To find being referred to by my initials at work really f*ing annoying

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Yah yah I know totally first world problem.

But a colleague of mine has started referring to her entire team and now me just by our initials rather than our names. Eg "thanks for doing that AN" rather than for example "thanks for doing that Anna"

I don't have a common name and there is nobody else in the company with my forename (3000+ employees) so it's not like I'm going to get confused with anyone else.

We have a very close working relationship and are quite friendly yet this whole only using initials thing feels really impersonal and offensive to me.

AIBU unreasonable to be offended by this? And should I say something??

I’ve had two different jobs where we were taught that the correct way to write minutes / and formal messages was to refer to everyone by their initials. It’s pretty common. Unless it’s just you I’d leave it, but if it bugs you just drop her a line “hey colleague I know you like to use initials for people but for me it’s a bit like hearing a nail scraping down a blackboard so can I just be my first name instead? Cheers.”

My husbands does this to me. First initial is B. Can you guess my last??

I don't use initials, it's not part of the culture at all, and colleagues would think I was mad if I started using them.

I have a name and expect people to use it. It really isn't faster to use initials, it's a fraction of a second for an average person to type. I feel like using initials dehumanises people.