to my dc all the time....People do things like this for the reaction. If you don't react, they have nothing to play on, get bored and move elsewhere.

I don't think you should respond by calling him Fido or Dick, as then he might get away with passing it all off as office banter. You will lose the moral high ground.

I would quietly tell him everyone thought his behaviour was really odd and that if he didn't cut out the crap, you would make a formal complaint about him. If he is new he is probably on probation and this might get him to STFU.

Sashimi, I'd hazard a guess that you're pretty good at your job and he is trying to destabilise you. Nip it in the bud and mention it to your manager that X insists on calling you by a different name despite having been corrected by yourself AND OTHERS and that you're finding it a bit disrespectful. Behaviour like his depends on people being too polite to push back. Stop him in his tracks. Otherwise, you may find after a few months that you are hating going in to work, looking for another job, etc. etc. (as is his plan). He's a bully. Call him on it.
What she said! He's a bully

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Ignoring him or correcting him is not enough.

Tell him what he is doing wrong, why it's wrong and what he should do in future.

You keep calling me Georgina when my name is Alice. I don't like it and I don't find it funny. I won't you to stop

Agree with the poster who said its to destabilize you.

He wants to show his power over you and push you down so you're no longer equal.

Foul man.

Correct him each and every time showing no humour or engagement with him. 'That is not my name, stop calling me that please. I have asked you many times now' then refuse to discus further.

And if he doesn't stop, I'd tell a manager. It's incredibly disrespectful, as if he's sooooo important he can change your name. Pathetic twat.

He's an idiot. If you think that making a joke of it would make him stop and would make the point in a light-hearted way, then go ahead with the Dick/Fido option. However, it wouldn't be my preference, because it's a bit like sinking to his level. I'd go for a nice, assertive, 'My name is Alice and that's what I expect you to call me. If you have a problem with that then I'll need to take it up with my/your line manager. Thank you.'

I have a name that many people find difficult at first, especially if they're only used to British names. I go easy on that, and I don't mind reminding people and helping them out multiple times with pronunciation, but I do expect them to at least try, and not just call me a name of their own choosing.

Say, I could call you Dickhead, but surprisingly it's not your name. My name is Alice, you know it's Alice, therefore please call me Alice. And from that moment, refuse to engage with him when he calls you anything but Alice.

Shame him. Say, in front of others, "Being unable to remember my name implies you either have a defective memory and therefore are perhaps not quite right for this job, or that you are simply disrespectful and rude. My name is Alice. If you are unable to use my name I will have no choice but to take it higher." Or something similar.

This is a conversation I had with one of my clients who could never remember my name, which is a Welsh name, so slightly unusual in England but not that difficult.

Client arrives, she's been coming to me once a month for several years:
Client: "Hi Carol"
Me: "Its (my real name)". She ignores this. We chat while I'm doing her treatment, calls me Carol again twice.
Me: "Irene, you've called me Carol 3 times".
Client: "I know. You've got a funny name I can never remember it so I'm going to call you Carol from now on. Its my hairdressers name and its easy to remember."
Feeling slightly shocked, Appointment over, I show her out,
Client: "Bye Carol, see you soon"
Me: "Bye Mark, see you". She looks at me.
Client: "You called me Mark!"
Me: "Yes its my dentists name, its easy to remember so I'll call you that from now on"