To look for another job to escape childhood nickname?

[BlackVapour]

Name change as identifying.
Have worked there for around a year. Good team and I enjoy it. A few weeks ago a new woman started and I realised it was a horrible girl I used to go to school with. Anyway during primary school this girl was a bit odd, not well liked and a bit of a pain in the arse. One particular time - in the space of a week - she hit me (accidentally) with a packed lunch box in the face, scratched my eye whilst we were playing and blew snot into my hair. This was pointed out to me by all the kids who screamed "ewww "Jenny" has blown snot into blacks hair!" And they all ran away from us. She swore it was an accident but the whole thing was just awful. Anyway after it died down she found it hilarious and made up the nickname "Slap-On-The-Face-Scratch-BogeyNose". She would repeat it constantly thinking she was hilarious.

So anyway she has just landed a job where I work and when she realised who I was she shouted "bogeynose!". Obviously everyone wanted to know what this meant so she launched into a story about how she was bullied and victimised at school and got into trouble for stuff that was accidental and as a defence mechanism she made up this nickname for me after the snot incident. The way she said it made her sound like a tortured soul and me a big cry baby.

Now a lot of my colleagues have started called me slaponthefacescratchbogeynose. I've laughed it off but its doing me in. Because she's made out that she was the victim at school I feel I can't say anything without it looking like I was a bully and still want to get at her.

It was my birthday on Friday and the team bought me a card which they all signed and even on that people have written "to bogey" or "happy birthday scratch" etc.

DH thinks I'm being precious and should rise above it. To make matters worse it has transpired that this woman has Aspergers which is obviously why she seemed "odd" at school but that makes it even harder to address as I don't want to look like a bully!

So AIBU and if not, how do I deal with it without making myself look like a baby?

[BoysofMelody]

When I saw the title, I thought it was going to be a case of being known as a diminutive like Emmy or Kitty and now in adult life you're known as Katherine or Emna and say you're being unreasonable.

However your colleagues must be weapons-grade morons to find "Slap-On-The-Face-Scratch-BogeyNose" to be an hilarious nickname.

[BoneyBackJefferson]

the next time someone calls you that, or anything related to it, say in a loud voice that it wasn't funny at school and its not funny now and if they/anyone persists you will be reporting them to HR.

When they say its just a joke tell them that it still isn't very fucking funny.

leave in or take out the wearing.

Oh and add something about acting like professionals in the work place.

And if its a boss even better.

[Siwdmae]

Why in hell's name have you not yet given idiot colleagues a mouthful and death stares about their use of the nickname? You very simply need to raise your voice one time, be very serious and use the words 'pathetic, grow up' and crucially, 'harassment' for them to stop. If the new colleague is Aspergers, then explain in very clear terms that referring to the nickname is offensive and inappropriate and you will speak to HR if she mentions it again.

However your colleagues must be weapons-grade morons to find "Slap-On-The-Face-Scratch-BogeyNose" to be an hilarious nickname.

Pmsl!